Gummy...Maggots?

one a day...

Gummy Worms. Let's think about that for a bit here. What can be more disgusting that a wringing, wiggly, slime-coated, dirt-covered worm? They are like a prehistoric, algae-like snake. No eyes. No legs. Just a wiggly tube that slides in and through the earth. Eating dirt. Pooping dirt. I personally think they are nasty. The cool thing about them though is that if you split them in two...you get two wiggly worms. Two for the price of one. (That one's free.)

So....who decided that we should craft a gummy replica of these disgusting things. I bet if I pulled a worm from the ground and plunged it in your face, your first thought wouldn't be, "Oh, I want to eat it!" And certainly not, "Hey, let's cast a mold of one of those and fill it with glucose, corn syrup, and gum acacia." But crazier things have been done.

Like the Tony Danza Show.

And a season of The Real World filled with the former members of Pearl Jam and Public Enemy.