This walked out from under my couch. I think it may be alive. Beware folks. It starts off innocently enough at first - a waffle left lying on the bookshelf, fries on the floor of your car, a rotten banana peel in a sock drawer, a slice of pizza in your son's safe, a moldy sandwich in your son's bed, spoiled chocolate milk in that same son's backpack. But soon you start finding stuff under the couch, on the ceiling fan, hiding in your bed, sleeping in the washing machine, marching across the tv. In no time your house is invaded with moldy, rotten food.
Any guesses as to it is was? The first person to guess correctly will win two Anita Renfroe DVDs: It's Probably Just my Thyroid, and William Tell Momisms, compliments of Luvs. I'll announce the winner on Thursday, September 4th.
317 comments:
1 – 200 of 317 Newer› Newest»I'm guessing partially eaten plum with pit intact.
That is a tough one! I've never looked at moldy food so close in my life. I really have no idea but since it has pink parts I'm going to go with a piece of watermelon.
I can't even fathom what that was in it's previous life. Ick! My son found an old sippy cup yesterday and was drinking the "contents". The black strongly resembles this thing here.
My guess is a grape. I want to say raisin, but I'm guessing it entered your house as a grape.
I believe it is a piece of steak.
Totally a strawberry or fruit core.
I'm going to guess a peach or something similar, barely eaten so there's a lot left to get moldy.
Otherwise, I'd have said dracula's heart was left under the couch too long.
It's a strawberry!
I'm guessing either a peach or plum pit
I think it's a raisin. Well...it was a raisin!
Looks like a strawberry, I hope. Jennifer
A wad of bubble gum. I think my collection of chewing gum looked like that when I was a child : )
My guess is a strawberry!
is it a pepper?
A strawberry?
Strawberry maybe? Its gross whatever it is! LOL! Did it grow legs yet?
Is it smaller than a breadbox? Is that a mouth? It is so hard when you don't know what size it is. It could be a grape or a prune.
Found my way here by way of Rick, who left a comment on my blog. Not sure where Rick comes from but I will be checking out his blog more since finding stuff like this through him. Love your blog so far!
It's a strawberry! Right!?!
A moldy strawberry? At first glance it looked like a dog bone, but I think a strawberry?
Cristina
It's a strawberry!!
I'm going to guess that it was a strawberry.
A jelly donut?
a scary object formerly known as a plum??
It looks like some kind of fruit not sure what kind.Was thinkin a strawberry but that might look too big.but i could be wrong it looks like alot of different things that i can not think of the name.. Colleen C
EEEEW! Is it a strawberry????
Kelly T. from Justin
It's a strawberry?? With a bite out of it? (Hopefully when it was fresh, not walking on it's own!).
A delicious piece of gum!
Looks like a molded strawberry to me:)
Strawberry!
I am going to guess a p-nut butter and jelly sandwich???? (becasue of the red color). Even if it is not right...I was the first to guess
Strawberry?
BTW, whatever it is - it looks disgusting. I'm so sorry you had to find that.
A strawberry?
Part of a donut?....
Is it a strawberry?
Is it a piece of hotdog?
BTW I love your blog!
I say it looks like a strawberry...
It just had to be a yummy, juicy strawberry!
That looks really disgusting!! I think it may be a strawberry. Can't wait to find out what it is.
IT'S AN ORANGE!
steak
It's a strawberry!
It looks like a plum.
I think it's a Peach Pit
That looks like a rotten strawberry to me...
A moldy strawberry?
it's a strawberry!
strawberry?
Ewww....that is so gross. I am going to say a strawberry?
Jacqui F.
I'm afraid to ask... It looks like a dead bird...
First off I love these! My mom used to find the yuckest stuff in my brothers bags lol.... so far my kids have no left me any surprises! I am guessing a Hot Dog...
looks like a strawberry
Grant's Mommy
I am going to guess a strawberry!!!!!
Now I must go and lose my lunch!
I believe that this is or was a strawberry! Thanks for all the wonderful stories...you make me smile and appreciate having only 2 rug rats!
That certainly is a scary sight! I'd have to guess a blob of chewing gum (Bubble Yum?) or perhaps a chewed-but-not-swallowed glob of Fruit Rollup.
Believe it or not, my HUSBAND is a bigger culprit than my children at abandoning food.
This looks oddly familiar. I'm going to guess that it is a peice of watermelon the innocent children of your life have left for you to discover as their latest scientific experiment.
Is it, I mean, was it at one time a strawberry?
It looks like it was red at one time. I will guess a dog treat. It kinda looks like meat.
I was just cleaning under my couch this morning too! First day of school and all... you know. Part of a mom wants to just go through the whole house and just start cleansing it of everything (that is, if they are all off to school).
Naw, I'll just clean when I have to. It's better that a mom knows just enough, but not too much!
Is it a moldy, rotting strawberry?
Karen B.
It looks like a massive moldy strawberry to me...EWW!!
