Author Topic: Aren't snails noisy :D (Read 2760 times)

nuttycyclist · « **on:** 16 June, 2009, 11:53:18 pm »

Been sitting in the garden for ages, listening to the mice scuttling around and waiting for the SNAP<jitter><jitter><jitter> that signifies I've killed another in the trap.

I've just realised that the rustling is a snail moving across the decking, not mice playing underneath

Sergeant Pluck · « **Reply #1 on:** 16 June, 2009, 11:54:39 pm »

That'll teach him not to make such a racket.

Jurek · « **Reply #2 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:01:36 am »

Nutty,

Can you hear me creeping up the garden?

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #3 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:29:26 am »

No.

Because I've just popped indoors for some gnat repellent. I'm still in my shorts and t-shirt from circuit training (yeah, I'll shower before bed) so there's a lot of exposed flesh for the blighters to feast off

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #4 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:30:05 am »

and to top it all, a ruddy SLUG has just set off the mousetrap

Jaded · « **Reply #5 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:46:44 am »

There is a snail on one of our top floor windows. That's the 2nd floor. It is outside.

Did you throw it up there, nutty?

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #6 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:50:57 am »

I threw it in an easterly direction from near southend town centre.

What direction are you in, and what are the wind conditions like?

bobb · « **Reply #7 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:54:23 am »

Collect them, cook them and eat them! Or flog them to your nearest poncey restaurant

nuttycyclist · « **Reply #8 on:** 17 June, 2009, 12:57:10 am »

Porridge for breakfast then

hulver · « **Reply #9 on:** 17 June, 2009, 08:13:35 am »

I also encourage natural selection to produce flying snails.

Not seen any yet mind you, but I keep trying.

There are a lot of them around here. Can easily be almost a hundred snails out after some rain.

I do wonder if I'm encouraging them sometimes. Is it like a theme park ride?