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Same reason people chew on their fingernails, toothpicks, or smoke, because they have an oral fixation.

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Q: Why do people eat pencils?
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While playing Mafia Wars can you eat pencils?

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Can you swallow a pencil?

Yes eating pencils is bad for you. Do you eat them? ;-) Modern pencils are made of wood and carbon rod, and as such are not harmful they are made keeping in mind that a lot of people chew on the end of their pencils while they are using them. The old fashioned lead pencils on the other hand were harmful if they were eaten but they are not normally available any more.


What kind of people make pencils?

Carpenters people


Why do people use pencils?

to write


Do children with ADHD eat lead pencils?

No, children with ADHD do not have a specific preference for eating lead pencils. Pica, a condition characterized by persistent and compulsive consumption of non-food items, can occur in some children with ADHD or other developmental disorders, but eating lead pencils specifically is not a common behavior associated with ADHD.


Are pencils edible?

No, they are not. You can't eat wood, lead, steel, graphite, or eraser.


How much does the process of Crayola colored pencils cost?

The people who make Crayola brand pencils should be able to tell you


Who makes those little metal rings at the bottom of pencils that hold the eraser to the bottom?

Probably the same people who make the pencils.


What do people put in lead pencils?

People around the world don't put lead in lead pencils or any pencils! They put something called graphite. They use graphite because lead is poisonous. If a peice of lead touched you, you would have poison in you. Then eventually you would die. So that is what people put in lead.


Explain how to find the number of leftover pencils if Wendy wants to share 37 pencils with 9 people?

37 divided by 9 is approx. 4.11111111 etc., so multiply 4 by 9 and you get 36, which means that if Wendy were to share pencils with 9 people, each person would get four pencils, and she would have one pencil left over for herself.


Would a pack of pencils be a collective noun?

No, a pack of pencils would not be considered a collective noun. A collective noun is a word used to represent a group of people, animals, or things as a singular entity, such as "herd" for cows or "team" for players.