My guess is that it is part of a piece of chicken.
I can tell you that if you enlarge this to be the size of the screen it is VERY GROSS!!!!
I wouldn't have dared touch that thing to figure out what it was, but by chance, a hotdog?
My first thought was a strawberry.
I'm going with a strawberry with a bite taken out.
OMG that is so disgusting, I'm so glad this is happening to you before it happens to me, it's a reminder for me to clean under the beds and couches more often!! :)
Ok, so my husband thinks it's some kind of meat, my first thought was fruit, strawberry perhaps. But as he said, fruit would have more grey fuzz on it. So we're going with meat! COngrats to the winner!
It's a strawberry!
Strawberry? :)
My guess is a raspberry!
Hot dog?
strawberry?
I don't want to look at that nasty thing long enough to guess!
It looks like a strawberry.
A partially eaten plum? That would be my guess, but I can't look at it for very long, it burns my eyes.
A strawberry.
Eww! LOL A strawberry?
A strawberry?
Becky
Something out of my oldest son's bedroom...but since you are not his mom, I'll guess a bell pepper...
Could it be a very nasty piece of hotdog?
it's a turd.
It's a strawberry.
It looks like a strawberry to me.
yuck-o-rama!! Man, that is nasty! I'm going to say that it is an extremely moldy strawberry. bleh!!
Come on over to my blog! I'm having a giveaway too. No nasty moldy stuff to look at though, sorry.
long time reader, first time commenting. that looks to be a moldy strawberry.
Strawberry?
my guess is a fruit rollup
Britny G
I know this may result in PETA writing me to complain, but it looks like a decomposed Rottweiler puppy head. Gross!
It looks like a strawberry!
is it a strawberry??
I am guessing it was a strawberry??? Maybe?
I'm going to have to guess plum. Maybe some dog slobber on it? :)
My guess is it's a strawberry
My guess to the moldy food is a half eaten apple?!?
Lorene
Perry, KS
Watermelon?
It looks like gum, but maybe its a peach?
A strawberry?
Ummm, a blog of alien poo?? or maybe a red pepper...??
I'm guessing that it's part of a strawberry.
Strawberry??!!
Ok, my guess is fruit, prob a strawberry from the pic I can see.
(BTW, I am a long-time lurker)
Tiffany
It's a berry of some sort. ANd it's freakin' disgusting. :)
Thanks for posting
Hi, Yuck umm is it a plum?
Is it (or was it) a strawberry?
I don't even WANT to know the answer to this one.
A strawberry!
My guess is a dog bone.
Its a Ham Bone or an apple.
Oh, my goodness! Is it a strawberry?
It must be a half eaten nectarine. Yummy.
Why, it's a strawberry, of course. A couple shades dark than the ones in my fridge right now
I'm guessing strawberry, but I've seen the bad side of so many foods and been mistaken about the ones in your pictures almost every time...
My guess is it's a half eaten plum...
Great blog I love reading :)
A rotting strawberry
A piece of hotdog or strawberry??
Is it a strawberry?
That sure looks like a strawberry gone very, very bad.
A peach? I looks like it absolutely has to be some kind of fruit to be so "fleshy" looking. I have a very strong stomach...I can't handle staring at it. If you can't handle puke I'm not sure how you cleaned this up.
It actually looks like a rotten giant's tooth, but my 2nd, more logical guess would be broccoli???
A strawberry???!!!
Is it a raspberry? It looks hairy and bumpy. Although anything that came out from under my couch would have hair.
I will guess strawberry - with logs of mold!
A raspberry?
based on years of experience -- my official guess is part of a dog bone (though, I don't know if you have a dog) -- also, could be some sort of rotten fruit, but I'm sticking with dog bone for the official guess.
Holy yuck!! Perhaps it was a strawberry at some point in time?
A bitten off chunk of hotdog or sausage can't tell which.
Did you run for cover and scream like a little girl when you saw that? I know I would have
Melissa
Strawberry.
A Strawberry or an apple
Hi Dawn!
I'm guessing it's a small piece of berry or cherry pie or tart with a tiny bit of white icing and lots of black mold.
As the mother of two little food hoarders and connoisseur of all things moldy I would have to take a stab that this here fine specimen used to be a grape.
That looks horribly like a day-old chick that's had its head ripped off! Yuck!!! OK, I have a lot off poultry and that quote about "Nature, red in tooth and claw" applies to birds too - I've seen some messy sights so obviously my perspective is skewed, and I am sure this odd object is something far less gruesome!
Is it watermelon?? :)
strawberry remains LOL
Kim - Yorba Linda, CA
A Strawberry?
strawberry?
Is it an apple?
Looks like a molded strawberry! That soon will eat you!
A strawberry? LOL
ajkatz74@gmail.com
I guess a strawberry!!
Jenn
It looks pretty scarey but my best guess would be a Nectarine, (does spelling count)...
