water/air in ear

Have you ever had water in your ear or maybe air, tried everything to get it out.
I've used this method several times, take a sheet of newspaper and roll it up into a funnel,
place the small part of the funnel into your ear ( you must have two people to do this) light the big end on fire and it will pull out the water or the air from your ear.
it only takes about 5 to 10 seconds forit to work. my exhusband used it on e and it worked, i used it on him all the time.
Make sure to not let the fire get to far down the funnel.