Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site utcsri.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsri!panos From: panos@utcsri.UUCP (Panos Economopoulos) Newsgroups: net.med Subject: biting aluminum foil Message-ID: <1662@utcsri.UUCP> Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 15:12:11 EST Article-I.D.: utcsri.1662 Posted: Fri Nov 22 15:12:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 22-Nov-85 15:16:03 EST Distribution: net Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto Lines: 14 -------------- Anybody knows what causes this strange feeling when one bites aluminum foil? (of course, by mistake!!) That can happen if, for example, you are eating a sandwich wrapped in aluminum and you are TOO hungry :-) The strange sensation at the teeth has something to do with existing fillings? Or not? Is it a chemical or electrical phenomenon? -- Panos Economopoulos UUCP: {decvax,linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,allegra,utzoo}!utcsri!panos CSNET: panos@toronto