Was in Toulouse (Mar 2007) when I chanced upon a regional fair. One of the exhibits, among the various booths offering smelly cheese and various duck/goose products from sud-ouest France, was a snail race. Talk about speed! I reckoned the exhibitor could leave this for the whole week and it would not have ended. I think the set up of the race is flawed; the wooden lane markers would do diddly to prevent any cheating little slimers from crossing the lanes and impeding its fellow racers. As such, it think salt, yes, good old sodium chloride (NaCl) should be coated along the lanes. Furthermore, to prevent the odd lackadaisical slimer from holding everyone up at the finish line, a timer controlled salt dispenser should also be utilised to "encourage" speedier passage to the end. All you animal do-gooders should refrain from chastising me, but see the merits of my suggestion for a good clean race. Besides, the little bastards are destined to end up as someone's escagot entree anyway.
Bon apetit!
TO
Bon apetit!
TO
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Interesting to know.
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