Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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  • 4 comments
siege

First place my mind went

siege

August 17 2014, 02:23:13 UTC 6 years ago

when you asked that question: Purple worm, D&D, 1974. A giant purple worm which burrows beneath the earth in search of organic matter to eat, and which can swallow human-size creatures whole with one attack.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: First place my mind went

ysabetwordsmith

August 17 2014, 02:51:30 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, I thought about those, and shai hulud, and a bunch of other burrowing megaworms from speculative fiction.
fayanora

fayanora

August 17 2014, 07:04:33 UTC 6 years ago

First place MY mind went was "With a name like that, is this a worm that bites off... well... certain portions of the anatomy, like Lorena Bobbitt did with that knife?"
ysabetwordsmith

*laugh*

ysabetwordsmith

August 17 2014, 07:07:14 UTC 6 years ago

Yeah, that's where my mind went too.