Do you ever wonder where lint comes from? Or how it ever gets in your navel in the first place? It indeed is one of mysteries of life... Perhaps it is an evil and cunning plan launched by far away aliens to takeover our planet with lint -- you never know..
Did anyone see the episode of 'The Tick' where lint was discussed?
By Cthulu on Wednesday, February 3, 1999 - 02:51 pm:
I saw a movie called "bjossi" at this year's international film festival here in vancouver (the movie was from iceland) where that exact question is discussed and one character says to another that lint is actually a mass of dust mites and their eggs; they find the warmest, dampest place to live in.
EW!
By Funbaby on Wednesday, February 3, 1999 - 04:50 pm:
Tim from Rancid used to be called "Lint" back when he was in Operation Ivy.
Eh.
By dangermouse on Wednesday, February 3, 1999 - 06:29 pm:
Cth, Shit, If they go for the warmest and dampest place, then I'd hate to be a woman..
By filth on Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 10:47 am:
ya know, i always wondered that too. i think when you're sleeping the lint ferry comes and gives you a little pinch of lint to get you on your day!
and yeah funbaby, op ivy owned :)
By lGiOnDt on Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 01:34 pm:
ooh ooh I've got a theory.
I don't really get belly-button lint, believe it or not. Now, I also happen to sleep on my stomach or side most of the time. I never sleep on my back. I think to get belly-button lint you have to have dust particles fall into it from your sheets/comforter while you're sleeping. Therefore, I'm immune to belly-button lint!
By dangermouse on Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 01:45 pm:
hah! But I wear a t-shirt whilst sleeping!
By dangermouse (px1.syd.aone.net.au - 203.12.178.133) on Thursday, February 4, 1999 - 01:47 pm:
God, therefore your theory is invalid!
By mongi (beryllium.k.kth.se - 130.237.75.75) on Friday, February 5, 1999 - 06:42 am:
Lint doesn't exist, it's only in your imagination.
By sph (t4o28p26.telia.com - 195.198.148.194) on Friday, February 5, 1999 - 04:16 pm:
well..then who was the dude we had in sadist for a while then?
By seph (t4o28p26.telia.com - 195.198.148.194) on Friday, February 5, 1999 - 04:18 pm:
HAHA
damn HAHAHA
i just read your last statement there mongi, didnt see the previous shit.. haha sorry..i thought you where talking about the artist
By lice (bootp-231-230.bootp.virginia.edu - 128.143.231.230) on Saturday, February 6, 1999 - 02:00 am:
HAHAHHAHAHA
By Argon (wlv-a4-d0024.ftel.net - 205.138.219.56) on Saturday, February 6, 1999 - 02:45 am:
HAHHAH.. uh.. hhehe.. uh. (looks around to see no one laughing anymore)
Well, okay then. :)
By seph (t3o28p48.telia.com - 195.198.148.160) on Saturday, February 6, 1999 - 08:44 am:
=)
By warpus (gateway-g1.londonlife.com - 204.101.39.130) on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 01:03 pm:
is your lint always blue? mine is, and i have no idea why.
i thought that it was just parts of my shirt, but i rarely wear blue shirts. furthermore, if i kept all the lint that i.. found.. it would weight a hell of a lot more than all my clothes combined. so yeah, i don't have an answer either. i just have more questions.
maybe we should e-mail popular science.
By dangermouse (px1.syd.aone.net.au - 203.12.178.133) on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 01:56 pm:
Yeah, my lint actually has a greyish hue to it. I myself am at a loss to explain this colouring of my lint as I rarely wear grey (never) shirts.. Maybe the little lint monsters with their lint trains come along and colour it too..
Who knows?!
By Funbaby (206-18-118-185.lax.jps.net - 206.18.118.185) on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 02:05 pm:
Do you wear a lot of white shirts, and a lot of black shirts? Maybe it mixes up and turns gray. Although I can't figure why it'd be blue.
But I do know that when I had cheap black Payless shoes when I was a young'un, sometimes they'd stain my socks, and sometimes, even my feet, blue.
By dangermouse (px1.syd.aone.net.au - 203.12.178.133) on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 05:50 pm:
I think you've stumbled onto something there dude, anymore comments from the general scene population on their experiences with the dreaded lint?
By God among Lice (bootp-231-230.bootp.virginia.edu - 128.143.231.230) on Wednesday, February 10, 1999 - 07:12 pm:
I want my lint to be a nice olive green, so I think what I'll do is over the next 6 months, out of the 182 or so shirts I'll wear, I'll wear 59 cyan shirts, 20 magenta shirts, 98 yellow shirts, and 5 black shirts.
By Cthulu BRRR! (cr618396-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com - 24.113.55.86) on Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 03:24 am:
And then knit a sweater out of it for me. It gets cold up here in Canada.
By mongi (curium.k.kth.se - 130.237.75.88) on Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 03:45 am:
I don't believe in lint, therefor I don't have any.. on the other hand, I ever wear any clothes, and I sleep in a garbage can.
By warpus (gateway-g1.londonlife.com - 204.101.39.130) on Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 09:00 am:
well, i'm going to email popular science as soon as i get home. i'll let you guys know what they say.
By dangermouse (gw.qed.qld.gov.au - 203.104.2.5) on Thursday, February 11, 1999 - 01:57 pm:
Mongi, You're the dude from Seaseme Street?
By Cthulu the master of in-post-content (cr618396-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com - 24.113.55.86) on Friday, February 12, 1999 - 01:05 am:
Oscar the Scandanavian.
By mongi (francium.k.kth.se - 130.237.75.95) on Friday, February 12, 1999 - 04:44 am:
Dangermouse: nope, I'm the guy living next tp you during the summers.
By dangermouse (slbne14p20.ozemail.com.au - 203.108.206.148) on Friday, February 12, 1999 - 06:03 pm:
Ahh..
By haquisaq (light50.lightspeed.bc.ca - 206.12.82.50) on Monday, February 22, 1999 - 01:58 am:
it's weird, man. my bellybutton lint has a shiny yellow color to it.
no, wait, that's just jizz.
By Cthulu of Mistigris (cr618396-a.crdva1.bc.wave.home.com - 24.113.55.86) on Monday, February 22, 1999 - 12:18 pm:
MANGO...
the e-mail address you provided there doesn't work.
Get in touch with me!