I've just woken up on my friend's couch i a sleeping bag. Without garlic bread. And yes, ears are weird. It's like someone glued a set of Lego wheels on both sides of your head
There are worse places for ears.
Like under your feet
Then you'd have to tip-toe around if you wanted to listen to anything.
Which actually makes some kind of sense.
So maybe that metaphor is not quite strong enough.
Or perhaps is not even a metaphor, but one of those things you put on the floor instead.