# Navel Lint

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984 "2013-08-23T17:42:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984/1 "2013-08-23T17:42:55Z")

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[This column.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3123/could-i-knit-a-sweater-from-navel-lint-plus)

Even if you can’t weave navel lint, you might be able to make felt out of it. Also, it wouldn’t take as long to collect the material for something small, like a hat. Something as big as a belly-button-lint sweater would just be silly.

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**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984/2 "2013-08-25T01:46:11Z")

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I’m surprised he left out naval lint.

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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984/3 "2013-08-26T10:45:11Z")

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My friend Rachel can make you a bear out of belly button lint

> **[Rachel Betty Case, Creator of Human Ivory & Other Objects of Curiosity](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel-Betty-Case-Creator-of-Human-Ivory-Other-Objects-of-Curiosity/122197757848152)**
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> Rachel Betty Case, Creator of Human Ivory & Other Objects of Curiosity, Easton, PA. 1,562 likes · 1 talking about this. Welcome to the Rachel Betty Case fan page! Visit often for updates,...

> **[YOU ARE DISGUSTING: The Weird and Wonderful Art of Rachel Betty Case](https://heartofsteelcity.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/you-are-disgusting-the-weird-and-wonderful-art-of-rachel-betty-case/)**
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> “I don’t find fingernails and belly button lint gross.  If other people do, that’s their problem.  I find eating meat and littering gross, but I’m faced with it everyday.  S…

UT~

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984/4 "2013-08-29T13:21:14Z")

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Interesting to see **Cecil** returning to one of his earlier areas of research, previously discussed in this column: [Where Does Belly Button Lint Come From?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/69/where-does-belly-button-lint-come-from) (March 2, 1973).

And in this thread: [Belly Button Lint: Cecil Scooped: Aussie Wins Ig™Nobel Prize](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=149793)

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**Author:** ![\_Olive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/4af34b/32.png) [@\_Olive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Olive)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navel-lint/666984/5 "2013-09-01T20:33:46Z")

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> [@UntouchedTakeaway](#):
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> My friend Rachel can make you a bear out of belly button lint  
> [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rachel-Betty-Case-Creator-of-Human-Ivory-Other-Objects-of-Curiosity/122197757848152)
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> [YOU ARE DISGUSTING: The Weird and Wonderful Art of Rachel Betty Case | HEART OF STEELcity](http://heartofsteelcity.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/you-are-disgusting-the-weird-and-wonderful-art-of-rachel-betty-case/)
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> UT~

Thanks for those links. I really enjoyed reading about Rachel.