{"id":9016,"date":"2012-08-22T01:40:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2012-08-22T01:40:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T09:40:42","slug":"the-holey-t-shirt-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-holey-t-shirt-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holey T-Shirt Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t want a t-shirt with holes, but I have around 50 of them anyway. All the holes are in the same place: on the front, a little below the waist.<\/p>\n

Last year, a friend told me that she had the same problem and I was amazed by her analysis of it: The holes were caused by the zippers of our low-cut jeans. Looking back, I can’t believe I went along with this. It sounded so brilliant at the time, and it was nice to solve the mystery.<\/p>\n

At some point, I realized that it wasn’t about zippers. More and more of my t-shirts sprouted the same tiny holes. And the holes are multiplying but staying roughly in the same place. Sitting in the car with my husband yesterday, I noticed a hole in one of my newer t-shirts and cursed. I explained the phenomenon, and joked that maybe it was my belly button. Maybe I have a toxic belly button! My son suggested that maybe it emits radioactive waves.<\/p>\n

I decided to google “why are there holes in my t-shirts,” and landed on a forum<\/a> where people discussed the holey t-shirt mystery. Their theories ranged from logical to absurd. Seatbelts, third-world shoddiness, kitchen counters, harsh laundry soap, the theories were offered up and then shot down by other commenters.<\/p>\n

Finally, I came to this revelation:<\/p>\n

Silverfish. They eat ONLY cotton and similar vegetable based natural fabrics such as rayon, they especially eat clothing that hasn’t been recently washed. They eat mostly around the bottom of the shirt because of oils and dirt from your belly button sticking to the fabric.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The “oils and dirt” from my belly button?!? Silverfish?!?<\/p>\n

I googled silverfish and found an eco friendly product to kill them with. I can’t even think about my belly button.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"