MetaChat - Belly Button Lint!!

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07 February 2008

Belly Button Lint!! I just absent-mindedly cleaned out my belly-button lint while brainstorming!! It was a weird feeling. Why? Why did I do that?

post by: typewriter at: 00:38 | 15 comments

Well, I get a LOT of pleasure from cleaning my ears with qtips. Maybe I'm a Ferengi.

posted by pieisexactlythree 07 February | 00:45

Careful there, pie. That Q-Tip could kill you.

posted by bmarkey 07 February | 00:59

When I poke my belly button, it sends a funny pain to my undercarriage.

posted by Ambrosia Voyeur 07 February | 01:05

Don't worry, I just like to roll it around, real slow and sensually.

posted by pieisexactlythree 07 February | 01:07

I didn't know Q-tips could kill. That is very alarming. I use q-tips almost everyday!! My bathroom is a death trap waiting to happen!

posted by typewriter 07 February | 01:16

i never get things in my belly button, and it's a classic innie. Where you wearing something especially linty?

posted by ethylene 07 February | 01:21

I find that any probing of my belly button feels extremely yuck... so my cleaning is basically smushing liquid bath soap in there during showering and then rinsing it out. I'd be curious to know what other people do.

posted by taz 07 February | 04:53

I've always heard "Don't put anything in your ear that's sharper than your elbow", so I would NEVER clean out my ears with a Q-Tip!

I use other people's elbows.

posted by Atom Eyes 07 February | 11:30

Somebody mention what they ate for lunch, and this is very close to the perfect blog post!

Here is a picture of my cat:
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by me3dia 07 February | 12:53

the more lint i pull out of there, the dumber i get.

posted by quonsar 07 February | 13:06

I use a q-tip to dry them out a bit but I'm careful to not get too deep into the ear canal.

taz, I do exactly the same thing you do re: belly button cleaning.

me3dia, it's too early for lunch.

posted by deborah 07 February | 13:17

I find that any probing of my belly button feels extremely yuck...

As a tiny child, I somehow became persuaded that vigorous belly-button probing would unravel the navel and leave my guts open to the elements. I pictured my guts as a belly full of undifferentiated black goop, and the notion of having it all exposed like that was very scary.

This notion came hollering back into my memory recently --- during a tickle fight, when my partner poked his finger into my belly button and I recoiled in horror. DO NOT WANT.

posted by Elsa 07 February | 14:24

Update regarding lunch: leftover garlic mashed taters.

posted by deborah 07 February | 16:49

I had a hot pocket for lunch. They have made technological advances to the 'crisping sleeve' you cook it in. It now doubles as a hot pocket holder than you can unravel while you eat (as the sandwich gets shorter).

posted by youngergirl44 07 February | 19:29

Oh, I pick the BF's belly button lint if he's laying around the house without a shirt on. I also use Q-tips every day and haven't died yet.

posted by youngergirl44 07 February | 19:34

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