Scarier than that Inch Worm from Sesame Street
June 27, 2005
Katie makes a mean fruit salad. So mean, in fact, that she terrorizes her unsuspecting victims with unwanted surprises.
Saturday night, Eddie grilled burgers while Katie worked away on the salad: apples, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, apples, blueberries, mango, pineapple�you name it, it was in there. Literally.
I LOVE fruit, especially fruit salads. I was chowing down, laughing and talking. I look down at my plate, ready for my next bite of fruit, when something catches my eye.
Something is moving. On my plate. That's not supposed to happen when you're eating. I become silent, staring at my plate, thinking, "Is that a stem? Please, God, let that be a stem."
I look up at Bianca, who is seated across from me. Everyone is still laughing and talking, not yet noticing my silence. Bianca and I lock eyes, and she knows that something is terribly wrong. Except she doesn't has no clue what it could be.
I look down at my plate again, my body frozen. It's moving again. It's dancing. Its tiny little body is about a centimeter long, and it is wriggling its way out of my raspberry.
Katie, who is sitting next to me, realizes something is wrong. She stares down at my plate, trying to figure out what I'm looking at. Then she sees it, and starts laughing. LAUGHING.
The inchworm was always my favorite character on Sesame Street, but I never wanted him in my fruit.
I start laughing, too, and then EVERYONE sees the worm on my plate. Roger rescues me, eats the raspberry, and disposes of the worm.
I continued eating my fruit, because one little worm won't deter me from the sweet taste of mango and blueberries. But not before inspecting every single raspberry left on my plate, to make sure I had no more surprises.
Comments
Original 18 Comments:
Eddo said...
Oh, Jes! you didn't mention the shriek of ooginess that you let out - people, you so need to read my post on this topic.
And for real, I thought Roger ate that worm - no lie.
June 27, 2005 12:02 PM
Lia said...
I knew there was a reason I don't like raspberries. You have my extreme sympathy. Aren't you lucky to have Roger!
June 27, 2005 12:20 PM
Diane said...
I read about this in Eddo's post today and that is too funny! I can't believe that Roger actually ate the raspberry, worm or not! So was their a shriek or not?
June 27, 2005 2:18 PM
jes said...
YES, there was a shriek. it was untimely (read = delayed), but not unprovoked.
i mean, afterall, when my finger got near the raspberry to move it, the worm wriggled TOWARD me, as if it were going to TOUCH me.
then, it happened. windows cracked and dogs in the neighborhood began barking. really, it was THAT loud.
June 27, 2005 2:21 PM
Melissa said...
I LOVE raspberries, but I will now have to carefully inspect them before eating! I'm surprised it didn't get flushed out when the fruit was washed. Or maybe that's what was making him come out and do his dance!
June 27, 2005 2:34 PM
jes said...
i know! my first question to KT was whether she washed the fruit. she did, every bit of it. but the little guy held on for dear life, and poked his head out just in time to save me from eating him.
gross. can you imagine if i had eaten him?
i think i'm going to be ill.
June 27, 2005 2:37 PM
Amanda Sue said...
you probably never would have known if you had eaten the worm. but yuck.
hey! i noticed your weight loss scale has gone up. good job! :)
June 27, 2005 3:39 PM
Amstaff Mom said...
I made salad last night for dinner and after I had washed the lettuce and was tearing it up, I saw a dead bug still clinging to a lettuce leaf. It ALMOST made it into the bowl. sheesh.
*full body shiver*
June 28, 2005 7:36 AM
Noelle said...
Don't you HATE it when the critters take over your fruit?? I'm with you - throw away the fruit it lived in and eat the rest!! :)
June 28, 2005 8:34 AM
Freakin' Hot said...
OOh, how I love de little inch worm. I am so hot though that I am sure the inch worm will be loving me back.
June 28, 2005 10:04 AM
Freakin' Hot said...
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June 28, 2005 10:38 AM
Katie said...
I laughed because you were FROZEN and there was this little worm doing "The Worm" and it looked so cute and yet so wrong at the same time. Ha ha ha ha ha. It is still funny to me. As well as Bianca's freak out when you screamed and our continuing worm finger action that caused you and B to do the willies dance with fear when I mentioned the worm.
Just think it would be worse to eat only half the worm and find its lifeless half carcass than to eat it all and never know.
June 28, 2005 11:13 AM
Freakin' Hot said...
you think you are so smart and that you have proof, well you don't have proof. You only think you do.
June 28, 2005 3:26 PM
Freakin' Hot said...
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June 28, 2005 3:27 PM
Diane said...
Sorry to hear about the Shriek, though it look back on it now I am sure you laugh...So the big mystery is WHO IS Freakin' HOT?!?!?!
June 28, 2005 3:29 PM
Live, Love, Laugh said...
ewwwww!, that is so gross, I don't think I could've continued to eat the salad, I have a very weak stomach! lol!
June 28, 2005 6:02 PM
Heidi said...
Oh Jes - I was giggling at this post!!
June 28, 2005 9:37 PM
Faith in Florida said...
TOO MUCH.
June 28, 2005 10:00 PM
Posted by: jes | June 12, 2006 02:15 PM