_@/ "Sousa Pa!"

[eminemvsrach]

______________________
    l                  l           l
    l                  l          /l\
    l                  l         / l \
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    l                  l
    l                  l
        \
        @
                    ____________

Graduation snail

[eminemvsrach]

 @
 @
 @
\@_


Pregnant snail?

[Bob]

\=_      Snail on a diet?

[littletune]

Snails on the waterslide!    
                                                            ____|_______|____
                                                                / ~~~~~~/
                                                              /  "" \@_ "" /
                                                            /   ""       "" /
                                                          /    ""     ""  /
                                                        /    ""    ""   /
                                                      /     ""   ""   /
                                                    /  ""  ""       /
                                                  /    "" ""      /
                                                 \    ""  ""      \
                                                   \    ""  ""      \
                                                     \ ""   ""        \
                                                       \""     ""       \
                                                         \   ""  ""       \
                                                           \  ""   ""       \
                                                            | ""    ""       |
                                                            |""     ""       |
                                                            |  ""    ""      |
                                                            |  ""    ""      |
                                                            | "" °|°  ""    |
                                                            | ""   @_   "" |
                                                            | ~~~~~~~|
                                                            -------------         
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Lucky snails!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo jealous now! I wanna be on waterslide too!!!!!!!!!!

[ahinton]

Once again, no disrespect to K (the reverse, indeed), but it does seem to be high time that a French chef came along here and mopped up, for he/she would find sufficient stocks of escargots on this thread to keep a classy restaurant going for quite some time, methinks...

Best,

Alistair

[littletune]

     But I have said already: this snails can't be eaten!!! And even if they could somehow be eaten, then they would become ghost snails!!! And then they could just go from one thread to another, so then there wouldn't be just one thread with snails, but the ghost snails would be all over the Pianostreet in all of the threads!!!! They would just be appearing everywhere all the time! So it would really be better to just let these snails live peacefully in this thread! S'il vous plait! Merci beaucoup!

[ahinton]

    But I have said already: this snails can't be eaten!!! And even if they could somehow be eaten, then they would become ghost snails!!! And then they could just go from one thread to another, so then there wouldn't be just one thread with snails, but the ghost snails would be all over the Pianostreet in all of the threads!!!! They would just be appearing everywhere all the time! So it would really be better to just let these snails live peacefully in this thread! S'il vous plait! Merci beaucoup!

No - let them all be cooked to perfection! Some of those who consume the results might even be pianists!

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Whilst i admit i have never tried them, i can think of nothing more disgusting than eating snails.

Surely a Kentucky Boneless Box is superior.

Thal

[Bob]

@  @  @

Snails hiding in their shells at the thought of being eaten.



<^>
   [[]]==

Snail in a suit of snail armor (or an attempt at it.)





Cows.

<..>   _*
   ==/
  /    \


       <..>   _*
Moo!  0==/
           /    \

[ahinton]

Whilst i admit i have never tried them, i can think of nothing more disgusting than eating snails.

They're not my favourite thing either, but since so many people do enjoy them, I felt that my post above did not lack due pertinence.

Surely a Kentucky Boneless Box is superior.

If ione of those is actually "superior" to anything at all, I'll eat - er - one of those boxes. I suppose that it might be marginally superior to a goat's cheese and vegemite soufflé, but it's a close run thing, I think.

Anyway, Thal, you would really write from a position of greater authority if you had actually tried some escargots. One may reasonably presume, on the other hand, that on at least one occasion and in the interests of bona fide research you have made the not-quite-ultimate sacrifice and tried one of those Kentucky TasteBoneless Boxes?

Anyway, this thread is supposedly for K and I'm far from convinced that any of us here wants to do her the gross disservice of foisting upon her such a soufflé or such a Box.

Best,

Alistair

[ahinton]

@  @  @

Snails hiding in their shells at the thought of being eaten.

Ah! - methinks that the dénouement of this thread is at last approaching, for if they're all hidden, the rest of us will be spared the need to worry about seeing them; in any case, have little doubt that K has things in her life that interest her far more than these little creatures that the French enjoy consuming and for which English and other gardeners put down poison on account of their horticulturally pestilential qualities (those of the snails, that is, not the gardeners)...

