I wonder...

[lonelybrit]

I am continuing to ponder my father's rain-making abilities. I've already told you how he caused a draught to end in Ethiopia and the trend of decades to end in Morocco. He is currently swanning around with the rest of the family in South America. They've just been to the jungle - lucky f**kers - where they were eaten alive by mozzies.

In any case, last time he called it was to say that they were about to set off into the Amazon basin. As I put the phone down, the grey clouds gathered. Then last night he called to say that they were back safe and sound. As I put the phone down, the heavens opened.

He's due back in the UK sometime Monday, and if a thunderstorm arrives the same day I shall laugh.

In other news the snails are looking well fed and well watered. I walked in on another orgy last night, and the mound of little white eggs 'hidden' in the corner keeps on growing. *sigh* We have a hedgehog living in our garden, he likes snails, I wonder if the eggs would be the hedgehog equivalent of caviar...

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[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

Your father sounds like an extremely useful man to have around. He could charge a fortune for that talent! Heh.

I wonder if the eggs would be the hedgehog equivalent of caviar...

*gasps* You wouldn't. Not after starving the poor things half to death :P

[lonelybrit]

I know, I have tried to persuade him that it's never too late for a change in career, but for some reason he seems quite attached to his little office *sighs*

AND JUST WATCH ME, MWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Seriously though, these guys are always laying eggs. Apparently they hatch after a few weeks. Normally the park ranger hoiks them all out and squishes them before they get to that stage. I helped her one time and it was oddly satisfying, rather like the plastic bubble wrap... Look at it this way, at least the eggs would be appreciated by some living creature? Even if only for a brief while.

[bouncymonkey.livejournal.com]

I helped her one time and it was oddly satisfying, rather like the plastic bubble wrap...

*shudders* *gags* EWWWWWWW. *bleaches brain*

[lonelybrit]

Don't know if it makes it any better, but we didn't do it with our bare hands. We wrapped the wee things up in kitchen roll and then, well, yes, no more mini-snails.

*petpet*

[serineannan.livejournal.com]

Snails - most confused and have obviously not been keeping up to date. Don't let them multiply to much - unless you want to eat them.
Snails don't need to have sex to have eggs do they? aren't they hemaphrodites?

[lonelybrit]

Hehe, see the previous post. I'm snail-sitting for our currently absent park ranger :)

And yep, they don't have to have sex to lay eggs. However they do seem to enjoy doing it the old fashioned way whenever they can. FOr a while the park ranger kept on getting all concerned about this one individual, he frequently had this pale white tumour-like bump on the side of his neck. After a little research it traspired that that was actually his manhood, so to speak, and the randy little thing was going around in a near state of perpetual excitement.

The things you learn, eh?