The Magic of Mickey Rooney's Ears

Whilst watching the SAG Awards last night, I was inordinately preoccupied with Mickey Rooney's differently-sized ears. I didn't hear a word he said; I was just focused on the size differential. Behold:

Mickey's Ears, originally uploaded by starbexxx.

See? His right ear (on the left side of the photo) is like a regular, little ear. But his left ear (on the right side of the photo) is a huge, Dopey-of-the-Seven-Dwarves, distended, old-man ear!

How does that happen? I know that men's earlobes stretch as they get old, creating that old man ear effect, but how does it only happen on one side of the body? Does Mickey Rooney have magic ears. It must be.


MICKEY ROONEY HAS MAGIC EARS! (Kind of like how Lt. Dan has magic legs.)