Belly button plant

hot_pastrami · 10-14-2004, 02:18 PM

Only in Canada, eh...

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Last September I went alone on a canoe trip. On the very first day my canoe turned over in a rapid and I lost some of my equipment in the water. Fortunately, I managed to save my camping gear and my food. But I lost all my spare clothes. So I knew I would have to wear the same outfit for the rest of the trip.

Six days later, I was finally back home. The first thing I wanted to do was to change clothes and take a shower. But when I took off my sweater, to my amazement, I could see something sticking out of my belly button! I couldn’t believe it: something was growing in there!

Details and photos here. I don't know how much fiction is involved here, but it is pretty funny. It's also a sobering commentary on camping hygeine.

10-14-2004, 03:20 PM

That's mildly disgusting, but amusing. As an experienced camper, I've never had a problem taking at least a complete sponge bath every day, and if I'm near a river, I'll always jump in for a swim - even a brief icey one. A person can stay clean if they feel like it. This person is either good at photo-shopping or else a total pig.

wolf · 10-14-2004, 03:32 PM

Or found a convenient seedling, a bit of lint, and installed it for the photos.

Of course, the story comes from Coast to Coast, good for entertainment, usually not good for reliable reporting ...

LabRat · 10-14-2004, 03:34 PM

I say hoax hoax hoax! GROSS

http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b...Cycle_body.htm

This is a link to "fast plant" info. These are used in science labs fron grade school thru college to study everything from germination to genetics due to their very rapid life cycle. This particular plant can germinate and reach a stage where true leaves have begun to emerge in only 6 days, much like what has appeared to have happened based upon the pics in the article. However, I am convinced it's a hoax because
1) who the hell has that much belly button lint?? and 2)if it's been in there a week without showering, it looks awfully fluffy and clean to me. like, straight out of the dryer lint collector...3)this dude's shirt would have been rubbing on the plant as it was germinating, squishing and deforming it. the leaves would not be opened nicely as they are in the photos. 4) light is required for leaves to produce chlorophyll (green pigment). if this guys sweater had enough holes in it to allow enough light thru, the plant would have poked thru these holes and he would have noticed it. if no or very small holes, then the leaves would be a very pale green or yellow due to lack of sunlight.

Gross. this is sick and wrong on so many levels. BUT it reminds me of a storybook that I had as a kid where there was a little girl who refused to take a bath. Her mother planted radish seeds in the dirt that collected on her. Once they sprouted, she finally decided to take a bath and they ate the radishes for dinner. it was actually a really cute book. i now need to find it and add it to K's collection.

glatt · 10-14-2004, 04:08 PM

I thought the green leaves looked a little funny for something that grew inside a belly button under a shirt

xoxoxoBruce · 10-14-2004, 05:53 PM

Cool, fresh sprouts on your camping trip.

Clodfobble · 10-14-2004, 05:59 PM

LabRat, I think that was a Mrs. Pigglewiggle story. There was a whole series--Mrs. Pigglewiggle always came up with clever ways to make children do the things they didn't want to do.

footfootfoot · 10-14-2004, 08:50 PM

I remember when I was little we would keep extra belly buttons in the navel reserve.

dar512 · 10-14-2004, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

LabRat, I think that was a Mrs. Pigglewiggle story. There was a whole series--Mrs. Pigglewiggle always came up with clever ways to make children do the things they didn't want to do.

Yes. Great series of books. Read them to the kids at bedtime. Loved all the clever "cures".

10-14-2004, 03:32 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Or found a convenient seedling, a bit of lint, and installed it for the photos. Of course, the story comes from Coast to Coast, good for entertainment, usually not good for reliable reporting ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-14-2004, 03:34 PM	#4
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	I say hoax hoax hoax! GROSS http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b...Cycle_body.htm This is a link to "fast plant" info. These are used in science labs fron grade school thru college to study everything from germination to genetics due to their very rapid life cycle. This particular plant can germinate and reach a stage where true leaves have begun to emerge in only 6 days, much like what has appeared to have happened based upon the pics in the article. However, I am convinced it's a hoax because 1) who the hell has that much belly button lint?? and 2)if it's been in there a week without showering, it looks awfully fluffy and clean to me. like, straight out of the dryer lint collector...3)this dude's shirt would have been rubbing on the plant as it was germinating, squishing and deforming it. the leaves would not be opened nicely as they are in the photos. 4) light is required for leaves to produce chlorophyll (green pigment). if this guys sweater had enough holes in it to allow enough light thru, the plant would have poked thru these holes and he would have noticed it. if no or very small holes, then the leaves would be a very pale green or yellow due to lack of sunlight. Gross. this is sick and wrong on so many levels. BUT it reminds me of a storybook that I had as a kid where there was a little girl who refused to take a bath. Her mother planted radish seeds in the dirt that collected on her. Once they sprouted, she finally decided to take a bath and they ate the radishes for dinner. it was actually a really cute book. i now need to find it and add it to K's collection. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

10-14-2004, 05:53 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cool, fresh sprouts on your camping trip. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-14-2004, 08:50 PM	#8
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I remember when I was little we would keep extra belly buttons in the navel reserve. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-14-2004, 03:20 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	That's mildly disgusting, but amusing. As an experienced camper, I've never had a problem taking at least a complete sponge bath every day, and if I'm near a river, I'll always jump in for a swim - even a brief icey one. A person can stay clean if they feel like it. This person is either good at photo-shopping or else a total pig.

10-14-2004, 04:08 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I thought the green leaves looked a little funny for something that grew inside a belly button under a shirt

10-14-2004, 05:59 PM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	LabRat, I think that was a Mrs. Pigglewiggle story. There was a whole series--Mrs. Pigglewiggle always came up with clever ways to make children do the things they didn't want to do.

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