# Chewin' on ice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewin-on-ice/16259>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 20, 2000, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewin-on-ice/16259 "2000-04-20T22:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewin-on-ice/16259/21 "2000-04-21T22:20:00Z")

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> Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles:  
> \*\*I can’t believe no one has mentioned the phrase “oral fixation” in this thread yet.
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OK. What? Did the chlorination in the pool make you blind?? I know I said it and a 2 second sweep caught it a second time too… 🙂

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I was sad because I had no shoes, until I saw a snake with no legs.

- A Wally original.

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**Author:** ![xekul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/838e76/32.png) [@xekul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xekul)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chewin-on-ice/16259/22 "2000-04-22T07:52:00Z")

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I chew ice and I haven’t had any problems yet.

Also, I used to chew on my shirt sleeve, and I was told I had a zinc deficiency. Shrug.

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``You’re just an empty cage girl if you kill the bird.’’ – Tori Amos.

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