h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Well, thisa looks quite authoratitive:

http://www.sexualrecords.com/WSRphysiology.html

Sweet lord full of mercy...

You say that the third nipple can appear just about anywhere. But I understood that extra nipples only appeared along the nipple lines. These are lines which start at the armpits, head out towards and through the normal nipples, then turn downwards and continue in parallel along the abdomen towards the waist.

Hi Gnomon.

Yes, I know
I believe that the vast majority of extra nipples occur on that line, but there are exceptions to every rule. There's that story about Anne Boleyn possibly having a nipple on her neck - I would expect that it's just a freak occurence.

I want a third nipple! Sounds like 50% extra fun!

I was reading a book on Mutants by, erm, well a person who was Dutch, but lived in Canada, whose name I can't spell.. anyway this all made sense before I drank some rather good wine. That mentioned a woman who was reported to have a extra breast on her thigh that she could use to feed a child with.

See, Gnomon? There are freaks and mutants everywhere. (the woman in the book, not you, Z)

Forgot to say, they usually occur on the nipple line, but occasionally tend to occur in other places.

I think more people who are anatomically configured differently shuold be proud of it...

Me too. I don't mind poking a bit of fun at him, but I'm rather fond of my Nippy.

C'mon now you guys! Get real,

One perfectly formed, pretty, and intelligent woman, with just the two breasts, two nipples and one unmentionable should be enough for any red-blooded male! Accidents of nature notwithstanding.

I want a third nipple I do have a dark raised scar underneath my right breast as it were, which could I gues if in the half light be mistaken for an extra nipple it was caused by silicon tubing whilst I was in hospitatl But they can occur anywhere? s off to find a mirror

But who wants a woman whose 'enough'..

Seriously if was dating a woman and she had an extra nipple I wouldn't be bothered at all - sounds rather fun! But I'd hardly be disapointed if a girl only had the usual set of two. Mind you I wouldn't dump someone because they had a masectomy either.

Right, to find a dating site where I can specify the number of nipples a potential date should have.... four or five seems a nice kinda number could be hours of fun for those who enjoy.... the use of clamps and such things So would a third/forth/etc, nipple have the same sensitivity as a first or second nipple? I mean, woul dit have the same rich nerve supply?

I'm a bit concerned about what you say here:


'Some stories also say that she had a mole or goiter on her neck, which was possibly a third nipple'.


... because all the medical sites I've visited state (categorically!) that Anne Boleyn had a 3rd breast (i.e. more than just a nipple)

Furthermore, I have a book called The Body by Anthony South. Pelican (1970) which says this:

Quite a frequent abnormality is the possession of more than two breasts. They occur on what is known as the mammary line, and are said (by some) to affect 1% of the human population. This mammary line exists early in embryonic life. At seven weeks from conception it is clearly visible, but almost all of it then disappears leaving a small spot on either side of the chest area. These spots become male and female breasts. Should other nipples develop they occur somewhere along the old line. If superimposed on an adult human, the mammary line resembles the traditional shape of a vase. On each side, the lip of the vase is at the armpits. The lines then travel down through the conventional breast positions, and nearly meet at the genital area. Extra or accessory nipples are somewhere along these lines, a condition known as polythelia.

My point is that although AB may well have had a mole or a goitre on the neck, but this was separate from her polymastia, which would have been on the mammary line.

This is not necessarily the kind of thing that you would want to put in a learned article, but in April 2004 you could get odds of 6-1 from British bookmaker William Hill that David Beckham had a third nipple.

The reason was that a dodgy female called Rebecca Loos was putting it about in tabloid circles that she'd had an affair with the England football captain, and claimed she knew an intimate secret that would prove it. The press went into overdrive, and a third nipple was one of the postulated possibilities.

It's now generally accepted that Becks doesn't have a third nipple, only some very silly tattoos. Ms Loos has had her fifteen minutes, too. These days, she's mainly remembered as the only person ever to jerk off a pig on national television.

P.S. Seeing as hootoo is an 'online emncyclopaedia' I do think you need to use and explain the terms polythelia, polymastia and gynomastia (spelling!) in this Entry.

Actually, ref Anne Boleyn, I've just read this site, which leads me to believe that the allegations of polymastia and polydactly were really just 'character assassination' to lend credence to those who would have her convicted as a witch.

"Seeing as hootoo is an 'online emncyclopaedia' I do think you need to use and explain the terms polythelia, polymastia and gynomastia (spelling!) in this Entry."

Oh, absolutely not. No way.

I'm going to remove the Anne Boleyn thing entirely. If I can't be confident about it's factual accuracy or write it concisely enough, I don't want it in.

Right now, though, I have to return some pants

This site gives extra info about the 3rd nipple being the 'witches mark' or 'Devil's teat'. It also mentions the lactating supernumerary breast on a woman's thigh, tha another Researcher mentioned above.

http://wiccanhistorian.home.att.net/histories/devilsmark.html

Oh by the way, hi Pin Don't mind if I ignore you, do you? And all the people asking for third nipples over there...