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Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic surgery isn’t something at the top of my bucket list. It’s not my sort of thing.

In Conversation

I happened to have a conversation with someone in the local pub about cosmetic surgery and the inevitable question came up asking whether I would have it or not. My answer was an emphatic NO before they’d even finished the question. Of course, you can see the deep meaning conversations I have when I go to the pub. It makes a change to the normal ‘best cribbage moves of the week’ sort of conversation.

Earlobes

Whilst I sat there listening to the conversation, I started to think more about my reasoning for being so against the surgery. Lo and behold, I think alcohol may have had a little influence, I chimed in with, ‘well, I wouldn’t mind having my earlobes removed!’ Someone answered, ‘your earlobes, why?’ Because my earlobes are too big and as I get older they seem to get bigger.

Ha ha

I don’t think my ears are that big, it’s just the earlobes make them look a lot bigger than they really are. One of the old boys who was listening in to the conversation shouted over, ‘Dan the Farmer had huge ears, propper Indian elephant ears he had. They were so big he had to have them pierced so his poor wife could watch television!’ Everyone fell about at that little nugget.

Yes, our ears and noses keep growing: Truth or Myth?
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48 thoughts on “Cosmetic Surgery”

  1. The elephant joke had me cackling like a witch. Not the worst idea to pierce it and have long earrings hanging about to provide a fancy distraction from the fact that it’s too large (Warning: NOT actually recommending it!).
    I wish nose and ears don’t keep growing. If they do, my nostrils will soon outgrow the bridge of my nose and leave just enough space for an insect to nest there. ????‍♀️
    What interesting topics you discuss about! ????????

  2. I used to say I’d have my eyes lids lifted and my double chin. Oh and the fat sucked out of my belly, then a tummy tuck!
    Now, it’s all too late and I’m no longer bothered. And I’ve saved a fortune!

    Ears and Nose growing – not a myth it’s TRUE! Must be all those fibs we keep telling… and listening to 🙂

  3. If you had your earlobes removed where would you hang your earrings? Ans what would you pull when you need to remember an answer to a question in the pub quiz?

  4. The body certainly does change shape. I don’t know about my ears and nose but my feet seem to get bigger and overall I am two inches shorter which is very annoying but at least I haven’t disappeared altogether yet!

  5. Hahah it’s ironic that ears get bigger while hearing gets worse.

    My parents have thought the same with their ears, or ear lobes more precisely, seeming bigger. I thought – from something I must have read eons ago, that it’s more an optical illusion because it’s everything else that’s getting smaller. The head and hair shrink and the ears look bigger. Has your head shrunk, Trev? Might have to start measuring it every few months to keep an eye on that, otherwise you’ll have a pea head and two giant lugs. ????

    Perhaps this is similar to the deceased, where it appears fingernails continue growing after death. They don’t, but the skin and fatty tissue recedes and makes the nails then seem longer.

  6. This post triggered a memory of a dream I had recently. I don’t remember the details but somehow the bottom of my earlobe was sliced off (I don’t think it was plastic surgery), and I was quite enamored by the new youthful appearance of my ears. I had them re-pierced (the old piercing gone). I should have this one analyzed.

  7. All I’ve noticed so far is that I’m an inch shorter … which explains why all my pants are too long. I’d been telling myself that longer pants were some kind of fashion trend but the doctor confirmed it’s me. 🙁

  8. I don’t know about my ears but definitely my nose. That is so wrong – like wrinkles and grey hair are not enough. ???? But I am with you – not just cosmetic, I will do everything I can to avoid any surgery.

  9. On my mother’s side of the family, there exists what is to this day called The Pastirik Nose. That’s my mother’s maiden name. Pastirik, not nose. Whoever inherits it gets to watch their nose grow more bulbous as they age. It’s not a pretty sight. I was fortunate to miss that potential genetic disaster.

  10. You have answered the eternal questions. Do your ears hang low? Do they wobble to and fro? Can you tie them in a knot? Can you tie them in a bow? Can you throw them over your shoulder like a Continental soldier? Do your ears—hand—low?

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