Best,

Alistair

[littletune]

   Well if people really want to eat these cute and nice snails  then we'll have billions of ghost snails everywhere! Don't say I haven't warned you! And you can't eat ghosts!!!
      ?
    \@_       this ghost snail is wondering if Mr. Alistair always speaks in such complicated sentences... or only when he is writing  .... and if he is also writing such complicated music?
Oh well I guess the snail will never find out since I am sure Mr. Alistair does not want to talk to a ghost of what he only considers to be food. 

[liordavid]

a/ a/ a/ a/ a/ a/ a/ a/ snail in reclining chairs.
*a* *a* *a* snails being electrocuted
[a] [a] [a] [a] [a] snail being smooshed
a         snail on a balance beam

[ahinton]

  Well if people really want to eat these cute and nice snails  then we'll have billions of ghost snails everywhere! Don't say I haven't warned you! And you can't eat ghosts!!!
      ?
    \@_       this ghost snail is wondering if Mr. Alistair always speaks in such complicated sentences... or only when he is writing  .... and if he is also writing such complicated music?
Oh well I guess the snail will never find out since I am sure Mr. Alistair does not want to talk to a ghost of what he only considers to be food. 

"Such" as what? - in other words, by what parameters do you perceive or assess "complication", either in words or in music?

It is indeed true that I am not in the habit of conversing with - or consuming - ghosts, but it is also true that, although snails are not an especial favourite of mine to eat, I nevertheless regard them as food, given the number of French and others who do eat them and I also regard them as a garden pest that requires to be annihilated otherwise damage to all manner of plants will be done by them.

I hope that these explanations are not unduly complex for you.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

in other words, by what parameters do you perceive or assess "complication", either in words or in music?

Do you honestly think she is going to be able to answer that?

Perhaps when replying to posts by 11 year old girls, it might be wise to come out of Thesaurus mode .

Thal

[Bob]

lol

[ahinton]

Do you honestly think she is going to be able to answer that?

I have no idea!

Perhaps when replying to posts by 11 year old girls, it might be wise to come out of Thesaurus mode.

What's so difficult? That said, I also had no idea that she was 11 years of age.

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

I also had no idea that she was 11 years of age.

I can understand that as her posts give no indication of her age at all

Obviously, someone who talks about snail ghosts, how cool their teacher is, sleepovers & covers their posts with hundreds of smilies give no clue as to their age .

I actually thought she was 36

Thal

[birba]

I, too,  thought her mannerisms were disgustingly sweet until I discovered she was 11 years old!  Now I LOVE her!

[thalbergmad]

Indeed, Littletune is a little angel and her posts on this forum are refreshing.

Thal

[liordavid]

Snails on the waterslide!    
                                                            ____|_______|____
                                                                / ~~~~~~/
                                                              /  "" \@_ "" /
                                                            /   ""       "" /
                                                          /    ""     ""  /
                                                        /    ""    ""   /
                                                      /     ""   ""   /
                                                    /  ""  ""       /
                                                  /    "" ""      /
                                                 \    ""  ""      \
                                                   \    ""  ""      \
                                                     \ ""   ""        \
                                                       \""     ""       \
                                                         \   ""  ""       \
                                                           \  ""   ""       \
                                                            | ""    ""       |
                                                            |""     ""       |
                                                            |  ""    ""      |
                                                            |  ""    ""      |
                                                            | "" °|°  ""    |
                                                            | ""   @_   "" |
                                                            | ~~~~~~~|
                                                            -------------         
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_@°/°~~~~~~~~~~
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Lucky snails!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooooo jealous now! I wanna be on waterslide too!!!!!!!!!!

You are pretty artistic. It could also be snails on a rock climbing wall

[eminemvsrach]

I thought littletune was a male fella in his early 20s...... 

But she certainly puts good use to pianostreet's smileys.

[eminemvsrach]

I actually thought she was 36

Thal

And Thal too 

[ahinton]

And Thal too 

But Thal IS 36; OK, he's been that age for rather longer than most people ever get to be 36, but no matter...

Best,

Alistair

[littletune]

I thought littletune was a male fella in his early 20s...... 

But she certainly puts good use to pianostreet's smileys.

