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Pearl Trade · 01-09-2010, 05:05 PM

Anyone know how to get water out of your ear? I took a hot tub trip about a half hour ago and it still hasn't come out yet. Damn my low patience...

genuinegirly · 01-09-2010, 05:07 PM

Patience usually works for me.

LordEden · 01-09-2010, 05:25 PM

I shake my head back and forth as fast as possible till I feel like I'm going to throw up. Usually works.

Baraka_Guru · 01-09-2010, 05:33 PM

Lean or tilt your head, pointing your ear in question toward the floor. Gently shake your head up and down until you feel some movement.

Craven Morehead · 01-09-2010, 05:37 PM

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Xerxys · 01-09-2010, 05:41 PM

Nobody else jumps up and down with their head tilted to the side of the ear with water i it?

blahblah454 · 01-09-2010, 08:10 PM

30 min and you are complaining?!? Recently I have been having the water-in-ear feeling for days after I go swimming! Days!!! In Cuba after day 2 I had water ear for the rest of the trip! When I went to the lake for a week this summer I had water ear the ENTIRE time!!! AGGH!!!!! 30 min would be a blessing!!!

amonkie · 01-09-2010, 09:15 PM

I used a concentration of vinegar drops in my ears that would help dry things up enough to dislodge some of the water.

bagatelle · 01-10-2010, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Xerxys

Nobody else jumps up and down with their head tilted to the side of the ear with water i it?

This is exactly what I do, but I jump on one leg only, same side as the watery ear is. It usually helps!

LoganSnake · 01-10-2010, 09:50 AM

Have another person siphon it out or do it yourself with a long enough hose.

Gabbyness · 01-10-2010, 01:35 PM

Turkey baster!

inBOIL · 01-11-2010, 09:35 PM

I shake my head violently Night at the Roxbury-style. Using a little soap to break up the surface tension might work too.

lurkette · 01-12-2010, 04:50 PM

OK, Rabastid has me do this funny little dance.

Stand on one foot and lean over sideways so your ear with the water in it is facing the floor. Kick your not-on-the-floor foot and punch with the opposite arm at the same time.

I swear to god it works, and if it doesn't, it's still very amusing for whomever's watching.

Vigilante · 01-13-2010, 01:17 AM

Everclear works perfectly, or isopropyl. Or both. The more alcohol you can mix into the water, the faster it will evaporate.

Pur it in, let it diffuse, then turn your ear to the floor. The part that doesn't drip will go soon enough.

dlish · 01-13-2010, 09:30 AM

if its your right ear, knock on the left side of your temple and tell me if you hear a hollow sound...

ring · 01-13-2010, 09:39 AM

Savor the sweet anticipation.
It's a lovely sensuous tickly sensation when it finally drains.

I was like, "yeah, I want to feel that again."

Lasereth · 01-13-2010, 03:03 PM

Lay down on the bed or couch or floor with the clogged ear on the ground. Just lay there for a while and it'll come out with no shaking even.

Cheater · 01-13-2010, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vigilante

Everclear works perfectly, or isopropyl. Or both. The more alcohol you can mix into the water, the faster it will evaporate.

Pur it in, let it diffuse, then turn your ear to the floor. The part that doesn't drip will go soon enough.

Finally, someone that knows the best way. My kids were all swimmers and my wife swims every day, alcohol is the best way to drain the water and prevent bacterial infection.

MissTiger · 01-24-2010, 11:20 AM

I just tilt my head to the side if it's water that seems to not be too deep, maybe shaking it a little bit, but nothing major. It's never really been a problem for me!

stnichola · 01-24-2010, 11:22 AM

An unpleasant sensation when you can feel water sloshing around in your ear. Happens to me when I swim. Have you tried shouting and swearing ?

raptor9k · 01-28-2010, 06:25 PM

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orson.octavius · 01-29-2010, 02:35 AM

Well for me there are 2 ways...

one is tipping your head were the water is and tap your head and jump.

two, pinch your nose so you can't breathe, and blow...NO TOO MUCH THOUGH!

JoeSimpson · 02-03-2010, 11:31 PM

Definitely rubbing alcohol, it will dry all the water out and kill any possible infection.

