# Snail little snail sliming into my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080 "2024-05-02T21:13:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/1 "2024-05-02T21:13:08Z")
Creepy little _Garys_ you need to go away. You crunch under my boot. You worry my cats. Your slime has probably permeated my kale leaves. Makes me gag thinking about it. (Green slimešŸ¤­) Soā€¦Iā€™m thinking of a final solution. Iā€™m the Hitler in this story. I need my SS. Iā€™m thinking grandwrex could be bribed. We discussed it. 10Ā¢ per live snail. They tried for 15Ā¢. I held firm. They suited up. Rubber boots, latex gloves, Ice cream tubs. We waited til the rain stopped. I gave orders "Feet off the plants. Stay completely away from the tomatoes. Look under leafy plants carefully. Donā€™t steal each otherā€™s snails. No arguing. I laughed at the latex gloves, flapping around, too big for their little hands. I predict theyā€™ll go first, if the yuck factor can be overcome. Off they go, into the breech. I hope they return with all the useful body parts and no diseases. (Snails donā€™t bite, do they?) I shed a little tear. Son-of-a-wrek is researching whether we can call garden snails, escargot, thereby securing himself a little windfall. Iā€™m awaiting the results. (I hope I have some petty cash laying around) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/2 "2024-05-02T21:25:45Z")
Aye, this one breaks my heart. Iā€™m known for liking weird creatures, including slugs. Someone once asked me whether I also liked snails. I said, ā€œOf course I do. Theyā€™re introverted slugs.ā€ Naturally, our wireless network is now called Introverted Slugs. Funny that nobody who comes to our house ever has to guess which network is ours. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/3 "2024-05-02T21:34:36Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > hope they return with all the useful body parts and no diseases. (Snails donā€™t bite, do they?) They donā€™t bite, but there is a rare but potentially fatal disease you can get from them. > **[A parasite called rat lungworm may lurk in backyards across the U.S.](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rat-lungworm-infects-12-across-u-s-cdc-finds-n896981)** > > The parasite lives in rats and is spread by snails as they crawl on garden vegetables. > **[Australian Man Dies 8 Years After Swallowing Slug](https://time.com/5445715/australia-slug-dare-sam-ballard/)** > > Sam Ballard contracted a parasite after eating the slug on a dare ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/4 "2024-05-02T22:00:10Z")
@Spice_Weasel , we will try and re-home them, we wonā€™t kill them. Unless one the kids accidentally eats one. And, I seriously hope not. Rat lung parasites sound really unpleasant. Thanks, Darren. To think I sent them on the trek. I feel distressed. šŸ˜³ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/5 "2024-05-02T22:41:18Z")
Yep. Wife used to work with a guy who ate a slug on a dare as a young man. Made him blind. We called him ā€œSluggoā€, naturally. EDIT: Twenty years later, now that I think about it, we should have called him _Sluggie Wonder._ _Garys??_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/6 "2024-05-02T22:42:37Z")
SpongeBob SquarePants pet snail is named _Gary_. (How 'bout escargot tonight, yummy) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/7 "2024-05-02T23:36:51Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Yep. Wife used to work with a guy who ate a slug on a dare as a young man. Made him blind. > > We called him ā€œSluggoā€, naturally. Ironically, if he refused to eat it his friends might have called him Nancy. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/8 "2024-05-03T00:23:11Z")
Ha. Got that reference. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/9 "2024-05-03T00:27:19Z")
Iā€™ve read that _ecargot_ are regular garden snails fed a ā€œpureā€ diet of cornmeal for a period of time are then eligible to be menu features. Iā€™ll pass. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/10 "2024-05-03T00:37:52Z")
Ok. Grainy slime is still slime. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/11 "2024-05-03T00:45:09Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Iā€™ve read that _ecargot_ are regular garden snails fed a ā€œpureā€ diet of cornmeal for a period of time are then eligible to be menu features. The ā€œ[regular garden snails](https://caviarstar.com/bloghow-french-escargots-snails-are-harvested-and-processed-/)ā€ of Europe. My biggest local snails arenā€™t even 1 cm across the shell. Even where you find larger snails in the US I doubt that they are eaten. Snail imports in the US are extremely highly regulated. > **[American Chefs Can't Import Live Snails, But Two Farms Found a Way Around That](https://www.foodandwine.com/news/snail-farms-united-states)** > > Facing heavy restrictions, only a couple of escargot entrepreneursĀ are allowed to growĀ edible snails in the United States. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/12 "2024-05-03T00:45:24Z")
@Beckdawrek I think they are boiled in salt water, which de-slimes then, and they are served in a garlicky butter sauce. Just give me shrimp scampi. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/13 "2024-05-03T00:55:08Z")
@Darren_Garrison The snails which populated our yards when I was a kid (SCal) were the size of those snails crawling over that manā€™s hands. We did the usual kidstuff of pouring salt on snails, but for the most part we left them alone. Snails are disgusting. There was the summer evening ritual of going home after playing all day. Naturally, everyone was barefoot. If the dew had already settled on the grass or someone had watered the lawn, you could count on hearing at least once an evening: CRUNCHā€“SCREAMā€“wipewipewipe. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/14 "2024-05-03T01:38:17Z")
Itā€™s been a greenhouse around here lately. Perfect conditions. The ones we have arenā€™t quite as big as those in the article. But we have quantity, for our consolation prize. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/15 "2024-05-03T12:42:03Z")
One year during our vacation in Saint Martin we hiked through the central rainforest ecosystem to the top of Pic Paradise, the highest point in the island. (Itā€™s not an easy hike. There are memorials along the way, where people died) It had rained the previous two days. During our descent we saw _thousands_ of snails on the trail. It was impossible to not step on some and when stepped on the trail became slippery as ice. It was crazy. Never experienced the snail migration again. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/16 "2024-05-03T15:08:03Z")
Oh, good. Thereā€™s hope. If itā€™s migration that means theyā€™ll move on. Iā€™m out $14.20, so far. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/17 "2024-05-03T16:29:10Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, good. Thereā€™s hope. If itā€™s migration that means theyā€™ll move on. Which means you have to wait. And wait. And wait. And wait. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snail-little-snail-sliming-into-my-life/1001080/18 "2024-05-03T19:37:21Z")
Hah. Funny šŸŒā€¦