(disclaimer: this photo is not one of my own. I borrowed it from the internet. My lint is white.)
Thanks Georg Steinhauser! You've solved the biggest mystery or all mysteries! Because of you, I can now live with myself and understand why my belly-button refuses to stop collecting lint.
I only hope you are able to recover from the financial and emotional strain sustained during this trying time studying 503 samples of Navel Lint. I especially feel for your many friends and family who endured your navel gazing in the name of science.
I hope that the government will be kind enough to fund your research in the future as you continue to dive further into the mysteries of the belly-button. God Speed my friend. I only hope we will have the opportunity to meet and have many dialogues that will produce wonderful insights like...
"Abdominal hair is mainly responsible for the accumulation of navel lint."
...or this...
"Lint might ... fulfill a cleaning function for the navel."
Please Mr. Steinhauser, come to America and enlighten us further.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504067,00.html
