Why is belly button fluff usually blue-gray?

[brewnog]

Is *Kia* wolram's missus or something?

 

[*Kia*]

hahahaha daughter!

 

[honestrosewater]

hahahaha daughter!

Yet you still seem normal.

 

[*Kia*]

Really gosh darn - must work harder

 

[brewnog]

hahahaha daughter!

Close. At least you didn't choose to have him around, so it's not really your fault or anything!

 

[wolram]

Close. At least you didn't choose to have him around, so it's not really your fault or anything!

You are just, SO crule i am wounded beyond redemstion, i hope you all have
a good 5th of november.

 

[Evo]

hahahaha daughter!

Welcome to PF daughter of wolram!

You know your dad is quite well known and respected here!

I look forward to more of your posts.

(oh, and you get a free fish...you might want to pass that up though, it's about 6 months old)

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Better keep it shaved though...that could get scary with some belly fur added to it.

Alright now stop that! You made me spit out my coffee.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

hahahaha daughter!

hihihihi hahahaha daughter of Wolram.

 

[hypatia]

My dog is growling like crazy @ the monkey!
And hi Kia, daughter of Wolram!

 

[brewnog]

hihihihi hahahaha daughter of Wolram.

Don't rub it in, the poor lass probably gets mocked enough as it is!

 

[Moonbear]

Alright now stop that! You made me spit out my coffee.

You and Evo should start a support group for that.

 

[*Kia*]

Oh my, I use "LOL" in forums more often than, I am sure, is acceptable, but blow me down with a feather, I actually did a genuine LOL or two reading that. (I'm sure there are too many comma's in that sentence )

My "intelligence" does lay in a different direction to that of my dear daddy (but then he has had a little longer to acquire his knowledge) and the razor sharp wit is definitely far from as honed.

 

[SOS2008]

Yes, watch the fur. It not only helps hold in the fluff, but once a friend placed a butter mint in a chap's navel, and it became quite a sticky situation.

 

[Ouabache]

Wouldn't you know, wiki made a page on this, navel lint.
A fellow from Australia (Karl Kruszelnicki) made a systematic survey regarding belly fluff and these were some of his findings:

* Navel lint consists primarily of stray fibres from one's clothing, mixed with some dead skin cells and strands of body hair. The rotting cells can create unpleasant odors.
* Contrary to expectations, navel lint appears to migrate upwards from underwear rather than downwards from shirts or tops. The migration process is the result of the frictional drag of body hair on underwear, which drags stray fibres up into the navel.
* Women experience less navel lint because of their finer and shorter body hairs. Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.
* Navel lint's characteristic blue-gray tint is likely the averaging of the colors of fibres present in clothing; the same color as clothes dryer lint.