Six Words: Jewel, Report, Inquiry, Waist, Grant, Plead
When I would see someone, always a girl, with a jewel in her belly button I always wondered how it was fastened on. I’d never pleaded with anyone to report a secret technique, but it was a mystery. Recently I was granted my wish. Wish is too strong a word, really, just curiosity. Regardless, I was glad to discover the answer, although I was shocked.
I’m used to the idea of pierced ears, the kinds of jewelry that is displayed in those pierced ears, and the little clamps behind the ear that hold the earrings in place. My surprise was discovering the same technique is used with belly button jewels! It happened at the mall.
A couple of young women were wearing tops that didn’t come down to their waists, and shorts that didn’t come up to their waists. In other words, their waists were bare, in front, on the sides, and in back. My surprise, as I walked behind them, was seeing clamps on their backs at their waistlines. They were skin colored or transparent and sometimes colorful, but there was something definitely there. Some people may have thought they were tattoos. But that’s when I realized that the belly button jewels work just like earrings. The posts go all the way through from front to back and the clamps hold them in place. Now I wonder if having those holes drilled tickles, like when you tickle a baby’s tummy? And I’m wondering if the jewels you see on some women’s foreheads are fastened on in the same way.
I’m so glad that these were our words this week, because I’m sure many of you wondered the same thing and this gave me a chance to share my research and discovery.