# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/21 "2000-08-23T15:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tatertot \* > \*\*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. \*\* Um…no. Ew. (FTR, I had a tiny bit of crud in my innie) ---
**Author:** ![Sea\_Sloth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Sea\_Sloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sloth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/22 "2000-08-23T15:17:52Z")
I thought this would be an “Are you an innie or an outie?” thread. Do adults have outies? I haven’t seen one since I was a kid. Nothing in this innie. ---
**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, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/23 "2000-08-23T15:51:32Z")
I thought this was going to be about innies and outies too. I suppose once an outie, always an outie, unless you have something surgical done to change it. I’m an innie. My bellybutton is cute. Prolly one of the only parts of my body that I don’t have an issue with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/24 "2000-08-23T15:55:52Z")
The only thing I have in my belly button is three separate laparoscopic scars. Other than that, it is relatively crud-free. ---
**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/25 "2000-08-23T17:39:20Z")
Nope…all clean. What I want to know is…no matter what color shirt I’m wearing, the lint that does collect there is…blue??? WTF? I want my lint to match my shirt. I think some **Blue Meanie** puts blue lint in there when I’m sleeping or something. It’s just not right damn it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/26 "2000-08-23T18:58:12Z")
Belly buttons? You guys have belly buttons? ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/27 "2000-08-23T19:17:58Z")
Woohoo! _Hotdamn!_ I found it! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/28 "2000-08-23T19:40:25Z")
Ok, **Eve** , that’s it. I’m sending you the cleaning bill to get the coffee stain out of my shirt. Dammit, you know you’re not supposed to say stuff that funny while I’m drinking! Swiddles said: > [@](#): > > Me too! We should have a piercing party. Oh! Oh! Can I attend? I’ve decided that I’m sorta falling in love with you. grem ---
**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, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/29 "2000-08-23T22:49:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michi \* > \*\*I thought this was going to be about innies and outies too. \*\* You know, I thought about asking that, too. But that would just be a kind of survey. I was looking for others like me, thinking maybe we could form a support group or something. Maybe I should explain (or maybe not…but I won’t let that stop me). As far as personal hygene goes, I’m really quite a clean fellow (I believe Ruffian will vouch for me). I don’t mind getting dirty, but I refuse to stay that way for very long. I was just kind of disturbed at how that little lint collector can be so easily overlooked. Well, not any more, that’s for sure! Ha, ha! YOU CAN’T ESCAPE NOW, MY LITTLE VESTIGE OF THINGS UMBILICAL! YOU SHALL BE CLEANED JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE! WAAHAAHAAHAA!!! Oh look, the clock says it’s 3:40. Wow, that’s way past time for my meds. :::trots toward the egress::: ---
**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, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/30 "2000-08-23T22:56:57Z")
and yes, I know the word is spelled “hygiene.” stupid hooves ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/31 "2000-08-23T23:19:31Z")
Hey Michi, why don’t you come over here and let me help you with those issues. ---
**Author:** ![inoci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/50afbb/32.png) [@inoci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inoci)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/32 "2000-08-23T23:25:12Z")
you know, mine’s blue too. always. wierd… ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/33 "2000-08-23T23:32:47Z")
My exploration turned up the following items: 1. $1.67 in change (including a 1952 wheat penny. Whoo-hoo!) 2. A half-eaten muffin 3. About 5 ft of barbed wire 4. A navy blue sock (so _that’s_ where it went) 5. Key to my ex-girlfriend’s house 6. WHOA! I’ll just keep that one to myself. 7. Beer bottle cap Getting some awfully strange looks from my co-workers here. ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/34 "2000-08-23T23:48:58Z")
There’s nothing in mine. There is never anything in mine. Besides leaves when I’m raking, that is. ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/35 "2000-08-24T00:49:20Z")
:eek: 😕:(😕:(😕☹ :wally ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/36 "2000-08-24T00:53:37Z")
techchick cleans her bellybutton everyday…sides it’s kind of erotic to clean your belly button in the shower all soapy and covered in water…the water cascading on your body. There’s the smell of the soap and things are slippery. ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/37 "2000-08-24T01:00:35Z")
😕 😕 😕 😃 😃 😃 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/38 "2000-08-24T01:02:48Z")
:wally :eek::eek::eek: 😃 😃 😃 🆒 :wally :wally :wally ---
**Author:** ![DeathLlama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DeathLlama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeathLlama)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399/39 "2000-08-24T07:40:45Z")
BOB, you’re starting to get a little annoying [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yo-bellybutton-check/30399.md?page=1)