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what's the weirdest non-food item that you eat!

110 replies

ScottyTotty2 · 03/03/2019 12:57

finger nails...........er

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PutyourtoponTrevor · 03/03/2019 12:57

Bogies

housewifeoflittleitaly · 03/03/2019 13:01

Chalk

needthisthread · 03/03/2019 13:02

Bogies

Nah, bogies must be classed as a food Grin

lottielady · 03/03/2019 13:03

Apple cores, pips and all.

eco1636 · 03/03/2019 13:04

Sweet wrappers e.g. the whole chewitt.

HalfBloodPrincess · 03/03/2019 13:06

When pregnant last time I craved lightbulbs. I managed to resist.

This time thankfully it’s just piccalilli mixed in ice cream.

OneStepOneStumble · 03/03/2019 13:07

Ice cubes!

I know the noise is abhorrent but I can't resist

MrsExpo · 03/03/2019 13:10

I once met someone who had made themselves very ill indeed by consuming several mothballs daily. Shock They never realised they were poisonous ..... !!

IHaveBrilloHair · 03/03/2019 13:11

I craved sponges when I was pregnant and ate dozens of them

HemlockStarglimmer · 03/03/2019 13:13

I sometimes eat the tissue that I've used to wipe my tears during a weepy movie.

LaMarschallin · 03/03/2019 13:21

Like lottielady I eat the whole apple (and pear) because (I'm sure unlike lottielady) I'm too idle to walk to the bin.
Recently I ate some stuff I found in the bed (settle down!) wondering why I'd spilt coriander seeds there. Turned out my warmable wheat bag had a hole.

Clairaloulou · 03/03/2019 13:21

@HalfBloodPrincess lightbulbs! Shock which bit?!

ScottyTotty2 · 03/03/2019 13:28

the lightbulb eater is well.......illuminating, I had never thought of that

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ilovemilton · 03/03/2019 13:32

IHaveBrilloHair I was a pregnant sponge eater too!!! As if someone else did it!!

Wuddlingheights · 03/03/2019 13:32

Am I the only person who didn’t know people ate non-food items at all?? Shocked (and intrigued!)....

Iamclearlyamug · 03/03/2019 13:34

@ihavebrillohair and @ilovemilton omg me too!! didn't realise it was so common 😂😂

BlueMerchant · 03/03/2019 13:34

Soapy flannel
Scabs

BeanTownNancy · 03/03/2019 13:38

I used to eat toilet paper as a kid (unused obviously), and I also used to chew or suck on spoons for hours. Ate coal too.

Turns out I was iron deficient. Pica is sometimes trying to tell you something.

HalfBloodPrincess · 03/03/2019 13:38

Clairaloulou the thin glass bit. Was all I could think about for a good few months. I wanted to crunch it. I tried ice but it just wasn’t cutting it.

IAmMeThisIsI · 03/03/2019 13:40

The rubber top on my vape pen. I ruin them all but it's mega satisfying!

Nolagerformethanks · 03/03/2019 13:41

My friend eats pages out of books, goes to the charity shop for them and the browner the pages (e.g. the older the book) the tastier they are apparently 😬😷

FuckBrussel · 03/03/2019 13:46

My friend eats pages out of books, goes to the charity shop for them and the browner the pages (e.g. the older the book) the tastier they are apparently 😬😷

I wonder how many beautiful, valuable antique books she's eaten? Confused

Mind you, it gives a whole new meaning to "read and inwardly digest"...

EvePolastriBaby · 03/03/2019 13:47

I craved sponges when I was pregnant and ate dozens of them

Is that why you have Brillo hair pp? Wink

PearlyPinknails · 03/03/2019 13:48

I eat chalk. Has to be crayola white. I eat sticks and sticks and sticks of it Blush

callmekitten · 03/03/2019 13:49

I used to eat glue and crayons when I was a kid. Once in a while I will taste them again to see why I might have liked it about them.

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