http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908 Ever wondered why your belly button attracts such an impressive collection of visitors by day's end? Well, an Austrian scientist has studied 503 pieces of his own navel fluff and made some interesting observations, like: Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not made up of only cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust. This is the same scientist whose other projects include monitoring the erosion of his wedding ring. Ever wondered why your belly button attracts such an impressive collection of visitors by day's end? Well, an Austrian scientist has studied 503 pieces of his own navel fluff and made some interesting observations, like: Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not made up of only cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust. This is the same scientist whose other projects include monitoring the erosion of his wedding ring. en-us Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:10:07 PST <p>WOW!! I for one am sure glad THAT has been cleared up!!!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376941 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376941 <p>WOW!! I for one am sure glad THAT has been cleared up!!!</p> <p>Talk about omphaloskepsis...</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376954 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376954 <p>Talk about omphaloskepsis...</p> <p>Is the scientist making comparative studies between innies and outies? Inquiring minds want to know.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376963 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376963 <p>Is the scientist making comparative studies between innies and outies? Inquiring minds want to know.</p> <p>Just when I thought I've heard it all....wonder who will think about using this info to germinate seeds....</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376965 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376965 <p>Just when I thought I've heard it all....wonder who will think about using this info to germinate seeds....</p> <br /> <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Possessing a &quot;innie&quot; myself~&nbsp;I was curious about that.Seems that an innie would have more...</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376968 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376968 <p><span style="font-size: medium;">Possessing a &quot;innie&quot; myself~&nbsp;I was curious about that.Seems that an innie would have more...</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>File that under, &quot;Useless crap we didn't need to know.&quot;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376969 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376969 <p>File that under, &quot;Useless crap we didn't need to know.&quot;</p> <p>Man, I want a job where people pay me to examine bellybutton lint. I had no idea people would pay you for that.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376984 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376984 <p>Man, I want a job where people pay me to examine bellybutton lint. I had no idea people would pay you for that.</p> <br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For your musical&nbsp;enjoyment ... the<em> bellybutton </em>song</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaDjSXhB8s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaDjSXhB8s</a></p> <p>--virgil</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376993 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376993 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For your musical&nbsp;enjoyment ... the<em> bellybutton </em>song</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaDjSXhB8s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGaDjSXhB8s</a></p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>YUCK!!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 302px"><a class="image" title="Green navel lint." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Navel_lint_ball.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="224" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Navel_lint_ball.jpg/300px-Navel_lint_ball.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376999 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_376999 <p>YUCK!!!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 302px"><a class="image" title="Green navel lint." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Navel_lint_ball.jpg"><img class="thumbimage" height="224" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Navel_lint_ball.jpg/300px-Navel_lint_ball.jpg" width="300" border="0" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify">&nbsp;</div> </div> </div> <p>Ward.................THAT looks like mold!!!!&nbsp; Guess this guy carries his penicillin with him eh?!</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_377041 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_377041 <p>Ward.................THAT looks like mold!!!!&nbsp; Guess this guy carries his penicillin with him eh?!</p> <p>too funny Virgil, as I watching I named them SCR, Learn, Mexico but could not come up with a fourth name,,,,lol.....lol</p> <p>Just a joke</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_377184 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/talkofthetown/41908/#c_377184 <p>too funny Virgil, as I watching I named them SCR, Learn, Mexico but could not come up with a fourth name,,,,lol.....lol</p> <p>Just a joke</p>