Q-Tips, er, "Cotton Swabs" are pretty rad

Apparently there is also a rapper or something named "Q-Tip."
This is not he.

What was it like before the invention of the q-tip? Middle ages, guy's just had water in his ear for eleven years.

I'd say thirty years but that'd imply you loved that long. With all the ear infections going on I'm not surprised. Can you imagine being a knight with an ear ache? "*Oi* The dragon's just around this corner." "WHAT?!"

All the crusaders falling off their horses because they've fucked up their equilibrium. No wonder no one bathed.