Friday, May 04, 2007

I think I ate a bug.


I had the weirdest
dream last night.


I dreamt we had a
fishtank at work, and that there were some little fish in it which - despite
looking very much like miniature koi carp - were supposedly whitebait (for the uninitiated, whitebait are great to eat whole, deepfried in batter). At
lunchtime me and my boss decided to have sushi, so we each took three of these
little orange 'whitebait' and dared each other to eat it. He chickened out
completely; I let two of mine go, and went to swallow the third... but I
snatched it away from my mouth at the last minute. All I bit down on was a
little fragment of spine at the tail end, which tasted crunchy and
bitter.


I think I may have
swallowed a bug in my sleep.



12 comments:

Lloyd . said...

Mmm.. whitebait and lemon juice. Well at least you didn't nip your tongue.

Andrew C said...

Was your pillow still there in the morning? / Were you asleep at your desk lastnight?

john smith said...

It was probably a spider that had come to drink moisture from the corner of your mouth while you slept. It happens a lot more than you think, apparently.

James Clarke said...

Maybe not, although I don't doubt it occasionally happens.

Lloyd . said...

{{{Long legs}}}

XXXX YYYY said...

Ewwww! I hope for your sake it was just all part of a very vivid dream.

Doctor Curry said...

This may be of some help to you:

InsectProtein (g)Fat (g)CarbohydrateCalcium (mg)Iron (mg)Giant Water Beetle19.88.32.143.513.6Red Ant13.93.52.947.85.7Silk Worm Pupae9.65.62.341.71.8Dung Beetle17.24.3.230.97.7Cricket12.95.55.175.89.5Small Grasshopper20.66.13.935.25.0Large Grasshopper14.33.32.227.53.0June Beetle13.41.42.922.66.0Caterpillar6.7N/AN/AN/A13.1Termite14.2N/AN/AN/A35.5Weevil6.7N/AN/AN/A13.1Beef (Lean Ground)27.4N/AN/AN/A3.5Fish (Broiled Cod)28.5N/AN/AN/A1.0

Matt F said...

Ew Dr C! :) Hope it wasn't a weevil - at least the others seem rather more worth it.

john smith said...

Hmmm... On second thought, I'm going with Dung Beetle. It's more likely than all of the others, what with all the shit we talk in this place.

Peter S said...

The dung beetle doesn't appear to have a column for "dung"

Andrew C said...

Aw, I've Weevils on toast. Yum!

Lloyd . said...

broiled cod?