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Atticus

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Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:12 AM Feb 2022

So, it's been reported that Trump was seen EATING paper from documents he'd torn to pieces. Now, [View all]

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we hear about wads of paper with print on it clogging the pipes from Trump's White House toilet. It is being ASSUMED that he simply THREW the paper into the toilet and flushed.

Is it possible he has some digestive problems and that the wads of paper were "deposited" in the toilet in another way?

After all, no matter what the problem we are told to remember: "This, too, shall pass!"

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Oh come on, so the guy likes to eat paper. Who doesn't! Let trump be trump. In jail (Nt) FreepFryer Feb 2022 #1
Unlike osmosis to learn something by placing it under a pillow at night, Trump ingested it instead. TheBlackAdder Feb 2022 #24
geez. All that fiber.... PuraVidaDreamin Feb 2022 #2
Omg, that's why he said it takes 14 flushes. tavernier Feb 2022 #25
It's the toilet's fault for not being able to flush scipan Feb 2022 #37
I don't have any left to give tavernier Feb 2022 #40
Aw thanks for the thought. scipan Feb 2022 #41
Hmmm, did tRump first eat the wads of paper found clogging his toilet Hortensis Feb 2022 #3
Perfectly normal. Who doesn't eat paper and shit it out and clog the toilet? lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #28
OK now I'm laughing. This stuff is straight out of a movie or something Walleye Feb 2022 #4
There actually is an eating disorder called "Pica" where Buns_of_Fire Feb 2022 #5
My best friend had PICA, hers was only ice..but dewsgirl Feb 2022 #6
Xylophagia is the paper version of pica. LastDemocratInSC Feb 2022 #9
I learned about it in lamaze class in 1997, dewsgirl Feb 2022 #11
"I Made You An Infrastructure Plan, But I Eated It" nt smb Feb 2022 #12
So THAT is why Infrastructure Week went on for years! PatSeg Feb 2022 #19
you are supposed to peel the burgers first I think... Blues Heron Feb 2022 #7
Ha! That's where I was heading as well. dameatball Feb 2022 #16
I wish Mel Brooks were a bit younger, could he write this up or what?...LOL. n/t SheilaAnn Feb 2022 #8
The "Gov" in Blazing Saddles foresaw Moron45. AZLD4Candidate Feb 2022 #18
so THAT is why he complained about toilets RussBLib Feb 2022 #10
I don't think I want to know! scipan Feb 2022 #38
So the man like paper Smackdown2019 Feb 2022 #13
I had a friend who had that problem Jarqui Feb 2022 #14
How long before the MAGAs seize on paper-eating as a Covid cure? Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #15
for the fiber, no doubt (n/t) MissMillie Feb 2022 #17
You got me LOL KS Toronado Feb 2022 #26
he's just a crude llashram Feb 2022 #20
You forgot vulgar Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #35
++ llashram Feb 2022 #36
Should someone write a paper about this? Depends. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #21
Could this be why no one ever saw his secret plan to defeat ISIS in 30 days? CaptainTruth Feb 2022 #22
He could've eaten Scotch tape, too, and saved others Harker Feb 2022 #23
Or staples. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #29
Eric already ate all of the paste. Harker Feb 2022 #30
LOL! lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #31
Omarosa Manigault Newman claimed this 4 and a half years ago Celerity Feb 2022 #27
Now we know why tfg mercuryblues Feb 2022 #32
I'm considering the source on this one. DeeNice Feb 2022 #33
The White House Plumbers Wicked Blue Feb 2022 #34
I wish he'd eat his own face. n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2022 #39
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