Sitting here pondering my navel

[Charlie Farley]

Maybe i have too much time on my hands.

I got around to thinking, why do we have ears ?
We all fully understand why we have the internal mechanisms of the ear,
but what is the point of that flap of crinkly skin on each side of the head ?

Is it a throwback to when we were fish, as in a small flipper/fin on each side of the head ?

Anyone out there like to postulate ?

 

[Garry]

Andy,
Something for the wife to hold on to.
Garry

 

[Charlie Farley]

God, Gary, you're sick !
But then again, having seen some of your earlier posts, i'm not surprised.

:laugh:

 

[Dave Wood]

Makes a nice place for my glasses to rest. Much more marvelous than a monical...although, maybe not as stylish.

 

[Dave Bilyk]

Andy, they're a collector and guide to capture sound pressure waves and channel them into the ear duct, a kind of amplifier. The curly bits around the edge stop the pressure wave escaping outwards. Without them you would not hear so well, as an experiment you could cut one off and find out:laugh:
Maybe that's what Van Gogh was really up to?

Dave

 

[David Morton]

Ear - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Pete McCluskey.]

Andy, you're right. You have too much time on your hands.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Thanks for the answers, i truly think Pete hit the nail on the head !
But seriously, even if Dave's definition is correct, aren't they some weird throwback ! I'm just glad we no longer have webbed feet.

 

[Charlie Farley]

Mr Morton,
Some of the photos in your posted link are scary !
She looks like she has a cd player embedded in the lobe !
As for the piercings !!!

 

[JimmyMac]

I'm just glad we no longer have webbed feet.

One must presume that this is genetic progress for some East Anglian's:laugh:

 

[David Morton]

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Very long and dark winters in Norfolk -with bitterly cold winds off the North Sea.
All sorts of very strange goings on. Apart from contemplating , they use their navels for all sorts of wierd things, some say like a strange form of devil worship and witchcraft. I've seen it first hand Swaffham late on thursday evenings on market days where the drinking starts in the early morning. They know no bounds.......

 

[Dalton Veitch]

In Australia, navels are for holding the salt while you are sitting back with a cold beer and savoury snacks.

 

[Phil]

Andy:
Growing up with a very traditional Italian grandmother in the family I can say that ears were an obedience device used for corrective measures, very effective and they could get hold from either side.
Cheers
Phil

 

[Jack]

But where to hold the salt if you have an "outie" Dalton?

 

[Jim Cowden]

But where to hold the salt if you have an "outie" Dalton?

In her navel