Eating A4 plain paper

[Triumph Coupe]

I have been known to rip the corner off a piece of paper and eat it. I am not suggesting that this is a substitute for food or a meal of any form, but I quite like the taste of paper. I'm sure it cannot be that good for you to eat any quantity of paper. I recently found a colleague of mine eating paper in the same fashion. Is this common? Anyone else eat paper from time to time?

A tip for anyone wanting to start eating paper (and I'm not suggesting anyone does) - stay clear of parking tickets. They are the single most disgusting things to have ever been produced, I guess it is the ink they use or something!

[Muntu]

Do you do this so that you don't have to wipe your arse?

[AngryS3Owner]

You are weird.

[Austin.J]

Recipts are not good to eat, anything glossy is a no go.

[MK4 Slowride]

Oookay, eating paper is good for you vocabulary or so I'm told.

Not sure the bleach will be that good for you.

[Brite spark]

edible rice paper is what you want

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/edible-paper-p-148.htm...

http://www.bagofsweets.com/sweet.more.php?160~Edib...

not sure if shops still sell it, not seen it for a while

[Tycho]

Nice to see the standard of threads isn't dropping

[Dr Jekyll]

Vegetarians insist on eating lettuce, which is basically wet paper, so what's the difference?

[GTIR]

I used to do this, so its not so odd.

I was six mind. SIX I say!!!

[metro lover]

So, i go away for 4 months and this is what you're all reduced to? anyone got anything smart to say?

[g3rrd]

Eating disorder? Simply shred and take twice daily for a week.



If symptoms persist I suggest Doctors notes would go down well?

[Steve996]

GTIR said:

I used to do this, so its not so odd.

I was six mind. SIX I say!!!

+1 I used to do it when I was about that age also.....until my dad told me about recycling.......and what that paper could have been in its previous iteration.....

[Scraggles]

rice paper is good, a4 paper eating might be a fetish or some disorder

[metro lover]

Try a cooking book

[Heathwood]

Some kids sweetie lolly things (think drumsticks etc) come with a stick made of sort of compressed paper. After finishing the lolly you can unravel the layers of paper with your teeth and eat the stick. Sometimes enjoy that more than the lolly itself.

[skip_1]

Just getting your daily intake of clay minerals (Kaolinite). Nothing wrong with that, it's also a food additive! Guess you're addicted

[Skyedriver]

Don't go and see a Doctor - he'll throw the book at you.

[sinizter]

Google 'pica'

[ytrebil]

I usually tear off a small piece off the corner of a newspaper sometimes when reading an article.

[LotusACBC]

I dont think it is strange. Sometimes I do the same thing, or atleast I used to when I was in high school, college etc. Sure beats eating paint chips

I would tear the paper off, and eat the left over shreds. But not swallow, more like get it into a ball and chew on it.