I used to have two beautiful, smooth and soft earlobes until the day I had the silly notion of me being prettier with pierced ears. Bad, bad mistake.
Through out history, ear piercings are the most common form of piercings ever. A simple search on the internet proves it. Let's see, for primitve tribes, they believe that demons and spirits can enter the body through the ear. That's the purpose of earrings, they have the MAGICAL power of repelling demons. WOoOo...*eerie*
As for sailors, they believe that with piercings they have their eyesights improved. Gahahaha..learn from Superman, sea urchins! Kryptonite works, not earrings =P ERm..where was I? Yea, and to pay for a Christian funeral as well if their bodies were to wash up some where. How would the inhabitants of X Island know? The poor, poor sailor. He'll end up being left out in the reincarnation cycle just because of two earrings. I weep for the sad soul.
In the deep jungles of Borneo, ear piercing is a sign of Adulthood. The parents would give their children earrings to be worn on they reach puberty. Now, this, this kinda makes sense doesn't it? Prove that living in the tropics makes your mind function better.
On the 12th of November 2001, YERP, right after Sept 11 happened, I got my ears pierced. A few weeks from then, it got infected. It totally grossed me out so i'd happily tossed away the rings and let it heal. Back to basics.
Okay, a few years passed by, on 27th February 2005, what did i do? Yeap, i'm an airhead alright. Off i went and had 'em repierced. Two months later, I noticed them lobes weren't healing as it should be. A quick check reveals the horror of horrors. The chances of getting it is maybe one in a zillion. My right ear was infected not because of the current piercing but the previous piercing. Damn! Who would have imagined the old wound reopening! Now, on my right ear, I have one piercing for the earring to go in and two "holes" for it to come out! Oh, my beautiful beautiful ear lobes!! They are all ruined! Ruined, i tell you!
Argh..Oh the pain of the darn solution...*runs off to hide*