Science Unlocks The Mystery Of Belly Button Lint 161
After three years of research, including examining 503 pieces of fluff from his own belly button, Georg Steinhauser has discovered a type of body hair that traps stray pieces of lint and draws them into the navel. Dr Steinhauser's observations showed that "small pieces of fluff first form in the hair and then end up in the navel at the end of the day." Chemical analysis revealed the pieces of fluff were not just made up of cotton from clothing. Wrapped up in the lint were also flecks of dead skin, fat, sweat and dust. Unfortunately, further study has failed to yield a hair or fiber that would give Dr. Steinhauser the last three years of his life back.
Please listen to your readers. (Score:5, Insightful)
Please Slashdot, keep this kind of stuff off the front page or at-least make it like a sub-post. (Those little mini-categories)
Is this how you want a sophisticated site to look like when a new user views it?
I have mod points (Score:5, Insightful)
I have mod points,How do I mod bomb the article into oblivion?
Re:Picture = horrible! (Score:3, Insightful)
On the other hand, having just RTFA,
Re:Please, for the love of god, stop complaining (Score:5, Insightful)
Because it's on the freaking front page. It's easy to either overlook the "Idle" tag in the title, when you're just skimming the story bodies or to get curious despite knowing better. I mean, it's like telling someone not to think of elephants -- it's too late already.
So why not complain? Idle is on rare occasions amusing to read when you've exhausted everything *else* that you normally read online, but it's not like it's "A-list" material* that deserves to be on the front page.
* Even for relative definitions of "A-list" material.
Re:Please listen to your readers. (Score:5, Insightful)
What is so very wrong with adding a bit of humor to life?
I've been here on /. for a long time now. Adding the silly topic has been the norm every now and then.
Sorry if you noobs can't take it.
Calling the Ig Nobel committee.... (Score:3, Insightful)
I predict at least a nomination for this year's award for Medicine.