Life's important questions
 

In a typically deep, philosophical conversation with a friend, he emailed me this:

"Slugs are without a doubt one of the big mistakes of Intelligent Design, or
whatever. It seems that the original amount called for in the recipe was
given an extra zero, and in consequence we wound up with all these homeless
snails.

Tough on slugs, tough on the causes of slugs, say I. And it *is* good fun to
dump a bit of salt on the buggers and watch 'em squirm.

Have you tried the beer solution? If not, place a large saucer half full of
beer in your garden. Slugs, like Canadians, go crazy for it. The next morning
you will find a saucerful of slugs and, if you're really unlucky, some of them
will still be drunkenly singing 'O Canada'."

My question is "who taught the slugs the words to 'O Canada'?"

Damn Canadians

I've referred to Budweiser as slug-bait since a friend taught me the saucer trick. It has served well. Fortunately I've slept through the singing portion.

There are few things as effective for luring slugs & snails as beer. Except my vegetable garden. Fuckers.

Alcoholic fuckers, with absolutely NO rhythm.

mom is 83 years old, and she's been feeding those slugs Bud forever...

Which proves that Bud is not really a beer, I think. :eek:

Feeind the Slugs Bud? Flyman must've taught them to sing Oh Canada. I'm getting this hysterical visual of a drunken slug rearing back up in a saucer of beer and warbling "we stand on guard, we stand on guaaaard forrrr theeeeeeeeeeeeee" Even funnier if he has a mounty hat and coat on.

RCMP - Royal Canadian Mollusk Patrol.

Flyman has been accused of many things, and rightfully so. But THIS? Ya better have some proof, buster.

I'll dig up some proof somewhere.......

awww go sit down you bastard.........no need to bring up the slug incident.




:D

Well, I'm getting close. Here's one from flyman's family reunion:




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...yjoe/slugs.jpg

I really hope you don't have a frontal shot... I really don't want to know why they are called the "slugs".

As to the question in the OP... Did you also know that you can used this beer trick to catch Earwigs? Those are nasty looking buggers. Sadly they don't sing when they get into the beer. Rather, they thrash about madly injuring all in their way, often bumping into the cheery slugs, ruining their evening of frivolity.

Sad. Sad indeed.

Here are some slugs that managed to avoid those nasty earwigs... if you listen closely you can hear, Marvin Gaye's Let's Get it On playing in the background.

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/nurspest...est2lowres.JPG

Why wasn't there an NSFW on that picture? That's just disgusting. The nekkid butts were cute though.

is he the one with the santy clause hat on?

No, he is the one with the really hairy butt. Erm...or so I have been told.

i know where fly is...out celebrating st. stephen's day, spreading the wealth...

I've found fewer slugs and snails munching away my plants since I took the advice of the following tip... 'As slugs are obviously attracted to slug-pellets, throw tons of them over your neighbour's fence.'

it's all about the ass baby.....................

so my husband says..... :lol:

Wait wait wait....

I thought life's most important question is this:

Do you have zig zags?

so, no boxers were about on the 26th?

So, are snails slugs? And, if so, what the hell's up with France?

Sheesh....Slugs are homeless snails. Haven't you seen them with their little cardboard signs? Damn Texican.

Ahhh, that's what they were doing. I thought they were on strike.

I don't read Sluggish.