A guy?? Oh noo! I don't wanna be a guy!!  But I was pretending some time ago I was a boy  (when I had short hair), but I didn't want to be a boy, I just wanted to be like a boy 
Well I guess you haven't read very a lot of my posts  ... but would a guy wanna be named Little Tune?  I mean guys usually don't want to be little, and besides Tune is a lot more a girls name than a boys name. 

You are pretty artistic. It could also be snails on a rock climbing wall

Thanks Yes I guess it could be a rock climbing wall too  Maybe it could also be a waterfall

Indeed, Littletune is a little angel and her posts on this forum are refreshing.

Thal

Thank you very much Thal you are really nice!!!       

I, too,  thought her mannerisms were disgustingly sweet until I discovered she was 11 years old!  Now I LOVE her!

Thank you too!    but what are mannerisms? 

"Such" as what? - in other words, by what parameters do you perceive or assess "complication", either in words or in music?

It is indeed true that I am not in the habit of conversing with - or consuming - ghosts, but it is also true that, although snails are not an especial favourite of mine to eat, I nevertheless regard them as food, given the number of French and others who do eat them and I also regard them as a garden pest that requires to be annihilated otherwise damage to all manner of plants will be done by them.

I hope that these explanations are not unduly complex for you.

Best,

Alistair

  sooo... you wanna know why I think your sentences are complicated or something like that right? Well it's because you use a lot of words I don't understand, and especially because it seems like you write a lot of little sentences in just one sentence (not always but a lot of times ) and then it's like I start reading one sentence and then it's another sentence in that sentence and then another sentence in that sentence and another and another.... and then I already forget what the first sentences were about. But don't worry it's kinda fun it's like riddles or something    

[birba]

"out of the mouths of babes..."

[thalbergmad]

One of the best descriptions ever of the style d'hinty.

Thal

[ahinton]

One of the best descriptions ever of the style d'hinty.

What is? In any event, I would hope to achieve substance over style. I also trust that these sentences are not thought to be unduly lengthy or to contain words that require checking in the dictionary. That said, one can never be sure about the vocabularies of potential readers when posting to internet forums; that fact is obvious, since such vocabularies will inevitably vary greatly from one forum member to another.

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

\@_

(c) Bob. 2011    (Because I'll get an extra year's worth of copyright that way.
TM, registered, etc., etc., etc.  Not sure what they all mean,   but I'll throw them in too.  All rights reserved.  

I think I'll charge a dollar (US dollar) for royalties on my snails.  (Even though I original saw one on an emoticons site somewhere a long time ago.)  Any variation would become a derivative work.  

\@_    The original snail.




\@_    A brief "snail performance."  
I can license out performance.  You've seen it now, so you'll have to pay up.

*Bob sends around a hat to collect money.*  These aren't donations.  You're being charged.  This is payment for viewing the snail performance up there.  

*Bob never gets his hat back either.*


*Bob wonders what kind of hat that was.*




\@_  \@_  \@_  )   )    )   
Crack team of legal snails, scouring the internet, looking for snail copyright infringement.   They have to find something to sue about otherwise they won't make any money.

[Bob]

*Bob notes the lack of creative development now that the snails are copyrighted... or copywritten?*

All right.  You can have this one snail for free.  Do with it what you will.

\@_

[Bob]

\@_  \@_  \@_     )    )    )   

A small "snail mafia" begins invading Piano Street, charging users for snails and "snail copyrights."  (Mafia snails happen to look very similar to the now out of work legal snails appearing earlier in this thread.)  Snail mafia members are rumored to create a monopoly on snail copyrights and may or may not have "shaken down" membership in certain cases. 



\@_  \@_  \@_     )    )    )   

A business snail team splits off the snail mafia group and begins selling snails legitimately, although still staking out a piece of Piano Street for their business operations using their snail mafia connections.  Nils remains unaware of their activities the whole time.  The business snails begin renting access to their snails, allowing users to download copies of their snails for a monthly fee of $3.  The business snails give away a few free access copies of their snail membership to certain "high profile" members of the site in order to increase revenue.  The business snails create a "snail dictionary" which originally was for sale but now is given away for free.  The business snails begin advertising in prominent snail magazines and journals and eventually split off of the PS forum to start their own snail forum.

