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Subject: The Belly- Button Fashion Faire From: Spider Tom Date: 22 May 00 - 08:03 AM WHY has the BELLY-Button become a fashion accessory? It has come to my attention that, as certain parts of the body are selected for threads, the belly-button is being ignored. I believe it to be an important part of the body. I find my own belly button both DEEP and Meaningful. Legend has it that, the the Belly-button is the centering device for our own equalibrium. I am sure "The Midwife" will tell you tales about the true umbellical connection. Tell of how, if the chord is not properly knotted, babies tend to fly around the room, much like a balloon. Technical, medical stuff. But, enough of fact! What I am interested in, is fable. If, as we are led to believe, the belly-button is mearly a scar, from a former stage of our existance, then why is it makeing a resurgance today? I know some of the reasons, but do you? I anticipate your vigorous debate on this, or don't your minds travel any LOWER than the Boobs. My mind is not afraid to wander lower. How low can you go? I will contemplate your navel, if you will contemplate mine. Spider Tom. |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: SINSULL Date: 22 May 00 - 09:03 AM I blame it on the tortellini. A few years back tortellini appeared as the "IN" pasta of the day with tortellini alfredo and tortellini marinara and cold tortellini salad. It was supposedly invented by a lovesick chef who coveted his neighbor's wife. She would sunbath shamelessly in her garden just within view of the besotten cook. And he fixated on her navel producing replicas of it in little round pasta dumplings. The whole world abandoned its vermicelli and ziti for this exotic forbidden "fruit". And if you didn't already know this story, you will never approach tortellini again without a wistful sigh and a prayer for the frustrated chef.
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: TerriM Date: 22 May 00 - 09:06 AM That's the best offer I've had all day! I think belly buttons have made a resurgence with the rise in popularity of piercings for girls, this being a favoured spot, you don't want go through all that and not show it off, do you? I also feel that,sadly, as thiness is the new(ish) God amongst women, they like to show off their fat free waistlines, or prove they have them. I've always wondered why belly buttons collect fluff, and why is it always blue? Terri ( who lost her fat free waistline some time ago) |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: GUEST,Mrr Date: 22 May 00 - 09:39 AM Oomphaloskeptics! |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: SINSULL Date: 22 May 00 - 10:24 AM Spider, Do you prefer innies or outies? |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: MMario Date: 22 May 00 - 10:37 AM tortellini was inspired by the navel of the goddess Venus, according to the "pasta legends" I learned while growing up, though one wonders why a goddess who was created whole and adult out of sea-foam would have a navel... Coming from a northern Italian family for whom tortellini in brodo was a family holiday tradition going back generations, the sudden popularity of tortellin has always amused us. Though we don't complain that what was once a major undertaking now means just runnning to the store... |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: catspaw49 Date: 22 May 00 - 11:29 AM Outside of the tortellini thing which seems to be pretty well covered, so to speak.............. I am of course, the world's worst Dad.........My son Michael went around for several years holding his belly-button after a big meal since he knew that if it popped open, his butt would fall off. Then too, everytime I ripped a big one, I'd look around and say, "Did you hear that big 'gator?" We' often went out into the side yard to look. Oddly enough. he rarely believes anything I tell him nowadays. This also reminds me of the old joke............Guy says to the girl, "Can I put my finger in your belly-button?" She agrees and then shouts, "HEY!!! That ain't my belly-button!!!!"......To which he responds, "That's OK...It ain't my finger either." Spaw
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: wysiwyg Date: 22 May 00 - 11:32 AM Did Adam and Eve have them? If so, how'd they get them? If not, how did we? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 22 May 00 - 11:41 AM 'Spaw, you're incorrigible ( we must stop incorriging you!) :oD RtS |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Gervase Date: 22 May 00 - 12:05 PM Adam and Eve had bellies as unblemished as a baby's bum, I seem to recall. I remember at my very traditional Roman Catholic prep school we were told that, of course, they couldn't have had navels because they were made directly by God. Same thing goes for angels. So, even if that heavenly figure does have St Michael written on their underwear, if they've got a belly button, they're an imposter. And if they quibble, tell 'em the Pope told you so! |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Margo Date: 22 May 00 - 12:35 PM I laugh every time I think of my newborn son's belly button being an "outie". The doc explained that it was just a slight hernia and that is would self correct with time. One day, while baby boy was laying flat on his back on my lap, his two and a half year old sister came along and "fixed" his belly button by poking it in with her little finger! And there it stayed! After two kids, mine has settled into an in/out sort of configuration. Change is good? Margo |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: JenEllen Date: 22 May 00 - 01:00 PM LOL Spaw! My dad used to say it was a moose....never did find that sneaky bastard... My great uncle was a decidedly proper British man. At least that's what we all thought while growing up, before the aquisition of the 'dry' humor. He used to tell us that the belly button was where the doctor 'tied you off' when you were born, like a balloon. If Uncle said it, it must be so. This spawned and entire generation of Oaks kids that are terrified even into adulthood to have their tummys touched. If that sucker goes...PPPFFFFFTTTTTT. The current trend of girls 'showing off' doesn't bother me one bit. Let 'em have their fun! In a few years they'll have stretch marks and sag, and be running for the oversized t-shirts like everyone else. Might as well enjoy it if ya got it and don't mind sharing.