01-09-2010, 05:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pearl Trade Addict Location: Houston, Texas	Getting water out of your ear Anyone know how to get water out of your ear? I took a hot tub trip about a half hour ago and it still hasn't come out yet. Damn my low patience... __________________ Our revenge will be the laughter of our children. Give me convenience or give me death!

01-09-2010, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
genuinegirly Eat your vegetables Super Moderator Location: Arabidopsis-ville	Patience usually works for me. __________________ "Sometimes I have to remember that things are brought to me for a reason, either for my own lessons or for the benefit of others." Cynthetiq "violence is no more or less real than non-violence." roachboy

01-09-2010, 05:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Lean or tilt your head, pointing your ear in question toward the floor. Gently shake your head up and down until you feel some movement. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

01-09-2010, 09:15 PM	#8 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	I used a concentration of vinegar drops in my ears that would help dry things up enough to dislodge some of the water. __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

01-10-2010, 09:50 AM	#10 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	Have another person siphon it out or do it yourself with a long enough hose. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

01-09-2010, 05:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	How to Get Water Out of Your Ear \| eHow.com

01-09-2010, 05:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
Xerxys Junkie Location: My head.	Nobody else jumps up and down with their head tilted to the side of the ear with water i it?

01-09-2010, 08:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	30 min and you are complaining?!? Recently I have been having the water-in-ear feeling for days after I go swimming! Days!!! In Cuba after day 2 I had water ear for the rest of the trip! When I went to the lake for a week this summer I had water ear the ENTIRE time!!! AGGH!!!!! 30 min would be a blessing!!!

01-10-2010, 01:35 PM	#11 (permalink)
Gabbyness Chicken scratch. Location: Japan!!!	Turkey baster! __________________ One, two, three, four, fiiiiiiiifth.

01-11-2010, 09:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	I shake my head violently Night at the Roxbury-style. Using a little soap to break up the surface tension might work too. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

01-12-2010, 04:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
lurkette My future is coming on Moderator Emeritus Location: east of the sun and west of the moon	OK, Rabastid has me do this funny little dance. Stand on one foot and lean over sideways so your ear with the water in it is facing the floor. Kick your not-on-the-floor foot and punch with the opposite arm at the same time. I swear to god it works, and if it doesn't, it's still very amusing for whomever's watching. __________________ "If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing." - Anatole France

01-13-2010, 01:17 AM	#14 (permalink)
Vigilante Broken Arrow Location: US	Everclear works perfectly, or isopropyl. Or both. The more alcohol you can mix into the water, the faster it will evaporate. Pur it in, let it diffuse, then turn your ear to the floor. The part that doesn't drip will go soon enough. __________________ We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. -Winston Churchill

01-13-2010, 09:30 AM	#15 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	if its your right ear, knock on the left side of your temple and tell me if you hear a hollow sound... __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

01-13-2010, 09:39 AM	#16 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	Savor the sweet anticipation. It's a lovely sensuous tickly sensation when it finally drains. I was like, "yeah, I want to feel that again."

01-13-2010, 03:03 PM	#17 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Lay down on the bed or couch or floor with the clogged ear on the ground. Just lay there for a while and it'll come out with no shaking even. __________________ "A Darwinian attacks his theory, seeking to find flaws. An ID believer defends his theory, seeking to conceal flaws." -Roger Ebert

01-28-2010, 06:25 PM	#21 (permalink)
raptor9k Crazy Location: Earth	deleted Last edited by raptor9k; 09-07-2021 at 02:17 PM..

01-24-2010, 11:20 AM	#19 (permalink)
MissTiger Upright	I just tilt my head to the side if it's water that seems to not be too deep, maybe shaking it a little bit, but nothing major. It's never really been a problem for me!

01-24-2010, 11:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
stnichola Upright Location: Derry City - Ireland	An unpleasant sensation when you can feel water sloshing around in your ear. Happens to me when I swim. Have you tried shouting and swearing ?

01-29-2010, 02:35 AM	#22 (permalink)
orson.octavius Banned	Well for me there are 2 ways... one is tipping your head were the water is and tap your head and jump. two, pinch your nose so you can't breathe, and blow...NO TOO MUCH THOUGH!

02-03-2010, 11:31 PM	#23 (permalink)
JoeSimpson Upright	Definitely rubbing alcohol, it will dry all the water out and kill any possible infection.