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Originally posted by Clodfobble
[b]The guy suffered from pica, a mental disorder that causes one to have strong urges to eat things not normally eaten. Severe cases tend to eat a lot of the same thing; in this guy's case it was small pieces of metal.
Yes, I heard of a guy like that...He had a marked propensity for eating his words by nibbling on typewriter keys...You might say he was an elite amongst the picas! 