My 4th best friend in high school would chew the heck out of my pencils during class. He’d leave the erasers intact though. Then he would give them back to me, faithfully. He often sharpened them first. Wonder what happened to good old Ronnie. Hmmm.
“-phagia” means “eating” (as in “coprophagia,” eating poop), so “eraserophagia” wouldn’t be caused by eating erasers, it would be the act of eating erasers itself.
@ Granandin - is Ziggy’s doctor a real doctor or did he just send in his $50 to get his MD sheepskin? But then, it seems that he diagnosed him correctly. Ziggy is an eraser eater. Erasers are rubber and won’t hurt him, just bounce around down there for awhile.
Catfeet Premium Member over 13 years ago
Splinters would be a nasty complication.
GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago
And now you’re not allowed to eat your favorite snack?
davidf42 over 13 years ago
I tried Google, Wikipedia, and Wictionary. No such word.
chuck_henebry over 13 years ago
I’m guessing the doctor could see the bits of rubber in the X-ray.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 13 years ago
LEopardGEcko* Good call yesterday, cuz I sure couldn’t remember it!
NE1956 over 13 years ago
My 4th best friend in high school would chew the heck out of my pencils during class. He’d leave the erasers intact though. Then he would give them back to me, faithfully. He often sharpened them first. Wonder what happened to good old Ronnie. Hmmm.
COWBOY7 over 13 years ago
That doctor’s got you coming and going, Chuck!
comicnut4636 over 13 years ago
Eraserophagia?? How can it get to your elbow? Wouldn’t the eraser bits get digested ? I’m gonna stop eating erasers right now. Good Luck Charlie!!
gofinsc over 13 years ago
It’s not an easy thing to get rid of. Good thing they caught it before he developed a rubber face. We expect him to bounce back relatively soon.
susan over 13 years ago
“-phagia” means “eating” (as in “coprophagia,” eating poop), so “eraserophagia” wouldn’t be caused by eating erasers, it would be the act of eating erasers itself.
granadln over 13 years ago
Doctors should never give bad news to little kids
Rakkav over 13 years ago
Well, then little kids should never give cause for bad news to doctors. So there. Nyahh!
mac47 over 13 years ago
Poor Charlie Brown!
Woody157 over 13 years ago
@ Granandin - is Ziggy’s doctor a real doctor or did he just send in his $50 to get his MD sheepskin? But then, it seems that he diagnosed him correctly. Ziggy is an eraser eater. Erasers are rubber and won’t hurt him, just bounce around down there for awhile.
Iwa Iniki over 13 years ago
Today there are vaccines for the mumps .
davidf42 over 13 years ago
Ziggy? Who’s talking about Ziggy? This is Charley Brown.
falcon_370f over 13 years ago
“Hey it better than cookamungaphobia, ha, ha, ha!”
Woody157 over 13 years ago
OOOOOPS! Sorry, Charlie Brown! My bad.