Did the Buddha have long ears? Every statue of the Buddha I have seen depicts him as having long ears. 

Did Buddha really have long ears? If so, why and how did he get long ears?
UPDATE:


  The earlobes are elongated, partly to indicate the Buddha is
  all-hearing and partly as a reminder of the heavy earrings that
  weighed them down before Siddhartha renounced material things to seek
  enlightenment.


ref: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2714/why-do-statues-of-buddha-have-long-earlobes

Ah ha, the Ears reference comes from the 80 minor marks:
ref: http://news.fjnet.com/english/abcOfBudd/200606/t20060626_30901.htm
(credit to  yuttadhammo for solving the mystery)

The idea that the Buddha or a Buddha has 32 marks or physical qualities popped up in Buddhism and iconographers followed this list, but long ears isn't on that list.

ref:
http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/archives/sutra/level2_lamrim/initial_scope/safe_direction/thirty_excellent_signs_major_marks_.htmlo