ABC gum?
Looks like a plum. Maybe?
That's *really* nasty.
Uh... a peach??? No no.. an APPLE. Yeah.
Wait no, it's a trick question! It's one of Austin's school projects, right? Not even moldy food!
Uhm. Plum. Final answer.
a peach or a fruit snack?
Watermelon?
Guava?
Tomato?
It's a mystery to me.
G-ross. Looks like a half-eaten plum to me. Ew.
Katina
Looks like a Tomato.
Was it a peach at one time?
Lori
That has GOT to be a partially eaten plum -- or maybe a plutot since they look so much alike. Never seen one looking this good myself, mind you ;)
eew...that's super nasty. I was gonna say it looks like a wad of gum, but I didn't realize gum got moldy and furry. LOL.....
Not to be nasty, but to me, it looks like a dead baby bird. blech.
Is it a strawberry?
~Paula
butterfly.school@yahoo.com
I believe it was at one time a strawberry.
A portion of someone's colon or a strawberry.
I say it was an apple core. Hubby thinks it was a strawberry.
Looks like a strawberry to me. Yikes!
are you serious?! that used to be edible!!! my guess is a cherry. egad though.
Is it a Strawberry? I had some of those growing in the back of my fridge this summer.
Hi, Dawn!
Thank you, thank you, thank you again for your lovely voice of humor and sanity! I am your regular reader, even though I am not married and do not have kids; but your up beat personality is very, very appealing. As for my guess, it is/was a piece of watermelon.
All my best,
Barb
A Strawberry??
I'm guessing a half eaten peach(although it looks a bit like a alien cornish game hen.......)
Billie Jean
Was it a strawberry?
Ewww, ummmm....a raisin?
Emily from the STL!
Looks like a partial eaten strawberry.
WAS it a chocolate-covered strawberry? No matter what it used to be, I think it can now be Clay's next "speriment"!!
Donna in PA :)
Oh my gosh. Is that a Strawberry or a Raspberry? Yummy! I hope you wore gloves.
it looks like watermelon to me
Is it gum?
OMG! Is that a tooth on the lower right amongst the rabies foam? I haven't got a clue what that could be, but it totally creeps me out!
Too easy - moldy, half-eaten peach (or maybe nectarine - can't tell, because the mold is fuzzy).
A Grape?
Watermelon?
It looks like a strawberry
a dead craisin
a piece of watermelon OR a fruit snack. Alison in UT.
I think it is a fruit roll up.
Is it a strawberry?
A Strawberry?
Everyone seems to think it's a strawberry, but I was thinking it was a jelly donut at some point in its life.
A VERY dead peach.
OR a rabid tribble.
A strawberry though I'm not the first to say so
A half-masticated Jolly Rancher, "red" flavor.
Ummm, a plum pit. My dsons used to do that-stealth disposal- under the couches. EWW. And that included anything from leftover food to dishes to clothing to school work to..
BTW Dawn, as a mom to 3 I can relate-and I love your blog, it is funny, sad, sweet, comedic, reminiscent, interesting-the whole nine yards! :) Helen in Salinas, CA
I'm going to go with "red grape". This is really fun, btw. :)
Lisa M.
My first thought was a strawberry, but apon further examination I think it is/was a Rasberry.
Looks like a raspberry.
Oh this is easy. It's a 'speriment.
I think it's a hotdog too!!
Grody!!!
I know I am not the first person to guess, but I wanted to post my guess just the same. I think it is a strawberry because of the seeds and the pinkish hue.
Ok, I was going to say a decapitated hamster head. Gross, I know...but that's what it looks like to me. And I was eating something. WAS being the operative word there.
My GOD Dawn, it looks like part of someone's anatomy! You'd better do a body part check! Or maybe Malibu Ken's head?
Definitely a rasberry! I think.....
Courtney corntea@cox.net
It's a strawberry. I love Anita Renfroe! i'm pretty sure I'm not the first to guess strawberry though. Love your blog!
My 11 yr old daughter thought it was a dog's head. I don't have a clue what it is but it's gross!!
I say an apple. BTDT after a summer w/ a backpack in the basement.
My guess is a strawberry. But where did it get the black furry hat?
Its got to be a strawberry
I'm going to guess tomato. I'm a mom of four and I love your stories.
Is it one of the "mystery" berries that your husband and children were eating on that 4th of July camping trip??
It's pretty nasty.
mmm mold covered strawberry, my fav!
Gum doesn't get moldy, does it? These gum guesses...am i missing something?
Well, I'm going to guess that it was a strawberry, but since at least one hundred people already guess that before I did, I probably won't win. But I love you anyway, Dawn, so I figured I'd play your little game anyway. :) I hope you're having a great day!
I'm going to say chewing gum.
I'm with others...strawberry.
I do think you need to put a warning on this one. I was scrolling down the page to get it set up for me to read and glanced at the picture and got a little gaggy. Gross!
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