My friend went all out with their Holloween decorations this year. I loaned him 10 pounds of my worms and compost for his coffin display. He got one of those cardboard jobs and put a stuffed suit and mask in it. We opened the suit up and put a mini bin with some feed to keep the worms active in the "chest cavity", using clear plastic wrap as a containment barrier so a good view could be had of the worms. He leaned the prop against the wall in the shadow of his porch and flashed it with a strobe to get an eerie effect. The worms weren't too happy about the light, but they put on a great show and they're back home in the dark again.

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

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How many did he get running away screaming? ;-D

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

Oh my God!!!! Thats the stuff of halloween legends. Plenty of kidee nightmares tonite! Ha! Kirk

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

I've been working hard at bookmarking a lot of sites dedicated to Halloween decorating ideas for those who like to really do the whole nine yards. So far, I haven't found this idea on any of the sites, but I daresay some of them would probably love to hear about it. Want any addresses?

-- Anonymous, October 31, 2001

Did you get the vomit off the coffin? Or did they all turn their heads politely to do so?!!! Yikes! What a costume!

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2001

They had quite a few screamers and quite a few freeze and shakers :>). I thought he was going to pass out when I told him I would rather have the worms back when he asked if it would be o.k. to turn them loose. He couldn't believe that those 10 lbs of worms were worth $300 to $400.

-- Anonymous, November 01, 2001