# Get out of the way! I don't want to kill you!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 19, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815 "2005-08-19T22:23:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/1 "2005-08-19T22:23:43Z")
All I’m doing is _ **crunch** _ walking back from _ **crunch** _ the pub. I’ve no _ **crunch** _ particular inten_ **crunch** _tion to walk _ **crunch** _ across a pavement of _ **crunch** _ snails. Would you please find another place to spend your evening? _ **crunch** _ I have little _ **crunch** _ option for routes home. You can _ **crunch** _ go anywhere, as you demonstrate so well. _ **crunch** _. Please do so. If you don’t, _ **crunch** _ I’ll be looking up the _ **crunch** _ definition of _escargot_… \ ***crunch** \*_ **crunch** _ _ **crunch** _ _ **crunch** _ ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/2 "2005-08-19T22:26:12Z")
Be sure to wipe your feet before entering the house. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/3 "2005-08-19T22:28:48Z")
Ooh I feared this would be another thread by motorists complaining about pedestrians, but no, 'tis Lescar **gorillaman**! The same thing happened to me with lots of little baby frogs once. I felt very bad about it, but it _was_ pitch drak and up on a hillside and so, like you, my options were limited/non-existent. Silly snails. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/4 "2005-08-19T22:38:20Z")
> [@Nic2004](#): > > Be sure to wipe your feet before entering the house. Ohhhhhhh I made sure of that, don’t you worry! (Last March, I did have a couple of frogs manage to slither _under_ my front door, and one of them hid in a shoe. Yeah, that’s not what you expect to feel as you put your foot in there.) ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/5 "2005-08-19T22:47:21Z")
Stepping on slugs leaves me torn. On the one hand, they are living creatures. On the other hand, they make for dangerously slippery walking. On the one leg, they are nasty animated loogies. On the other leg, they should stay off the darned sidewalk instead of foolishly playing extreme sports, slug-style. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/6 "2005-08-19T22:50:05Z")
Slugs? _Slugs_??? Slugs are evil. They are one this planet to cause destruction and mayhem. A dead slug is a less-bad slug. Snails, however, I have time for. They should be taught, somehow, to stay out of harm’s way… ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/7 "2005-08-19T22:53:12Z")
The only thing about stepping on slugs is that the slime doesn’t come off. Gross. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/8 "2005-08-19T23:15:40Z")
The snails were probably just hangin’ around with those no good slug brothers! ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/9 "2005-08-19T23:51:44Z")
I had to backpack through a half-mile of locust (locustes?) stacked 2-deep once. They crunch and jump at your legs. I still shudder when I think about it, _Little House on the Prarie_ flashbacks notwithstanding. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/10 "2005-08-20T00:57:41Z")
When the thread was around of “What would you tell the animal kingdom, if you could?” my vote was for “Teach them to look both ways when they cross the street.” Guess it could go for sidewalks, too. ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/11 "2005-08-20T01:13:38Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Slugs? _Slugs_??? > Slugs are evil. They are one this planet to cause destruction and mayhem. A dead slug is a less-bad slug. > Snails, however, I have time for. They should be taught, somehow, to stay out of harm’s way… You are aware that snails are just slugs from caring families, don’t you? Snails’ mommies love them and tie little houses on their children to keep them warm and snug when they go out to play. We should pity the poor slugs, neglected children of the \*Snotticus boogerii \* family. It’s no wonder they go on to be The Wild One of gardening communities. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/12 "2005-08-20T01:54:16Z")
Hey, **GorillaMan**. Did you ever find your jeans? ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/13 "2005-08-20T11:57:31Z")
> [@Ashes](#): > > You are aware that snails are just slugs from caring families, don’t you? Snails’ mommies love them and tie little houses on their children to keep them warm and snug when they go out to play. We should pity the poor slugs, neglected children of the \*Snotticus boogerii \* family. It’s no wonder they go on to be The Wild One of gardening communities. Q - what did the slug say to the snail? A - “Big Issue”, sir? Yes, I will get my coat. (btw - is it true that princess Diana’s brother used to call her “Brian” after the snail in the Magic Roundabout" 'cos she was so slow?) ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/14 "2005-08-20T22:40:46Z")
> [@laina\_f](#): > > Hey, **GorillaMan**. Did you ever find your jeans? No!!! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/15 "2005-08-20T23:12:26Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > No!!! I still haven’t found my Polaroid either. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/16 "2005-08-21T01:09:10Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Slugs? _Slugs_??? > > Slugs are evil. They are one this planet to cause destruction and mayhem. A dead slug is a less-bad slug. > Snails, however, I have time for. They should be taught, somehow, to stay out of harm’s way… Okay, now you’re just [hurting my feelings.](http://www.ucsc.edu/about/campus_mascot.asp) Kyla UCSC Class of '00 ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/17 "2005-08-21T01:15:05Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Okay, now you’re just [hurting my feelings.](http://www.ucsc.edu/about/campus_mascot.asp) _" a bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk…"_ EWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…_shudder_ > [@Anaamika](#): > > I still haven’t found my Polaroid either. :mad: Hmmmm… what a coincidence… ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-out-of-the-way-i-dont-want-to-kill-you/317815/18 "2005-08-21T01:48:48Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Hmmmm… what a coincidence… Oh, it’s not a coincidence! Your jeans are up to no good and they seduced my Polaroid! :mad: Grrr…