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Heard last night, somewhere between Charlotte and LGA, in the seat next to me, from a very cute two-year-old <\/a>, with her hands over her ears, describing as best she could what it felt like to have her ears pop. The solution, from her quick-thinking mother: A stick of licorice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heard last night, somewhere between Charlotte and LGA, in the seat next to me, from a very cute two-year-old , with her hands over her ears, describing as best she could what it felt like to have her ears pop. 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