# ear was **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 26, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-was/814835 "2018-05-26T01:11:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-was/814835/1 "2018-05-26T01:11:20Z")
There’s an usual editing error in todays report > **[Why is Asian earwax different from black and white people’s earwax?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344485/why-is-asian-earwax-different-from-black-and-white-people-s-earwax)** > [@](#): > > Their further research demonstrated in 2009 that earwax type and armpit sweat are strongly associated genetically, and that ABCC11 evidently codes for both […] Further research has since confirmed that earwax type and armpit sweat are strongly correlated, and indicated that ABCC11 codes for both. I hope it get’s re-edited: for some reason I find it oddly annoying. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-was/814835/2 "2018-05-26T01:21:32Z")
There _was_ in someone’s thread title, too. ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ear-was/814835/3 "2018-05-26T01:35:25Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > There’s an usual editing error in todays report This line is unusual too. > [@](#): > > I hope it get’s re-edited: for some reason I find it oddly annoying.