Ever heard of ‘Whisper’ threads? www.whisper.sh is a website—and app---where people share a lot of different opinions and life experiences. This week they’ve been asking people strange things they ate as children. And it got me to thinking—what weird thing did I ever eat when I was little? You know, like a 'not a food' thing? I’ll tell you in a minute, but first check out these real comments of strange things people ate as children:
“I used to eat soap and lotion as a child. My insides were clean and moisturized.”
“I used to eat grass as a child because of my love of cows.”
“Confession: I used to eat a lot of mud as a child.”
“When I was small I used to eat the leaves off trees. I was a weird child.”
“I used to eat lego man heads as a child in the hope I would turn into Bart Simpson.”
“I once ate a pack of white tacks when I was a child which resulted in me going to the hospital after day three due to constant and severe abdominal stabbing pain. I was such a dumb kiddo.”
“When I was a kid I used to eat gum from under the school lunch table. I was a real life Buddy the Elf.”
“Secretly I used to eat dog food...when I was a child. Now as an adult I can say without shame that I still love eating dog food but only as a snack.”
“When I was a kid I used to eat two sticks of cherry Chapstick at a time. It was a problem.”
“I used to eat ants as a child because they tasted like lemon to me.”
“When I was a child I ate a lot of toys and I had to go to the doctor because small pieces were stuck in my digestive system.”
“I was never into reading but I used to eat books as a young child.”
OK, what was MY weird 'kid food'? I actually ate Playdoh...for some reason the different colors tasted different to me, too. That's the reason I grew up to be the