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Old 11-27-2008, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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An 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball.

ABC News: 10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach
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Old 11-28-2008, 01:30 AM
 
Location: Somewhere.
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What was she, part cat?
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Old 11-29-2008, 09:43 AM
 
Location: State of Being
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It is a disease - to eat one's hair.
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Old 11-29-2008, 09:53 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Seriously are they that hungry they eat their hair? Ugh reminds me of that one guy who had his dead baby twin in his belly. Disgusting!
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Old 11-29-2008, 01:24 PM
 
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That is really kind of disgusting.
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Old 11-29-2008, 01:39 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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It is a disease - to eat one's hair.
I didn't know that.

I googled it and it is called tricholomania.

Poor girl....can you imagine having that much undigested hair in your system?
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