Y’know, when you post an eBay item you’re selling or bidding on, it makes it possible to see all the recent auctions for which feedback has been left… so, 'sprix, how’s the fairy tin, disney paper, disney t-shirt, and disney stapler? Also, would it be offensive if I said you buy really gay stuff? 
I do like the name-the-snail auction. Very droll, Opal.
<aside>How many home made roller coasters are there in the U.S.?</aside>
my son LOVES that video hehe
The name should be submitted within a week. Poor thing has been nameless for so long… why torture him longer than neccessary?
Damn. I’m outbid. And I was gonna name the snail Fleance.
Robin
Woohoo! I’m a-gonna be rich!
[sub]I gotta get me a whole bunch of snails![/sub]
Some people on eBay take a vigilante approach to auctions like this. They register a quick account (or use an already established second account) to bid up the auction to ridiculous levels so that the seller incurs a pretty hefty final value fee.
Then, the high bidder doesn’t pay.
Of course, the seller can get a refund, but they have to jump thrugh several eBay hoops. Not to mention dealing with the waiting for payment never received, e-mails, and such.
That’s why you can’t put much faith in some of the prices on non-conventional auctions.
Or the auction gets shut down by eBay first…
BTW, didn’t we have this same complaint a while back about someone selling the naming rights to their child to the highest bidding corporation? Only there were no takers?
Fleance? FLEANCE?!?! Wasn’t it enough that you wanted to name our son Fleance? Me thinks you’re just waaaaaay too fixated on that name.
Besides, I much prefer Irmgard Hortensia, or even Brunhilda Gertrude. 
I should mention that I have no way of knowing the gender of the snail
Now these people have all the bases covered
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1750595870
I think I may need this item. It looks a lot like stuff we have out in the garage, and when I look at the picture I get an overwhelming urge to own it so that I can toss it in a box with all that other stuff.
Or maybe I need to register on ebay and get the digital camera out.
You wanted to name your SON Fleance? Dude, that’s just sick, unless you’re a corpse named Banquo.
Is that important? I mean, let’s face it, it’s a snail. Even if it was named wrongly for its gender, it would be easy to pretend that the snail was the proper gender for the name. I mean, I imagine that the procedure for determining the gender of a snail is more involved than just looking at it. I mean, you’d at least have to pick it up and turn it about, right?
Therefore, even if it’s a male snail, and the winning name is “Patricia” (which would be a great name for a snail, by the way), you could just claim that the snail was female when people asked. What’re they going to do, check to make sure?
[sub]No, I’m not going to bid. Sorry. :)[/sub]
Happily, snails are Hermaphrodites , so it really doesn’t matter whether you call it Patrick or Patricia. Anyway, everyone knows that snails should always be called Brian.
What? You’ve never seen the Magic Roundabout ?
This is a bit depressing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749057162
I’ll ask my friend Steve Texaco.
Actually, I know this Japanese guy. I wont post his name but his first name is a Japanese car company and his last name is a Japanese heavy construction equipment company. The American equivalent would be like having the name Ford Catterpiller.
I’ve got the perfect name for Opal’s snail! I’ve always dreamed of having a dog named Peeve, so I could refer to my pet, Peeve. Mr. c4c didn’t like that, so our dog’s name is Molly.
Opal’s snail?
Speed Racer.
Go Speed Racer, go Speed Racer,
Go Speed Racer, go-oo!
<slight hijack>
You wouldn’t happen to be a Johnny Quest fan, would you (not the newer, crappier ones, but the vintage, cooler ones)?
Well, if you don’t like ‘Brian’ for a snail name, then how about:
Lightning
ThunderBolt
Shelley
Mona the Monopod
Speedy
Am I right in thinking that it’s a Water-Snail? How about:
Glug
Windex (it cleans the glass, yes?)
Bubbles