Slugs make me happy. And I know you’re on the edge of your seat to know why. Everytime I see a slug I’m reminded that I’m back in the Pacific Northwest – and I really love it up here.
I remember as a kid hunting slugs (I wasn’t very fast) so I could drown them in salt. I have given up this barbaric practice for more peaceful ways, but have recently found out that some family members still enjoy the salt ritual. Mmmm…..apples don’t fall far from the trees, do they?
I also remember my sister telling me stories of a friend of hers as a kid that would eat slugs. Sure enough I brought up the subject of slugs at church today and was treated to a graphic story about someone’s childhood friend that ate slugs. Am I the only one who has never seen someone eat a slug? I feel like I’ve missed out.
There were also high tech slug experiments carried out in my youth. And I can tell you from repeated scientific experiments under controlled settings, that the guts do indeed pop out of the opposite end you step on. Eewwww…..you didn’t want to read that did you? 🙂
Good to be back in Washington. Where all slugs are welcome to roam freely and follow their dreams……….(just watch out for the salt).
“Am I the only one who has missed out on seeing someone
eat a slug?â€
Oh, man, you were a totally deprived child!
Picture this…me, two brothers, our step-brother, sitting at
a picnic table in a campground while our parents are out
in the boat. We don’t have much time before they will
return, so we’re really anxious to get this show on the
road! You know that commercial, “Feed it to Mikey,
he’ll eat anything� Indeed, Mikey would and did.
Butterfly…ewwww…kept flapping even after chewed,
incredibly hard to swallow, comes back up on its own,
causing choking and a large snort when pounded on
back, pieces expelled really rapidly through nostrils,
a really exciting way to begin, rating – 9.5
Worm…eyyyyyyyuck….hard to get a good bite and leaves
yellow stuff on your chin…kinda like zit leftovers – 8
Salmon eggs…..smell awful, gotta swallow several times, they
slide around a lot and fly out of your mouth if you laugh,
spewing everyone with gross red stuff – 7.5
Worm-like thingy with dozens of legs and hairy long feelers..
they wriggle and make like paste, but all those legs gag
you cause they tickle when you try to swallow and the
paste sticks to your teeth and won’t come off your tongue,
shouldn’t count because Mikey wipes his tongue repeatedly
on shirt sleeve – 9
We’ve laughed and gagged and wretched just watching…
Mikey’s eaten everything, won the bet, and now he wants
our money. Too bad for Mikey, CAUSE WE GOT
CAUGHT!
Ah, the happy memories of childhood…