Has anyone ever brought home a "friend" from the grocery store?

Has anyone ever brought home a "friend" from the grocery store?
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Well, that just gave me the jim-jams! I’ve read (no I can’t cite sources) that so much produce contains eggs and larvae that eliminating them all is impossible. So, we get little visitors. It’s yukky, but it just is, so I only worry if I see it about to enter my mouth. I’d rather have visitors than have all my produce irradiated, or covered with hazardous stuff…
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