
Sitting either fixed or free (as you'll remember from high school genetics) at the bottom of your lugs, earlobes have been adorned, stretched and pierced since the moment we realised |
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that was what they were good for. In certain societies - like the Canela of Brazil - their puncture is the basis of elaborate coming of age ceremonies. They're also good for nibbling on with your favourite sweetie, if the mood so strikes ... and there's an absence of that nasty earwax stuff in the general vicinity of course.
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