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Hehe, yep, I've heard that one too. Pumpkin seeds as well.

Yeah stomac acid can eat through carpet.

corn is just magic like that.
obviously carpet is more digestable than corn

confused i've never heard of apple seeds being poisonous, but i also eat pear seeds.( but not orange seeds, they are sharp and pointy!)

I HAVE heard that the inside of a peach pit is poisionous. once, when i was 9 i think, i bit the it really hard and cracked it open. the actual seed of a peach is inside the pit. it looks and feels like al almond, but is bad bad for you.
I started eating it, then wondered why on earth would creepy bitter almonds grow inside peaches, so i asked my mom and she flipped out. i dont remember much after that.

xd xd

How Poisonous are Apples?

Funny page. ^_^ Interestingly enough, it describes cyanide as having a bitter almond smell. xd

rofl I found a page dedicated to the Scoop on Poop.

But besides that, "When we chew corn, the outer coating slips off the inner kernal. This outer yellow coating is almost entirely cellulose, and is indigestible. It passes through the gut untouched, and emerges looking like a whole kernal, although it is mostly just the outer skin. The inside of the kernal is starchy and digestible, and that is the part that we succeed in chewing up."


"Actually, you are partially correct that the human digestive system can't digest sweet corn (on the cob). The part that you see exit your body as part of your fecal matter is actually the part that the human digestive system can't do much with, because we don't have the enzymes (complicated proteins that the body creates) to break apart what the corn kernel covering is made of...some animals can, though. I think that maybe seeing the coverings not digested is what made you think that the whole corn kernel isn't digested.

The rest of the corn kernel (the interior stuff) is easily digestible by the human digestive system. The center part of the kernel is mainly starch (complex carbohydrate) and a little bit of protein...and a few vitamins and minerals. The human body then can absorb the breakdown products from the starch and protein, as well as the vitamins and minerals into the blood stream, where the materials can be delivered to the rest of the body tissues.

So, the end result is that, in order to get the maxiumum nutritional yield from the sweet corn you eat, make sure that it is well cooked and that you chew it well, so your digestive tract has the chance to 'capture' all the nutrients that it can from the corn. "


And a rant about cheap corn. Who knew Chicken Nuggets and Hamburgers had corn in them? o_O

Wow, she did seem a bit familiar...I wonder if the admins always intended her to be an NPC or just eye candy?