Shopping List: Q-Tips; Ear Plugs

Okay, so I'm on the CNN website the other day keeping up with the news, and a story caught my eye, so I clicked on it and read it. There was this boy who told his parents he heard noises in his ear. He described it as a "snap, crackle, pop, like Rice Krispies." They took him to the doctor, and it turns out that there were two spiders living in his ear! (You just felt the sudden urge for a Q-Tip, didn't you?) The noises the boy heard were the spiders walking across his eardrum.

So this brought up a whole bunch of things in my over-active imagination. First off, can't you totally picture cartoon spiders, in their tiny little tap shoes, with top hats and canes, doing a dance on someones ear drum? No...just me? Okay then.

Next, there were two spiders...not one, but two! It begs the question, how long was this boy still for, that two spiders took up residence in his ear? I can understand one--I mean, who knows what goes on while you're sleeping, right? (just creeped myself out there) But spiders don't house hunt like people, do they? They don't go in together, browse around the place and decide they'll take it. They send one in to scope it out, and that one goes back and gets the others and they set up camp. (sounds right-ish) So just how inactive is this kid?

Then there's the obvious concern that this boy has never been introduced to the cotton swab. And he obviously doesn't have a fear of spiders or, like me, he would see any tiny annoyance in the ear as the possibility that spiders (or any type of bug, for that matter) are attempting unwanted entry. I'm not paranoid...I've read things...I know it's possible.

Lastly, I may never eat Rice Krispies again. The wholesome goodness of them has been ruined for me...I'd just be thinking about a big bowl of spiders. Rice Krispie squares, however, are a different story. Rice Krispie squares are the food of the gods.