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Written by Jim at 07 Mar 2002 14:13:01: Re: Regress
As an answer to: Regress written by Paul B. at 07 Mar 2002 12:02:05:
>> The 'junk you get in your navel' is not at all like smegma (a cheesy, sebaceous secrection)
>Absolutely fascinating. But I daresay in making that observation, you don't actually go around looking at navels (umbilici), to actually know. And curiously enough, I do by way of necessity, amongst other things! And the third instance is a thing called an "epidermoid cyst" or more commonly, a "cyst", when its contents discharge.
>Now let's see, "not at all like" - well, it's made of the same stuff, apart from the actual lint. When you say "sebaceous secretion" (or however you spelt it), do you understand what that is? Do you know what the foreskin secretes that the umbilicus doesn't? The answer is "very little"!
>> since it's regularly exposed to open air, is dry,
>Only on the surface. I suppose you think people regularly clean their navels? Really?
>> and would not be expected to stink like stale smegma under any circumstances.
>Uh-huh. Same skin, is it not? Same material. Maybe a touch more urine associated with the smegma I suppose, but it can't soak in because if it did, by the same token, the smegma would be washed out.
>> Red Skelton never joked about smegma, probably didn't think it was funny.
>Wasn't he Jewish?Isn't he still living? Not sure if he's Jewish or not, but his humor has never been based upon anything sexual in nature. He is truly one of the best.