Belly Button Lint
Is belly button lint trying to get out of my body or in?
———- from Mark A. Jensen of St. Paul, MN
It depends. How often do you bathe? Take the time to examine your lint under a low power microscope. Does it resemble a small, many legged moose with antlers at both ends, or does it look more like a series of bowling balls connected by chains? If it’s the latter, it’s trying to get in, to coat the lining of the gut and possibly prevent a hernia. If it’s the former, then it’s not lint at all, but a parasite that can eventually tunnel into the brain and cause chronic addiction to psychotherapy and expensive bath products. In either case, it’s best just to let the lint “do its thing”, and go about the business of doing yours, if indeed, you have a thing to do.
It depends. How often do you bathe? Take the time to examine your lint under a low power microscope. Does it resemble a small, many legged moose with antlers at both ends, or does it look more like a series of bowling balls connected by chains? If it’s the latter, it’s trying to get in, to coat the lining of the gut and possibly prevent a hernia. If it’s the former, then it’s not lint at all, but a parasite that can eventually tunnel into the brain and cause chronic addiction to psychotherapy and expensive bath products. In either case, it’s best just to let the lint “do its thing”, and go about the business of doing yours, if indeed, you have a thing to do. 