Earthworm jerky exists, unfortunately

Rusty Blazenhoff 4:30 am Fri Mar 30, 2018

Today on "WTH is Walmart trying to sell my friend Terry through a Facebook ad"**: Earthworm Jerky. (Last time it was funeral potatoes.)

At first, I thought he was pulling my leg. But he's not one to joke about stuff like this:

Reviews are poor for these "100% edible dehydrated large earthworms" in a "spicy marinade," so I don't recommend buying them:

**I have to think that the-store-that-no-longer-shall-be-named is advertising weird items to draw some attention (after all, negative attention is still attention). Good job, it worked. I feel right into their trap. I'm sending all their "earthworm jerky" traffic to Amazon though.

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