littlebitocd ([info]littlebitocd) wrote,
@ 2006-11-14 18:24:00
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Contemplating My Navel (and Yours, Too)
So, I was just thinking today: Is the belly-button really medically necessary in this day & age? We've come to think of it as a body part, but isn't it just bad plastic surgery?

Is it possible for a doctor to cut the umbilical cord close to the tummy, and close it up with stitches, leaving just a little line of a scar instead of the little twist we have now?

What would you think if you saw somebody who didn't have a belly button? Would it freak you out? Would a doctor do it if you asked? Would you want your kid to have the new style?

Also, that's a tube back there, so what would it look like? Would it still sink in, or would it look like any other crease between abdominal muscles?

This is where my mind goes when it wanders off. I NEED ANSWERS, PEOPLE!!

Kyle XY has no tummy button. He seems fine with it.


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From Jen
(Anonymous)
2006-11-15 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Why are you so weird?

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Re: From Jen
[info]littlebitocd
2006-11-15 07:31 pm UTC (link)
Why can't you stop loving me so much? Some questions don't have answers.

Did you know that if you push in on your belly button, whatever organs those are back there are kind of squishy? It's true.

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I majored in navel contemplation..................
(Anonymous)
2006-11-16 03:55 am UTC (link)
I am a philosophy major, so you'd think that I'd be an expert on contemplating my navel, however this question even beyond me.........Strange

Though if I'm pressed I would say that the belly button comes standard on human beings- it's not optional. Just part of how we get here. Plus, it really does look strange without one.

KTO

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A Novel Naval Idea-Posting away!!!
(Anonymous)
2006-11-19 02:44 am UTC (link)
O.K. this one will be just a story, since I have had a recent need to contemplate this very subject.

Uncle "only shows up on Holidays" just had hernia surgery. The doctor said that sometimes, after this particular surgery, you don't have a belly button anymore. As I sat there listening to this, many thoughts went through my mind, "Where does it go, it doesn't seem like something that would be surgically removed!", "what will it look like, or not look like, whatever the case may be", "will there be more lint in my dryer screen as a direct result of Uncle OSUOH's new inability to retain lint in his naval?", and also, "where will he keep salt when eating celery in bed". He had surgery on a Thursday, and Sunday night it was time for the unveiling. I was a bit apprehensive because what if I screamed or passed out when I found no button where his button used to be. I held my breath, ripped the bandage off, and began to pull on the gauze. There was gauze, after gauze, after gauze, possibly a mile of gauze, possibly I'm exaggerating a bit, but I thought, where is all of this gauze coming from, and then, there it was, his navel. It had been spared, and somehow looked even more belly buttonish then it had ever looked. Still an "innie" (thank goodness) and still located on the equator (that was my other fear, that they would have relocated it (eek!)) Anyway, I didn't mean to write a novel about an naval, but this counts as a post, so I hope your carpal tunnel syndrome is in check, because you are going to be busy girlie!

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