Worm Coke

Category: Humour

On one of our trips many years ago , I had put a foam container containing worms covered by moss in a safe corner of our food cooler separated from some other goods in the cooler. Although my goal was to keep the worms cool you would be justified in thinking that this was a) yucky and b) probably not a good idea.

At some point during the trip we stopped at a convenience store to get a few things along with a bag of potato chips and a can of Coke for myself. Before we got on the road again, I popped the trunk of the car to put some of the things we bought in the cooler, and found that the lid on the foam container that had the worms in it had come off and worms were floating around the ice water. Gross!!!

After cleaning the cooler I moved the foam container to a shady area behind my seat .

We continued on our trip and I drove with the open bag of chips between my legs, and the can of Coke in the coffee holder.

We were driving along and a few minutes passed before I took another sip of Coke. As soon as I took the drink I felt something slimy in my mouth. My eyes suddenly grew three times their normal size and my mind screamed ‘Oh Shit! there’s a worm in my mouth! Eject! Eject!’

Sitting next to me, my wife Rita who didn’t know what was about to happen, sees me suddenly, and inexplicably, spew out a mouthful of Coke on the windshield of the car and some in her direction too. Then, just as quickly, I start laughing like a madman. Rita understandably is pissed off and thinks I’ve gone completely bananas.

What had happened (and I realized this as soon as I spewed my Coke) was that a piece of potato chips had fallen in the opening of my can of Coke and, left to sit there for a few minutes, had expanded and acquired all the characteristics of a slimy worm.

I can laugh about it now but I can’t help wondering if someone on the outside who might have seen this said ‘Looks like someone found a worm in his Coke!’ .

Probably not.