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If you unscrew your belly button, your bottom will fall off

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Re: If you unscrew your belly button, your bottom will fall off

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Post by somedude895 »

wkjagt wrote: post #7
timonoko wrote: post #4

I used pincers and fished out massive piece of navel lint the other day. It was quite solid. And there was white strands growing from it, somekind of mildew. I was aware of danger of scratching yores navel, so I doused the area with Alcool and Betadine.

When my first kid was born, I planned to start preserving my navel fur to be able to knit him a sweater for his 18th birthday. I regret that I never got around to that. He’s 15 now and I don’t think 3 years will yield enough for a sweater. Socks, maybe, but I’d always see those as a symbol of my lack of perseverance.

No way! I've been collecting it for three years now, planning to create felt plushies with it brand name is Nabelfilz. Sadly during the pandemic the harvest was bad, since production requires fabric and friction and I wasn't wearing shirts or walking much.

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Post by robin_reala »

timonoko wrote: post #4

I used pincers and fished out massive piece of navel lint the other day. It was quite solid. And there was white strands growing from it, somekind of mildew. I was aware of danger of scratching yores navel, so I doused the area with Alcool and Betadine.

Omphalolith? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omphalolith

Re: If you unscrew your belly button, your bottom will fall off

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Post by rsynnott »

danuker wrote: post #10
zB2sj38WHAjYnvm wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My parents told me something very similar about gum, and a whole lot of other weird things over the years. Is this a universal experience? I wonder if it's a helpful evolutionary trait, sort of like training your "mental immune system" the same way that your mother chewing your food and feeding it to you, germs and all, strengthens your actual immune system.

> your mother chewing your food and feeding it to you, germs and all, strengthens your actual immune system. [citation needed]

The comment you're replying to was obviously written by a bird.

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Post by jojobas »

zB2sj38WHAjYnvm wrote: post #9
kawsper wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My parents told me that you get a hole in your belly if you eat gum. As a child I panicked once because I accidentally swallowed some gum, it's a mean thing to lie about :(

My parents told me something very similar about gum, and a whole lot of other weird things over the years. Is this a universal experience? I wonder if it's a helpful evolutionary trait, sort of like training your "mental immune system" the same way that your mother chewing your food and feeding it to you, germs and all, strengthens your actual immune system.

What's the stimulus and response if you tell your kid a joke/lie and never let him figure out it was a joke?

The correct way would be to intermingle jokes with truths and telling/laughing some time after they swallow the lies they should have doubted.

My kids seem to doubt everything they hear (pain in the bum for teachers), yet almost religiously believe everything I've told "for real".

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Post by danuker »

rsynnott wrote: post #13
danuker wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> your mother chewing your food and feeding it to you, germs and all, strengthens your actual immune system. [citation needed]

The comment you're replying to was obviously written by a bird.

Do birds chew gum?

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Post by guntherhermann »

eastbound wrote: post #6

> This, along with the “lying still game” and many other “games” ensured hours of peace and quiet for adults trying to It’s funny how fathering is about using a thousand tricks to make kids go through life even when they don’t want. And another part is politeness rules teach kids to be convenient for the parents, for example “don’t play with food, there’s kids in Africa” was never about African kids and more about cl…

> I don’t know how to complain properly

Oh I don't know, I think you're doing a fine job of it.

All of those things you complain about not being able to do, you know that you can't do them.

If you know you can't do them, and want to do them, then you can learn how.

Alternatively, you can lay your issues at your parents feet and mope about how hard your life is as a millionaire.

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Post by _0ffh »

kawsper wrote: post #5
jojobas wrote: post #3

The belly button joke is very old and widespread, I believe my father was warned by his father.

My parents told me that you get a hole in your belly if you eat gum. As a child I panicked once because I accidentally swallowed some gum, it's a mean thing to lie about :(

I think some people used to believe that a swallowed piece of gum might cause appendicitis. I don't know how accurate that belief is, but maybe your parents weren't trying to be mean, just cautious.

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Post by implements »

zB2sj38WHAjYnvm wrote: post #9
kawsper wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My parents told me that you get a hole in your belly if you eat gum. As a child I panicked once because I accidentally swallowed some gum, it's a mean thing to lie about :(

My parents told me something very similar about gum, and a whole lot of other weird things over the years. Is this a universal experience? I wonder if it's a helpful evolutionary trait, sort of like training your "mental immune system" the same way that your mother chewing your food and feeding it to you, germs and all, strengthens your actual immune system.

It's bad enough when they spit on a hanky and wipe your face with it!
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