krahl@druky.UUCP (KrahlRH) (08/01/85)
>> {}[]()-> >> >> Have you ever stepped on a slug barefoot? Good, neither have I. >> >> ... >> dno > I had a roommate that did JUST THAT. She walked into the kitchen without >the lights on and, next thing I know, I hear this piercing SHRIEK from the >kitchen. I ran into the Kitchen, thinking that she had cut off a finger or >something. Instead, she was standing on one foot, speechless, picking at her >nylon on the bottom of her foot. It took her >1 hour to remove the slime from >her foot; the stuff never washed out of the nylons. > From the alter ego of-- > > Kchula-Rrit If looking at a 'slimy' slug doesn't bother you...then you might want to hear what I did (back in S.E. Ohio a few years ago). I got a small amount of enjoyment out of shaking salt on the little slimy slugs. MAGICALLY !! they began to MELT -(like the witch on the Wizard of Oz). Has anyone else ever heard of 'salting those slugs'?? -- and -- Does it work on the California Blonde variety also?? -- Rich Krahl ..!drutx!druky!krahl "You can't get what you want..'til you know what you want" -Joe Jackson
sdh@alice.UUCP (Steve Hawley) (08/02/85)
Not only does salting slugs have interesting effects, but beer does too. You see, them slugs love the taste of it, and a small dish of it left outside overnight (near a spot suspected to be slug-infested) will draw those suckers like flies. They crawl into the dish, overdo it, and die inebriated. I've heard tell that pigeons will explode if fed Alka-Seltzer tablets. Is this true? "Life.. don't talk to me about life" -Marvin Steve Hawley alice!sdh
carl@proper.UUCP (Carl Greenberg) (08/03/85)
[A sacrifice to the great god Line_Eater!] I think that these "blonde slugs" you're discussing may resemble some that I have seen up in Marin County that were about four to six inches long, and colored like ripe bananas: a slimy yellow with black spots. My uncle called them banana slugs. I don't know of any official designation (hell, maybe they ARE some variety of the "California Blonde Slug") for them, but it sure fits. Then again, my uncle ALSO told me that if you feed them your garbage your car will run better.
larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (08/05/85)
> If looking at a 'slimy' slug doesn't bother you...then you might want to hear > what I did (back in S.E. Ohio a few years ago). I got a small amount of > enjoyment out of shaking salt on the little slimy slugs. MAGICALLY !! they > began to MELT -(like the witch on the Wizard of Oz). Has anyone else ever > heard of 'salting those slugs'?? -- and -- Does it work on the California > Blonde variety also?? There is nothing more delicious that a salted slug tied into a pretzel shape, baked for outer crispness, and eaten with mustard. Larry Lippman Recognition Research Corp. Clarence, New York UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry {rice,shell}!baylor!kitty!larry syr!buf!kitty!larry VOICE 716/741-9185 TELEX {via WUI} 69-71461 answerback: ELGECOMCLR "Have you hugged your cat today?"
nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) (08/05/85)
>>> {}[]()-> >>> >>> Have you ever stepped on a slug barefoot? Good, neither have I. >>> ... >>> dno >>> >> I had a roommate that did JUST THAT. ... >> >> From the alter ego of-- >> >> Kchula-Rrit > > If looking at a 'slimy' slug doesn't bother you...then you might want to hear > what I did (back in S.E. Ohio a few years ago). I got a small amount of > enjoyment out of shaking salt on the little slimy slugs. MAGICALLY !! they > began to MELT -(like the witch on the Wizard of Oz). Has anyone else ever > heard of 'salting those slugs'?? -- and -- Does it work on the California > Blonde variety also?? > > Rich Krahl ..!drutx!druky!krahl > That sounds like a rather drastic allergy reaction, wouldn't you say? From the alter ego of-- Kchula-Rrit
cspencer@bbncc5.UUCP (Clifford Spencer) (08/06/85)
Once someone told me a great way to kill slugs. "Oh, they love beer. Put out a bowl of beer". The next morning I came out to find this disgusting bowl of dead drunk slugs. I never tried that trick again. -cliff
scotth@grpwre.UUCP (Scott Herzinger) (08/12/85)
> Once someone told me a great way to kill slugs. "Oh, they love beer. > Put out a bowl of beer". The next morning I came out to find this > disgusting bowl of dead drunk slugs. I never tried that trick again. > -cliff Good. The slugs were dead. They were not drunk. Your statement is anthropomorphic. And to the folks that put salt on slugs I ask why? Why is it fun to see a creature die like that? If slugs need to be gotten rid of (say, removed from a garden), how about putting egg shells around the perimeter. Too irritating for the slugs to cross, but not lethal. And your Golden Retriever won't have to go thru convulsive seizures because it ingested slug bait (which tastes just GREAT to dogs). How about sharing this planet with the other creatures that live here? Instead of salting them and watching them dissolve (literally and figuratively). -- Scott Herzinger, Groupware Systems ...!{ucbvax,decvax,ihnss}!tektronix!reed!grpwre!scotth {allegra,purdue,cbosg}
tmoody@sjuvax.UUCP (T. Moody) (08/12/85)
> > > > If looking at a 'slimy' slug doesn't bother you...then you might want to hear > > what I did (back in S.E. Ohio a few years ago). I got a small amount of > > enjoyment out of shaking salt on the little slimy slugs. MAGICALLY !! they > > began to MELT -(like the witch on the Wizard of Oz). Has anyone else ever > > heard of 'salting those slugs'?? -- and -- Does it work on the California > > Blonde variety also?? > > > > Rich Krahl ..!drutx!druky!krahl > > > That sounds like a rather drastic allergy reaction, wouldn't you say? > > From the alter ego of-- > > Kchula-Rrit {} I have always noticed that when I sprinkle MSG on banana slugs, it gives them headaches. Todd Moody {allegra|astrovax|bpa|burdvax}!sjuvax!tmoody Philosophy Department St. Joseph's U. Philadelphia, PA 19131
cspencer@bbncc5.UUCP (Clifford Spencer) (08/15/85)
> > disgusting bowl of dead drunk slugs. I never tried that trick again. > Good. The slugs were dead. They were not drunk. Your statement is > anthropomorphic... No, I said that the slugs were dead drunk, they might have been sleeping it off. -cliff
michael3@garfield.UUCP (Mike Rendell) (08/21/85)
In article <166@grpwre.UUCP> scotth@grpwre.UUCP (Scott Herzinger) writes: .... >Why is it fun to see a creature die like that? If slugs need to be >gotten rid of (say, removed from a garden), how about putting egg shells >around the perimeter. Too irritating for the slugs to cross, but not >lethal. .... How about the courageous slugs who dare to cross the egg shell barrier, which has been filled with water during the rain the previous night, and slowly drown. All the brave daring slugs will die off causing the entire species to evolve into a cowardly lot of slimes who are afraid of egg shells. How's that for cruel??? Mike Rendell