Snails

[ramonmercado]

Yup, they make great pets. They don't scratch the furniture or bite the postman and you don't have to walk them.

You can throw a twig for them to fetch and that's it for a week.

 

[Graylien]

This is called Rainy Taxi or Mannequin Rotting in a Taxi-Cab. The mannequin looks to me rather like Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard - but that was thirteen years in the future!

Whereas I was reminded of that mannequin Noel Edmonds drives around in his taxi.

 

[Recycled1]

Do you all know the difference between a slug trail and a snail trail?
The slug trail is a solid long line of silver slime.
The snail trail is a series of blobs -like a row of dots - where the snail has had to 'hump' its body slightly to shift its shell.
(All information gleaned from a David Bellamy TV programme many years ago )

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Yes but what kind of trail does Noël Edmonds leave?

 

[Mythopoeika]

Yes but what kind of trail does Noël Edmonds leave?

A 'blobby' trail.

 

[Ulalume]

These are some nearby dinosaur tracks. What's of interest to this thread, though, is the line that travels down diagonally from the the top left corner of the photo - the paleontologists believe this is a snail trail. Would love to have seen the size of that snail!

 

[JamesWhitehead]

Can I squeeze a slug in here?

A recently-discovered sea-slug whose body is covered in "orange-tipped blue sausages." They have launched a public competition to name it.

Carmen Miranda?

 

[ramonmercado]

 

[Xanatic*]

Medieval manuscripts had lots of snail drawings in them for some reason.

 

[GNC]

Medieval manuscripts had lots of snail drawings in them for some reason.

Maybe they found the spiral shape of the shell an attractive motif?

 

[ramonmercado]

Maybe they found the spiral shape of the shell an attractive motif?

Good point!

 

[GNC]

Good point!

Thinking about it, it could represent the infinite in some way?

 

[ramonmercado]

Thinking about it, it could represent the infinite in some way?

Yes, a lot of those monks were into illuminating letters with spirals.

 

[Xanatic*]

This was more like the image above. People riding snails, knights fighting snails, etc.

 

[escargot]

Medieval manuscripts had lots of snail drawings in them for some reason.

They knew what was good for them.

 

[Mythopoeika]

Medieval manuscripts had lots of snail drawings in them for some reason.

Probably drawn by bored young kids or apprentices who thought things were dragging along rather slowly.

 

[rynner2]

TV Today:

Escape to the Country

Summary
Alistair Appleton helps a house hunting couple find a country home with a budget of £700k in Buckinghamshire, and later he visits a farm that produces high-end snail caviar.

Today 3:55pm - 4:40pm BBC One

 

[IbisNibs]

I think this is my absolute favorite thread so far. So many amusing remarks about slime trails, and so many great illustrations. In all sincerity, the pleasure I got from reading this thread has lifted my spirits.

 

[escargot]

That's what snails do!

 

[ramonmercado]

That's what snails do!

They take you out of your shell.

 

[IbisNibs]

Speaking of shells, here's a dystopian morsel for you :

Brilliant animation, but it may prove disturbing to anyone with strong feelings against eating snails, or cannibalism.

 

[David Plankton]

Speaking of shells, here's a dystopian morsel for you :

Brilliant animation, but it may prove disturbing to anyone with strong feelings against eating snails, or cannibalism.

I've just realised that the sound of snail shells clacking together makes me shudder.

 

[Iris]

It's been warm and haven't seen snails for ages but today there was one on the path at the golf club where we have Probus.
A lady I was walking with picked it up and put it in the garden bed.

 

[ramonmercado]

..

 

[Monstrosa]

What has that got to do with snails?

 

[ramonmercado]

What has that got to do with snails?

Wrong url!

 

[ramonmercado]

 

[ramonmercado]

Scargy, a recent photo.

 

[Mythopoeika]

Looks surprisingly dry for a snail.

 

[escargot]

Looks surprisingly dry for a snail.

It's my age.