[monkeyshine]

He had been swallowing metal objects for a month after quitting alcohol, doctors said.

Huh? Is that some kind of folk wisdom, or is the man beset with some sort of alcohol insanity?

[Getready]

Called a “pica”...compulsive eating disorder..those afflicted can eat all sorts of stuff...dirt, clay, paint chips, pages from printed books...

[caww]

There was an article once about a man who pushed needles into his body everywhere....it was a fetish of some sort.