Look but don't touch (ppppssssst!) |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: wysiwyg Date: 22 May 00 - 01:04 PM BULLWINKLE?? Is that YOU? ~S~ |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: wysiwyg Date: 22 May 00 - 02:10 PM |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Mbo Date: 22 May 00 - 06:45 PM When I took Imtroduction to The New Testament course and community college 2 years ago, our teacher told us Adam & Eve's belly buttons were made by God. He though something was missing when he created then, so he made a little divit with his finger, right in the middle of their tums. They were made of mud, y'know! Ahh, that Mr.King, what a riot he was! He was really a great guy! --Mbo |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: bbelle Date: 22 May 00 - 07:06 PM In my very proper family ... certain words just were not acceptable, i.e., expecting = pregnant; story = lie; kittycat = belly button. Both my sisters and I still say "kittycat" and I have 3 nieces and 4 nephews, all of whom say "kittycat." And ... I WOULD NEVER go through the pain of piercing anything but my earlobes ... moonchild |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: catspaw49 Date: 22 May 00 - 07:23 PM I ain't even gonna' ask................................. Kittycat???.........Kittycat????...........uh, yeah................Kinda' close to another feline nickname for a slightly lower orifice isn't it? Maybe your family wasn't as proper as you thought Moon!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: bbelle Date: 22 May 00 - 08:20 PM Spaw ... I can truthfully say in all my years that has never crossed my mind. At least it gives me something to think about during the next 50 years ... moonchild |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Cap't Bob Date: 22 May 00 - 09:09 PM Actually I never did get very excited about belly buttons. One of the advantages to being an innie is that it provides a good orafice to collect lint. It seems like I've heard about belly button lint being used for something but its use escapes me at the moment. If any of you are aware of a use for it let me know . I've been saving it over the years and have three bushel baskets full the last time I checked. As far as sex appeal, they are sort of like banjo's. Innies are the Old Timy banjo's and Bluegrass Banjo's are outies ~ having the resinator that makes them sick out a bit further. Oh well ~~~ I have heard of several naval battles that have taken place over the years but don't know exactly just how that hole thing works. Cap't Bob |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: bbelle Date: 22 May 00 - 09:12 PM My father always has a jar of "Naval Jelly" in his workshop and I've wondered for years where it came from ... moonchild |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Billy the Bus Date: 23 May 00 - 03:12 AM Um, Weren't belly buttons invented as a conveneient place to put the salt when you're eating fish'n'chips in bed?
And, moonchild, please don't apply poppa's "Naval Jelly" to your "kittycat" t'would be a "notrusty" experience
Sam
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Spider Tom Date: 23 May 00 - 07:02 AM The truth is there was ALWAYS a belly button. Yes, Adam and Eve had 'em,God made Adam and Eve, To get a neat crease at the bottom, a celestial thread was stitched through the belly, out the back near the base of the spine, pulled tightly down between the legs and then back out through the original hole at the belly where it was knotted(A slight variation on this theme was used further on Eve, we could discuss that on another thread). Of course this was necessary as what would we look like with no Ass? You just wouldn't wear jeans for a start, and a pushbike would be impossible to ride without slipping off. Design is always an important factor, the Lord works in mysterious ways, the button to include. I specialise in Adam and Eve they are distant Relatives, I believe. Sinsul... mines an innie, I was tightly knotted, and still am. To lesson the blue fluff collecting in the navel, shave a 2inch circle around the belly button, research has found this to stop the fluff collecting, but be warned, keep it shaved close as a willing lover soon loses the urge if they find their own navel being sanded by stubble. Spider Tom (still Pondering) |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Billy the Bus Date: 23 May 00 - 07:51 AM Tom (Ken), I am not goanna be a nutter so Will Knut enquire as to with whom you are still "tightly knotted" - dog-knots - it's a poisenal question, best solved with a big bucket of very cold water! Splashhhhh..... |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Mooh Date: 23 May 00 - 08:05 AM Definition of a naval attack? Hoola-hoop with a nail in it. 'Couldn't resist. Mooh. |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: GUEST,ABC Date: 23 May 00 - 09:10 PM Nice part about an "innie" is that you can lay in bed, watch TV, eat celery, and put the salt in your belly-button |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Ebbie Date: 24 May 00 - 01:04 AM LOL! Ebbie |
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Subject: RE: The belly button From: Spider Tom Date: 24 May 00 - 04:23 AM Thanks for the bucket of water Billy,I needed that like a hole in the head, as you may know, parting is a sweet sorrow Try a bucket of honey next time. Spider Tom |
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