Anyone Ever Eat The Silica?

Chris G

Just wondering. I just put my tongue on a piece. I almost couldn't get it off my tongue. That stuff is like a magnet to moisture I guess. I googles it and found out Burger King lists it as an ingredient. I'm not kidding.

Ron The Plumber

You crazy that will kill you.

Speedy Petey

Didn't you read the pack. It says "do not eat".

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mdshunk

Some people take whatever follows "do not..." as a challenge.

ron schenker

I've been tempted to eat grout from time to time. The "snow white" looks just like melted vanilla ice cream and some of the beige colors look like pancake mix. I'd never lick silica though that's like sticking your tongue to metal on a cold winter day!

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Chris G

I know, I had to do that once too. Silica not toxic. But if you eat 200 lbs of it, you'll turn into a leather purse in about 5 minutes.

mdshunk

My wife, a nurse, suggests that you're propensity toward putting your tongue on odd things says that you should look into getting seen by a doctor for what may end up being a medical disease... pica.

Ron The Plumber

Your going to die now

Chris G

Mmmmmm Cigarette butts....

WHAT IS PICA?

By Judith Solomon

We have been warned not to smoke because of the dangers to our own health and to other people's health as well (second-hand smoke). But there is yet another compelling reason to stop smoking or at the very least dispose of cigarette butts properly in a trash can rather than on the ground. Cigarette butts can be toxic to people with developmental disabilities who have a condition known as PICA (pronounced pie-ka)

PICA is an eating disorder that involves satisfaction of a craving by eating a non-food substance. Up to 26% of people in residential centers for the developmentally disabled have PICA, and a large portion of them have it for cigarette butts. This means that these people are driven to search for and swallow cigarette butts constantly. When cigarette butts are ingested, reports indicate that this may result in serious medical complications, personal injury, behavior management problems and nutritional complications.

Much work is being done at residential developmental centers for the retarded to alert smokers to the dangers of smoking and of leaving cigarette butts on the ground. Trash cans, specially designed, are being installed around the premises for disposal of cigarette bulls and a highly visible campaign aimed at raising consciousness on the part of all' at the facilities is being conducted.

In a few years, however, developmental centers will be closing and the residents will be returning to the community, many to Westchester and the Mamaroneck area. There they will find it all too easy to locate and ingest cigarette butts, unless we in the community raise our consciousness, "kick the habit", or at the very least learn to dispose of these butts in trash cans. Can't we do this to help a developmentally disabled person as well as ourselves. Isn't it about time we did?

mdshunk

Most people with pica eat dirt.

Ron The Plumber

Will someone please call 911 for Chris G fast before it's too late.

OsNap

Yep, thats me.

PipeGuy

I eat ice constantly. What syndrome is that "MD"?

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mdshunk

My brother does (or did) that. I think it's a sign of a nervous condition. He would also eat an entire loaf of bread (with no butter or anything) while watching a movie on TV. I don't suppose you do that, do you? My wife's upstairs now, or I'd ask her what your malfunction might be. (or we could just ask your wife. I'm sure she already knows. )

OsNap

Speedy Petey

Famous last words:

"HEY GUYS, WATCH THIS !"
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dumplin1078

My grandmother did that starting about a year before she died. It turns out she was eaten up with cancer, and the doc's told her that was a symptom. It sounds weird but that is what they told her.

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