Beverly Hills Woman Swaps Candy For Live Worms This Halloween

CBSLA.com) ^ | Andrea Fujii

[BenLurkin]

BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA.com) — Trick-or-treaters may receive an unconventional treat Friday when they stop by Rainbeau Mars’ house.

The Beverly Hills resident says she plans to pass out live worms for Halloween as opposed to candy in an effort to encourage composting and gardening.

“I hope that we scare ourselves into waking up and taking care of the earth,” Mars told KCAL9’s Andrea Fujii.

She purchased about 1,000 worms, along with soil, recycled pots and hundreds of vegetable seeds.

Mars says kids will be able to pick out their own creepy crawler.

“And put it in their box or their pot with their plant and hopefully they go home and plant it,” she said.

But kids Fujii spoke with weren’t thrilled with the idea.

“Candy tastes good,” an unidentified boy said. “And that’s disgusting.”

Knowing trick-or-treaters will get their fair share of candy, Mars says she hopes to spread her message instead.

“It’s really nice and refreshing to see kids as environmentalists. For them to be aware that putting worms in the ground help nourish the soil,” Mars said.

[laplata]

That kind of idiot would have gotten her house toilet papered and worse when I was a kid.

[GeronL]

if you live in LaLa Land, don’t let the kids trick-or-treat

they are likely to come home with pot lollipops, sex toys, condoms or live worms.

[Politicalkiddo]

She probably will get TPed.

[mkmensinger]

She’s a prime candidate for the old burning paper bag on the porch trick.

[Blue Jays]

One peculiar family whom I know permits their 11 y.o. daughter to go trick-or-treating with friends.
Once home, the candy is promptly tossed in the garbage. She is only allowed out for the social aspect of the holiday.

This young girl also lives on a parent-enforced organic diet, mostly veggies, no dairy products, and appears emaciated to most.
Except in obvious medical cases, there is nothing wrong with an occasional piece of candy eaten by an active and growing kid.
Normal children certainly need more than kale and spinach.

[TigersEye]

I already have a worm, Rainbeau. Wanna see it?

[Yaelle]

I’ve trick or treated in Bev hills and it sucks. Houses are so far apart it takes forever to get enough candy. And they give the same exact snickers bars as everyone else.

[Celtic Conservative]

Its goofballs like this who feed their pet cat a vegetarian diet and then wonder why their cat got sick and died. Morons.

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[dayglored]

What? No candy? NO PING!!

[Slings and Arrows]

Now I have an excuse to link this!

[skr]

Creative but unlikely to be a hit with most. Add some candy to the mix, and it might be better received.

Funny to hear a boy call a worm disgusting. Must be a metro-in-the-making.

[Cowboy Bob]

I think someone is desperate for publicity.

[glock rocks]

I traded two matchbox cars for a garter snake.

It was a while ago.

I had a Kansas box turtle, too. Walter. He did eat worms.

Hot dogs were his favorite.

[FreedomStar3028]

Bet she will, probably worse this time. Egged too, and possibly even worse. This person should be run out of her delusional land and shown the real world. What a sick psycho.

[shibumi]

"Now I have an excuse to link this!"

Excuses? We don' need no steenkin' excuses.

We posts de non-sequitur whenever we wants two.

*>Quod Erat Demonstrandum<*

[dayglored]

I can't freakin' believe I listened to that worm song all the way through.

Kept thinking, SURELY this next time the verse will be different....

I want my three minutes back. No? Oh, okay. Well, fact is, I laughed like a maniac, so it's okay, we're even. :)

[shibumi]

Dr Demento used to end his show with the worm song back in the 70s.

He was also known to feature this gem from time to time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-ERitO9qeM

[dayglored]

Yep! Dr Demento was one of my favorite shows. Weird Al debuted there, among other greats. Always interesting and entertaining.

[Slings and Arrows]

> I traded two matchbox cars for a garter snake.

> It was a while ago.

> I had a Kansas box turtle, too. Walter. He did eat worms.

> Hot dogs were his favorite

Memories of youth, Salamander?