Wednesday 9 October 2013

Damn Snails

Yesterday after dinner, as is my wont, I despatched the Wabbit Daemon out to mow the back lawn. As it was a gorious Autumn evening I stayed out myself to do some gluing in the fresh hour.


Unfortunately I dropped the sprue instructions on the ground - and a bleedin' snail shot out of its hiding place in a concrete crack and blasted well started to eat them.

I tell you, it's hell here in the rural badlands of, ah, Kent.


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20 comments:

  1. Simon Quinton 9 October 2013 at 09:39

    Just don't go to sleep in the garden shhhhhh you might wake up without you legs!

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  2. BigLee9 October 2013 at 10:35

    "a bleedin' snail shot out of its hiding place"... Was it a rocket propelled? Or just lying in wait?

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  3. Magiler9 October 2013 at 10:42

    Yeah, we hobbyists are fast, but those damn snails were always a challenge...

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  4. paulbaldowski9 October 2013 at 10:42

    Had something similar happen last weekend. We took photos in the back garden and used a plain card backdrop - and forgot to bring it in with us. Following morning, the card remained in the same spot, but had acquired several significant holes and patches where the paper had been nibbled down to just the vaguest final fibres. Doh!

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    1. John Lambshead9 October 2013 at 18:21

      What is it about snails and paper. I mean, what makes paper yummy.

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  5. Mad Padre9 October 2013 at 16:28

    Who knew Kentish snails are so fearsome? I think you have the makings of a Weird War scenario there to be sure.

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    1. John Lambshead9 October 2013 at 18:22

      Attack of the killer snails - it would make a decent movie.

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    2. Simon Quinton 9 October 2013 at 19:49

      With Gnomes in Defense! There you go Kickstarter Idea!

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    3. John Lambshead9 October 2013 at 22:13

      The truly awful thing is that I think it might be successful.

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  6. Anonymous9 October 2013 at 18:20

    John I'm concerned. Either that is the fastest snail on Earth or you took 2 hours to bend over and retrieve those instructions.

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    1. John Lambshead9 October 2013 at 18:22

      Well I'm not as young as I was and my back is a bit stiff....;.

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  7. Solo wargaming-on a budget!9 October 2013 at 21:43

    Your battle against nature will become legend amongst modellers of the future. You are verily a frontiersman!

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    1. John Lambshead9 October 2013 at 22:14

      Truly I am a pioneer, taming the wilderness of the, ah, North Downs.

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  8. GaryA9 October 2013 at 21:47

    I trust you stamped on the little £',m75+ ?

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  9. The Kiwi11 October 2013 at 06:04

    Snails on speed. Freaky! Might be a sign the Zombie poxyclips is getting closer.
    Cheers

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