A librarian has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records after collecting fluff from his belly button every day for 26 years.

Graham Barker has amassed 22.1 grams of lint since embarking upon his unusual hobby, reports the Daily Telegraph.

"One evening, when a little under-occupied, I noticed the lint in my navel and started wondering about it," he said.

"I became curious as to how much of it one person can produce, and decided the only way to find out was to collect it for a while and see."

Mr Barker, who colour-codes his collection in jars, says thermal underwear produces the most lint.

The 45-year-old from Perth, Australia, has sold three jars to a museum for an undisclosed sum.

"The raw material is worthless but as a unique world record collection and a piece of cultural heritage, of debatable merit, it has some curiosity value," he said.

While most people have a positive reaction to his collection there is "a small minority - usually women" who find it unappealing.

Mr Barker said he was not the only navel fluff collectors in the world - but he was the only one who had gone the distance.

"One guy might have persisted, but he got married and his wife ordered him to stop," he added.

A librarian has won a place in the Guinness Book of World Records after collecting fluff from his belly button every day for 26 years.

Graham Barker has amassed 22.1 grams of lint since embarking upon his unusual hobby, reports the Daily Telegraph.

"One evening, when a little under-occupied, I noticed the lint in my navel and started wondering about it," he said.

"I became curious as to how much of it one person can produce, and decided the only way to find out was to collect it for a while and see."

Mr Barker, who colour-codes his collection in jars, says thermal underwear produces the most lint.

The 45-year-old from Perth, Australia, has sold three jars to a museum for an undisclosed sum.

"The raw material is worthless but as a unique world record collection and a piece of cultural heritage, of debatable merit, it has some curiosity value," he said.

While most people have a positive reaction to his collection there is "a small minority - usually women" who find it unappealing.

Mr Barker said he was not the only navel fluff collectors in the world - but he was the only one who had gone the distance.

"One guy might have persisted, but he got married and his wife ordered him to stop," he added.


My only question is...Why did he have to be an Aussie!

My only question is...Why did he have to be an Aussie!
My question...  WHO GET'S Belly button lint :-\\  I have owned a belly button (innie) for 39 years now, and I can say I have never had to clean out the lint trap....  WHAT THE H--- :P

My question...  WHO GET'S Belly button lint :-\\  I have owned a belly button (innie) for 39 years now, and I can say I have never had to clean out the lint trap....  WHAT THE H--- :P


I got a deep innie ... and it gets some lint,dust,rain,hail... ;D  The trouble is the fatter I get...the deeper it gets!  :o

I got a deep innie ... and it gets some lint,dust,rain,hail... ;D  The trouble is the fatter I get...the deeper it gets!  :o
Really ???  That surprises me!  When I was pregnant, mine kept getting shallower till it stuck out like a turkey temperature thingy...  It's done :D

Really ???  That surprises me!  When I was pregnant, mine kept getting shallower till it stuck out like a turkey temperature thingy...  It's done :D


That's the difference between growing on the inside versus growing on the outside.  ;D