# Why doesn't your belly button get dirty? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 20, 1999, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194 "1999-03-20T20:22:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/21 "1999-09-10T12:17:00Z")
Simple solution to keep your belly button clean… Silicone caulk Although you might want to remove any hair in the area first. Spray a little Pam cooking sprary to make the caulk easily removable once it dries. Presto a reusable belly button plug for all you innies out there. ---
**Author:** ![omniscientnot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a5b964/32.png) [@omniscientnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omniscientnot)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 1999, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/22 "1999-09-10T12:27:00Z")
You could try this one: [http://www.tdo.com/features/health/stories/0426/](http://www.tdo.com/features/health/stories/0426/) The sublink will even take you to Navels International where you will find, amongst other things, a Celebrity Navel Academy. (You can even “vote for your fave”!) ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 1999, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/23 "1999-09-11T01:02:00Z")
_**AWB: If you’d like, I can ask [my wife’s cousin, SG] how big his [lint] collection is so far.** Temujin: OK_ SG: I have been collecting my belly button lint since August of 1991. Quite impressive, eh? AWB: Yes, it is. But _how much_ do you have now? SG: “How much?” That is such a relative question, a collector of lint does not see success in quantity, but in quality. Alas, I cannot expect a layman such as yourself to understand the complex world of lint. But I’d say my collection fills about a soda can… ---
**Author:** ![Daniel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Daniel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daniel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/24 "1999-09-12T20:58:00Z")
Here’s something that came up in conversation sitting on the floor of the hallway in my dorm hall last year: ass-lint. When it was mentioned, all of the guys knew exactly what it was. And the girls did not recognize the idea at all. Anyone have a theory to share? * * * “I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.” –Wayne Knight ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 1999, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/25 "1999-09-12T21:58:00Z")
Dingle Berries yes, ass-lint no. Is there a difference…Oh yes. ---
**Author:** ![RexHowland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RexHowland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexHowland)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/26 "1999-09-14T06:55:00Z")
“Here’s something that came up in conversation sitting on the floor of the hallway in my dorm hall last year: ass-lint.” I may not be correct, but I think ass-lint comes from using the “value-brand” toilet paper. All the guys had ass-lint because they don’t really care what kind of toilet paper they use. But women and their dainty little asses need only the best. ---
**Author:** ![RexHowland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@RexHowland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RexHowland)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 1999, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194/27 "1999-09-14T06:56:00Z")
To clarify what I meant… Value-brand toilet paper can sometimes shred. Causing “ass-lint.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-doesnt-your-belly-button-get-dirty/3194.md?page=1)