Comments on: Inesct Candy

Inesct Candy

AloneOssifer — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:25:07 -0800

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:58:24 -0800

What do you mean, this year?

By: Tube

Tube — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:58:25 -0800

When I was a sideshow performer, I worked with The Enigma, part of whose act consisted of eating worms and crickets. On my 30th birthday, I decided that I must join him in the rarefied club of entomophages, and so I ate a cricket. I should like to report that I found the insect crunchy, though no where near as crunchy as, say, Cracker Jacks. The taste was simply not there; a bland sort of repast, something like Orthoptera tofu...

By: backseatpilot

backseatpilot — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:45:54 -0800

In case anyone in the Boston area is curious, Sugar Heaven on Newbury Street sells insect candy. I must admit I have yet to try them, and I probably never will.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:02:03 -0800

Tube - you're Matt "The Tube" Crowley, inventor of the "gavage," formerly with the Jim Rose Circus! That's so cool! I think regurgitation as performance is an under appreciated art form. I think the world needs more "human ostriches." :) As to eating bugs, I mostly try to avoid them. Although I have found ants to be crunchy.

By: Tube

Tube — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:11:04 -0800

The Enigma eats bugs on YouTube.

By: Locative

Locative — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:44:39 -0800

Am I the only one who thought this was about Incest Candy? (crickets)

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:01:02 -0800

This is fascinating, and wonderful, and horrible all at the same time. No, I'm not talking about insect candy. That's tame stuff. What I mean is, heck, we have a genuine Jim Rose Circus performer here in our midst, who has both given us insight into his craft and posted a video of one of his peers in action, and I'm deathly afraid he'll next post a video of his own act and I'll have to decide - do I support my fellow MeFite and watch his video, or do I RUN AWAY IN ABJECT HORROR?!?

By: cairnish

cairnish — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:43:58 -0800

I am suddenly (if only momentarily) at peace with the fact that my workplace has blocked youtube, effective today.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:24:43 -0800

That's awesome, Tube. That looks like a few years ago, before The Enigma got all his puzzle pieces filled in. I love it. I've always had a soft spot for sideshow, and I really applaud all of you guys for bringing it back in your own particular way.