The Long Road

03/30/2004 Archived Entry: "Wormageddon"

I like the rain when I'm sitting on a porch or looking out a window and listening to it fall, the heavier the better. That's pretty much the ultimate in serenity for me. What's not so cool about the rain is when you're walking about and see that a legion of worms has decided to make its way out of the ground to explore wet pavement. They're like lemmings jumping off a cliff. Not only do you have to watch where you're stepping (Unless you like having worm gut on your boots. Ewww.) now but you're also assaulted by the terrible smell of wet worms. Worms are so gross, stinky, squishy, wiggly, slimy, little things.

It's weird to see how far the little f'ers make it this morning, at least 1/2 way through the giant parking lot. What are they thinking anyways? Maybe they figured they'd be safe from the birds that stay indoors when it rains but they'll still get crushed by cars, people, or get fried and eaten when the sun comes out. And it's not like worms have a sense of direction that will tell them how to get back to some soil when they're done bathing is it? Maybe they're really sick of playing in the dirt all day and want to be clean once in their lives so they jump onto some water and get carried away. Maybe it's one of those "you only live once" mentalities where the worms figure "well, I'm gonna die anyways, I might as well check out what pavement feels like". Argh, it is slated to rain all week.

Replies: 4 comments

http://res2.agr.gc.ca/london/faq/earth-terre_e.htm#earthworms_come_to_the_surface

Posted by ian @ 03/30/2004 03:42 PM EST

Remember our MSN conversation Thai...what do you think I'm referring to?

Posted by dAN @ 03/30/2004 04:05 PM EST

Don't dis the worms. Worms are cool. Plus, you can feed them to rats and watch the rats play tug of war!

Posted by Arshwana @ 03/31/2004 09:42 AM EST

I can't believe that someone would actually be interested in the protein content of worms...that's so sick.

I remember that worm dissection from gr.11 bio class. That was kinda cool, the worm's skin was like leather. I wouldn't want to touch a live worm though...eeeeeeew!

I suppose it would be cool to watch rats eat worms...

Posted by Rayne @ 03/31/2004 01:40 PM EST