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Kaervak

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"How can this be a mental abnormality when it's this widespread. A lot of people do it. A lot of people eat clay," says Wilson.

That's because a lot of people are fvcking morons. Human stupidity never ceases to amaze me.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: DougK62
Not as uncommon as you'd think.

oh, please, yes it is. Otherwise you'd see it on store shelves.
 

Mill

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: DougK62
Not as uncommon as you'd think.

oh, please, yes it is. Otherwise you'd see it on store shelves.

That's what I'm saying. Talk about justifying stupidity. That's like me saying it is ok to drown in a pool because other people do it too. Yay!
 

Bootprint

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I picture her taking a potter class and slipping in a little early for a pre-class snack.
 

chasem

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This is auctually the antidote to injesting many herbicides/fertilizers. the negative ions make the substance in active.

TEH CLAYS#@@!!
 

Nitemare

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"It gives you the feeling of being full," says Brewer

5 lbs of undigestable dirt in your stomach often has that effect.

Fausto can breathe a sigh of relief, these rocket scientists are not from Jawja..
 

her209

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Isn't this practiced somewhere in Africa? I've seen it on a documentary somewhere... :confused:
 

Quasmo

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"It often has sharp objects like rocks and gravel and can cause bowel perforation," says Brewer.

While Deah is concerned, Leonda says pregnancy has compounded her need for the clay, and she believes it's actually good for her baby. "When I eat it, it just kicks and kicks."
MAYBE ITS TRYING TO TELL YOU, "HELP ME YOU DUMB WOMAN QUIT EATIN MUD!! YOU IDIOT!!!"
 
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It happens in the New England states as well, but they quickly starve to death trying to live on a diet of asphalt.
 
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Originally posted by: her209
Isn't this practiced somewhere in Africa? I've seen it on a documentary somewhere... :confused:

I believe some of the Native American tribes in the South West engaged in such practices.