If you were offered 20 thousand dollars to participating in an experiment

United States
August 30, 2010 6:09am CST
If you were given 20 thousand dollars to participate in an experiment in which you had to eat earth worms as part of a regular diet for 3 months.. would you? Why or why not?
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• Portugal
30 Aug 10
hm for 20 thousand dollars i'd eat everything lol ahah. nap at a more serious note i'd do it only if it dont put my health in risk, i dont want to go hospital after 3 months because my poor diet. after all health money.
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• United States
30 Aug 10
I would say earth worms would only be the main dish nothing to say you could include some other things on the side..tee hee;)
• United States
1 Sep 10
just close you eyes...
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
ah ok then its no problem. :) ofc if the worms dont looks to ugly ahah
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• Romania
3 Sep 10
It is interesting your post....at phirst sight you may say no, but if you think of that money....you say yes....are a lot of money.
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3 Sep 10
I've heard of people eating earthworms on survival courses. They're supposed to be packed with protein. And twenty grand, even in US monopoly money, would come in quite handy. So yes, no problem at all. Mind you, I'd decide how my earthworms are getting cooked, and I want plenty of tomato sauce to go with them. ;-)
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• United States
4 Sep 10
Even in monopoly money..lol..now that is super funny.. THanks for your comment. Tomato sauce would be great I bet if you put them on the grill they would taste pretty good Or put them in a caserole..yum..lol
31 Aug 10
Eating worms in not something I would normally consider so doing it because I am paid for it does not make sense to me.
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• United States
1 Sep 10
obviously money isn't something you need..
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Aug 10
$20,000 is a lot of money. Still, i can't see myself eating earth worms for any amount. If i desperately needed the money and it was guaranteed, you would probabbly have to hold me down and force me to eat the worms. That's the only way i could do it.
• United States
30 Aug 10
What if they told you you could choose how to eat them.. you can disguise them Have a gourmet chef cook them so you would see them looking at you when you ate them..lol
• United States
30 Aug 10
I think at first I would be all excited simply because of the money, but when it came right down to having to actually eat the worms....I doubt I could do it.
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• United States
30 Aug 10
I know the very thought of eating a worm makes my stomach turn in circles but 20,000 would encourage me to reach for the pepto bismol for the after party;)
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
30 Aug 10
for 20 grand sure would for 6.6 grand a month why not ? i ate them when i was a kid and nothing happened just another source of protein. i'll put them right up there with the ants, grubs, scorpions, grasshoppers etc that i ate in the jungle.
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• United States
30 Aug 10
I agree.. after all you can eat them all kinds of ways: fried, baked, barbecued, grilled.lol
@urbandekay (18278)
30 Aug 10
Sure, why not? all the best urban
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• United States
30 Aug 10
Good for you.. I know if I had to eat them alive and wiggling I would not but if I could season and fry or cook them adding other ingredients I would;)
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
30 Aug 10
No...I definately wouldn't. I would probably be gagging and throwing up most of the time so there is no way I would participate in something like that...if it were a million I might take a chance.
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• United States
30 Aug 10
What if you can mix them in something..like spaghetti Or in a casserole or friend up in potato pancakes? lol
• Japan
30 Aug 10
Wow $20,000, man that amount makes my eyes gleam. I would do it as long as they can insure me that I won't get horribly sick. Or is like the whole point of the experiment to see if you will get sick or not?
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• United States
30 Aug 10
Let's pretend they wouldn't ..they make you sign a waiver claiming you wouldn't sue them if you got sick from eating worms. After all, 20,000 is alot of money ..
• Pakistan
30 Aug 10
no i will not eat.
@sinliong (88)
• Indonesia
30 Aug 10
That would be fine for me, well at least if i need to do a diet for 3 months that is, cause i have a very skinny body, ha..ha.. As far as i know, eating earth worms is not something that will make you sick, cause in my country, earth worms is a traditional medicine used to heal typhus. And it actually works.
• United States
30 Aug 10
Of course..you could eat them how you liked: French friend. sauteed, in pancakes..lol You know this is all what if and just make believe:)