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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Started conversation Dec 2, 1999
What's the name of the indented thing in the middle of the upper lip?
Lil
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Taipan - Jack of Hearts Posted Dec 2, 1999
Over here we call it 'the indented thing in the middle of the upper lip'
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Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Dec 3, 1999
No, really, I know it has a name. Something monosyllabic and non-medical sounding like zarf or sprid.
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Niten Posted Dec 4, 1999
How about "philtrum?" Don't ask me how I knew this.
-N.
Philtrum!
Asteroid Lil - Offstage Presence Posted Dec 4, 1999
Yes, that's it. I remembered it as soon as you said it.
Are you good at trivia or just a genius on body parts?
Lil
Philtrum!
Niten Posted Dec 4, 1999
Both. 
But in this case, in a weird spasm of synchronicity, I read about "philtra" in a book about a week ago.
-N.
Philtrum!
Hoovooloo Posted Dec 4, 2019
I'd be prepared to bet folding money that most people around my age discovered the word "philtrum" in relation to Conservative Prime Minister John Major.
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Hoovooloo Posted Dec 9, 2019
By far my favourite fact of the 90s is that "Virginia Bottomley" is an anagram of "I'm an evil Tory bigot".
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