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(13,141 posts) Thu Jul 10, 2014, 10:15 PM Jul 2014

In praise of Belly Buttons [View all]

"All placental mammals have a navel, and it is quite conspicuous in humans."

I was going to post some pictures, but after googling images of belly
buttons I lost my affection for navel gazing.

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In praise of Belly Buttons [View all] Voice for Peace Jul 2014 OP

Let the innie vs outie wars begin... n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2014 #1

My nephew's belly button was a perfect spiral for a long time. cui bono Jul 2014 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2014 #3

Actually, you CAN be born without a navel rocktivity Jul 2014 #4

you win the thread for the extra bellybuttons suggestion. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #7

Don't sell navel gazing short, navels are profound marked connections to our mothers, their mothers Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #5

That is a fine and commendable post. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #13

Just always strive to remember this. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #15

ack, now I have a disturbing image in both sides of my brain Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #16

Quick, go look at old paintings of Adam & Eve NightWatcher Jul 2014 #6

aha.. well, I suspect they were photoshopped in, after they had kids Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #10

When peddling bullshit, it's the little details that kill you NightWatcher Jul 2014 #12

when I googled Adam and Eve Bellybuttons I got "About 32,800 results (0.39 seconds)" Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #14

I cut my daughter's cord. It was so rubbery. rug Jul 2014 #8

indeed. You know that little part after the clamp that dries up and falls off? Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #18

You should have considered it might have enrolled in the Navel Academy Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #20

Half the time I can't even find my Dinghy Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #33

have you looked in the Otherlands? Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #38

you mean discussionist? Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #40

I meant the Otherlands, where lost dinghies are found, sometimes, but not often. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #43

We become such sentimentalists when we become fathers. rug Jul 2014 #27

Nah. I threw that thing out. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #34

I shouldn't tell you this but rug Jul 2014 #35

You're right. Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #37

Don't ask me about their teeth. rug Jul 2014 #39

But what about the platypi ?!?!? bobduca Jul 2014 #9

ohhhh sorry platypi Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #11

Oh, the fur and feathers don't mix escapades libodem Jul 2014 #32

I myself am a huge fan of the platypus. Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2014 #21

now I am a fan of the pppppppplatypus song too. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #28

Hello, sailor Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #17

in praise of Naval? Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #19

Does God have a belly button? If so, why? Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #22

Of courrrrse libodem Jul 2014 #25

Is the Holy Mother of God Jesus' grandmother? Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #29

What was that? Did you know *my* belly button is an inney? XRubicon Jul 2014 #23

There have been rumors swirling about your bellybutton, and I was hoping you would post some pics. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #30

rumors... I think that may just be lint Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #41

thanks for several laughs so far today, in addition to a little head scratching Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #42

Sorry. I'm usually not this non-linear Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #44

That's about right, for today, although everything may change with this Super Moon. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #45

I like Super Moon's girlfriend Warren DeMontague Jul 2014 #46

stop it you are killing me Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #47

Here is my best bellybutton meme libodem Jul 2014 #24

they simply were not of woman born, nor ripp'd untimely from Her womb, Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #31

Get Thee to the Greatest Page! Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #26

I like belly buttons. Solly Mack Jul 2014 #36

For some odd reason, kentauros Jul 2014 #48

curious and curiouser. Voice for Peace Jul 2014 #49