Did You Know...

Posted on March 02, 2007 at 10:49 AM

...that one in ten people have more than two nipples?


I have three, my eldest son has four.

In the lore of the witch, this is claimed to be an extra teat or nipple on a witch's body from which she or he permitted a familiar or imp to suckle human blood which these creatures supposedly craved. Although extra nipples appear naturally in a small percentage of the population, a fact which was either not widely known or disregarded in medieval times, these extra bodily protuberances took on an infernal association during this period.
VIA


Good job I've been born now rather than then, eh?


Want to know more? There's a blog all about it:

The Superfluous Nipple

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Comments

Mal at March 2, 2007 01:21 PM

Golly! Some people have all the luck! Crusty the Clown has a surfluous thrid nipple as well - you are in esteemed company! heh heh

"...
CROWD: A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch!
VILLAGER #1: We have found a witch, might we burn her?
CROWD: Burn her! Burn!
BEDEMIR: How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2: She looks like one.
BEDEMIR: Bring her forward.
WITCH: I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEMIR: But you are dressed as one.
WITCH: They dressed me up like this.
CROWD: No, we didn't... no.
WITCH: And this isn't my nose, it's a false one.
BEDEMIR: Well?
VILLAGER #1: Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEMIR: The nose?
VILLAGER #1: And the hat -- but she is a witch!
CROWD: Burn her! Witch! Witch! Burn her!
BEDEMIR: Did you dress her up like this?
CROWD: No, no... no ... yes. Yes, yes, a bit, a bit.
VILLAGER #1: She has got a wart.
BEDEMIR: What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3: Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEMIR: A newt?
VILLAGER #3: I got better.
VILLAGER #2: Burn her anyway!
CROWD: Burn! Burn her! "
[thanx Monty Python] ;)

Blue Witch at March 3, 2007 10:40 AM

Wondered if cheap wool tomorrow was of any interest to you Elle, if you are near an Aldi? http://uk.aldi.com/sunday_special_buys/productnl_102.html

Blue Witch at March 3, 2007 10:41 AM

Sorry, messed up the link... it should be http://uk.aldi.com/newsletters/4320/index.html

emma at March 4, 2007 08:40 PM

No way! That's incredible. I don't know anyone with 3 nipples and I'm sure I know 10 people. But then I've never actually enquired. So in fact, maybe I do .

m at March 5, 2007 01:05 AM

do the extra nipples get hard in cold weather or ummm...exciting moments?