A Little Nippy?

Thinking of Mr. Nichols, you might think that a little nip is this:


But could it be possible that it's another kind all together?Now, it could be a lot of thing, a birthmark, mole, or it could be a supernumerary nipple. In Chandler Bing speak, a nubbin.

Third nipples are not very rare: one in eighteen people has one. They can range in appearance from a small mole-like structure to a full breast, even in men. Third nipples are more common in men than in women.

They're most likely to occur just about below where nipples normally are, but sometimes down near the lower abdomen, where other mammals have multiple nipples on their bellies.
All mammals can develop an extra nipple. Nipple development is classified into eight levels. The first level is the mole-like nipple. The eighth level is a fully developed, female, milk-bearing breast in a female and a fully developed, male, non-milk bearing breast in a male.

Their occurrence has been observed since Roman times and are often attributed to be a sign of virility and fertility. Although in Salem MA in Colonial Times, women with them were condemned as witches and burnt at the stake, as they were thought to use them to suckle the Devil.

There are some famous people who part of the triple nipple club. Carrie Underwood during her American Idol audition admitted to having a third nipple which looked like a mole. Lily Allen showed off hers on UK television during The Friday Night Project show. Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was victimized because of her third nipple. And even Mr. Efron is in the Celebrity Extra Nip Club. BBC Radio 1 presenter Jo Whiley, revealed she had had a third nipple removed. Her husband gave her the nickname Scaramanga, after the James Bond villain who had a supernumerary nipple.

Francisco Scaramanga, was in the 1965 novel and the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. In the movie, Bond has Q make a fake nipple in order to impersonate Scaramanga, although he places it in an anatomically impossible position. Scaramanga, and Chandler there's another name to add to the pop culture group, Krusty the Klown. Lisa used her knowledge of Krusty's third nipple to see if Krusty was an impostor in an episode of The Simpsons.

Probably the most famous triple nipple is Mark Wahlberg's. He famously spoke about it to the press before considering an operation to have it removed, but then decided against it, citing his third nipple as his "prized possession".


So Mole? Nip? of Just Julian trying to make his mark? ; )