“I used to eat little wads of paper. Well, sometimes I ate them and sometimes I spit them at my brother.”

— Amy Thompson, homemaker, Kansas City, Mo.

“I remember trying to eat paste. It always smelled good, but I don't remember what it tasted like.”

— Dan Eckert, engineer, Lawrence

“I ate construction paper and plants that I would find outside.”

— Elizabeth Ross, executive assistant, Lawrence

“Probably chalk. You know, you chew on those kinds of things at school when you're little.”

— Fernando Ipanaque, manager, Lawrence