# Yo, bellybutton check! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399 "2000-08-23T03:59:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DeathLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/1 "2000-08-23T03:59:54Z")
Okay all, take a minute and check out your bellybutton (not recommended if you’re reading this at work). Tell me, was there just a little more stuff in there than you would have expected, or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/2 "2000-08-23T04:38:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DeathLlama \* > > \*\*Tell me, was there just a little more stuff in there than you would have expected, or is it just me? \*\* There is a little more stuff in there than I expected, but I hope it’s not just you… For both of our sakes. * * * Yer pal, Satan [sub]TIME ELAPSED SINCE I QUIT SMOKING: Four months, two weeks, 2 hours, 33 minutes and 0 seconds. 5444 cigarettes not smoked, saving $680.53. Life saved: 2 weeks, 4 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes.[/sub] **_"Satan is not an unattractive person."_-Drain Bead** [sub]Thanks for the ringing endorsement, honey!\*[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/3 "2000-08-23T04:41:01Z")
Yeah, there’s a LOT more in there than I expected. No wait… that’s not my bellybutton… ---
**Author:** ![pricciar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/4 "2000-08-23T05:32:41Z")
A bellybutton check. Make sure to spell my name right p r i double c i a r. Don’t post date it!! I want my belly button money all right now. I hope the bank will cash such a check. I am sure they have machines to get that linty stuff off. pat ps: I would never take a belly button check from Ed McMahon. That would just be. Umm. Gross. ---
**Author:** ![JoeyHemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ba0ec/32.png) [@JoeyHemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeyHemlock)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/5 "2000-08-23T05:41:48Z")
There was a lot of stuff in there (I found God!), but I was expecting it. So I, um, what was the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/6 "2000-08-23T06:06:31Z")
This Simpson’s quote comes in useful here… “Ow, pointy! Ewww, slimy! Uh oh, moving!! Ah, here we go…AWW, 20 dollars! I wanted a peanut!” ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/7 "2000-08-23T06:21:20Z")
I have a very deep innie. I could easily get half a q-tip in it when i had a 27 inch waist. I clean it daily so i knew just what to expect. Hubby thinks that my belly button is still a bit open, so he worries when i clean it. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/8 "2000-08-23T06:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monster104 \* > “Ow, pointy! Ewww, slimy! Uh oh, moving!! Ah, here we go…AWW, 20 dollars! I wanted a peanut!” \*\* “Twenty dollars can buy many peanuts! Money can be exchanged for goods and services.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/9 "2000-08-23T09:37:25Z")
::: checking ::: ain’t nuthin’ in there. When was the last time y’all took a shower? Jeesh! ---
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/10 "2000-08-23T09:40:38Z")
My thoughts exactly! There is nothing in mine either. I have been thinking of putting a ring through mine though. ---
**Author:** ![tatertot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@tatertot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tatertot)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/11 "2000-08-23T10:14:50Z")
Nothing in mine either. You know, when I saw the thread title my first thought was “Oh no, he’s going to ask everybody what is in their bellybutton”. Then I thought, nah, who would ask that? Well, now I know. On a semi-related note, **Ruffian** does this man also stick his finger into his navel and sniff it? Then ask you do sniff his finger and/or stick your own finger in your own navel and smell it? Mr. Tot does that. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/12 "2000-08-23T12:35:27Z")
Cool! I found the remote! Whooo Hoooo! ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/13 "2000-08-23T12:41:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michi \* > \*\*My thoughts exactly! There is nothing in mine either. I have been thinking of putting a ring through mine though. \*\* Me too! We should have a piercing party. Mine is clean as a whistle. And now I must go contemplate it. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/14 "2000-08-23T13:11:44Z")
My belly button is so clean that I keep salt in it for when I eat carrots in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Heloise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/15 "2000-08-23T13:14:41Z")
I have a kinda deep innie, so I clean it on a regular basis. I may have a little bit of lint in there… ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/16 "2000-08-23T13:17:34Z")
Let’s see, I check my belly button and see that I have an innie. All of you outies out there are housing aliens in your stomachs. Get them out now! I know there isn’t anything in mine because it is an innie. heheheh HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/17 "2000-08-23T13:18:40Z")
There’s all this hair in the way, and… oh… ahhhhh… I see now… My finger is in there. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/18 "2000-08-23T13:44:18Z")
It’s still there, and still clean. No lint. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/19 "2000-08-23T13:56:37Z")
The only thing in my bellybutton is a small gold hoop. If there was _anything_ else in there I’d be grossed out. ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/20 "2000-08-23T14:13:27Z")
A very tiny bit of lint and some little black spec thingy. I don’t want to think about it. I showered just last week. It should still be clean. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399.md?page=2)