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Hey guys! The following is from the desk/brain of Todd McElmurry Über Supporter and frequent commenter of everything Rick. Want to voice your comments too? Start by joining Rick’s world! You don’t have to be an Über like Todd here, but you can comment any time by clicking on the comic and heading over to the website.

And now Todd’s thoughts:

When I was a kid there was a wonderful book that was still pretty new in our Library that all us kids just had to read, because of the title alone, “How to Eat Fried Worms”.  Many of you know this story and the many different ways that worms were consumed throughout this tale.   Well being a boy, and knowing that this type of activities were sure to disgust the girls we set about on our own worm hunt to munch us a few invertebrates.

Well we thought practice would be the best way to prepare to eat worms in front of the girls at school and get them totally grossed out.  Well Practice is where we had our first and last bite of a worm.   They aren’t totally gross, sort of tasteless at first but then when you start to chew that’s when the real issue begins.  Firstly these little critters are a bit spongy, they don’t chew easily and secondly they eat dirt and poop dirt so the only real taste you get is mud.   As you chew you realize something as well, no matter how strong willed you are there is a natural gag reflex that tells your body not to consume such a thing, sort of like eating a minnow or goldfish, you have to force your body to consume it, and that often means skipping the chewing process and go directly for the forced swallow.

So Rick, and all you other folks out there just wondering what a worm could possibly taste like, it’s not like other strange foods that resemble chicken, it’s tasteless for the most part, but mainly has a twinge of mud flavor.   For you kiddo’s out there contemplating consuming a worm for the giggles, or just for the gross factor I advise you to choose small, and just swallow it on down.   If you are put in the position as Billy in “How to Eat Fried Worms” concede to the challenge and just go to school with worms in your pants, you’ll live that one down a lot quicker than if you were to actually consume a worm in front of your friends.