[birba]

Whoever said musicians were one-track minded?  This entire thread is just plain brilliant.

[eminemvsrach]

\@_  \@_  \@_     )    )    )   

A small "snail mafia" begins invading Piano Street, charging users for snails and "snail copyrights."  (Mafia snails happen to look very similar to the now out of work legal snails appearing earlier in this thread.)  Snail mafia members are rumored to create a monopoly on snail copyrights and may or may not have "shaken down" membership in certain cases. 



\@_  \@_  \@_     )    )    )   

A business snail team splits off the snail mafia group and begins selling snails legitimately, although still staking out a piece of Piano Street for their business operations using their snail mafia connections.  Nils remains unaware of their activities the whole time.  The business snails begin renting access to their snails, allowing users to download copies of their snails for a monthly fee of $3.  The business snails give away a few free access copies of their snail membership to certain "high profile" members of the site in order to increase revenue.  The business snails create a "snail dictionary" which originally was for sale but now is given away for free.  The business snails begin advertising in prominent snail magazines and journals and eventually split off of the PS forum to start their own snail forum.

Whatever~


\
 \@_     Tall snail.

       
__@/      Tall snail kissing the ground


 @
  l       Can you hold a snaillipop? (Poor thing)


  x\x@_  fried snail

[Bob]

\@_ \@_ \@_ ) ) ) )

Legal snails reappearing, hurriedly issues as many cease and desist orders as they can... except they're snails so they're not moving very fast on that.  Fast for snails, yes, but not very fast overall.



\@_     <--- bootleg snail

[Bob]

 "It's a foot!"
  /
 
\@---\
    \__\    <--- snail dress

Snail, complying with a lesser known clause of 1924 HR-4074 regarding snails.

[littletune]

I forgot to say something about the smilies I don't really understand how can people write posts and look at all the smilies up there and just not use them at all!!  Because I just have to!  because if I wouldn't put smilies in my posts it would seem like I can't even say everything I want to   Like some letters or even words would be missing!    I wish there was even more of them!!!   
Oh and in real life people sometimes don't know how old I am either  some think I'm older and some think I'm younger  well they never think I'm 36 of course    and they don't think I'm a male fella in his early 20s either    That would be VERY weird! Once I saw on the internet something about a girl who is 13 years old but she looks like she was 40 or something like that, because she has something wrong with her skin and she is very sad because people don't believe she is just a kid. Well I think when people think I'm older is cause I'm pretty tall and because sometimes I look very serious      I almost don't talk at all when I'm around people I don't know and I don't act stupid or anything, I'm just really quiet.... well I guess that's kinda hard to believe because I talk sooooooo much here      And when people think I'm younger I guess it's because sometimes I act like a little kid and I want my mum to help me with something and to go somewhere with me because sometimes people really scare me and I don't want to talk to them by myself 



snail on a swing ... and two snalis on a seesaw
                                                                   \@_
                                                                  /~~
                                                                /     
                       /| |                                  /
                     /  | |                                /     
                   /    | |                              / |
               \@_    | |                     _@/  /  |     
                ~      | |                       ~~    /\


well this is a lot harder to make than I thought! Why is it called a seesaw? Is it because when you're up you look around and you say: Oh I see... and then you go down and you say: well I saw... and then: I see and then: I saw.............       

[Bob]

Two snails of equal weight on a seesaw.


                     "Well, this isn't much fun."
                       /
_@/________\@_
           /\




                                    "This isn't much fun either."
                                             /
_@/________\@_\@_
           /\








____
       |
       |
       |
       |_      <-- Snail playing hide and go seek.




Another snail playing hide and go seek.  Not the most clever one...

    @_

[littletune]

This snail is playing hide and go seek too

      in water
you can only see the snails eyes and a straw (so the snail can breath)

                                         ˛
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|°°~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[birba]

    Littletune, you are riot!!!  Not only a fine pianist, but a brilliant graphic artist!

[Bob]

 ..                  ..                     ..                         ..

          ..                ..                        ..                       .. 


    ..          ..                 ..                       ..                                            ..



..                          ..              ..                  ..


Snails using stealth technology.  They haven't perfectly the ability to cloak the eyes yet.

[littletune]

Those stealth technology snails are cool!  why is one snail so far away from the rest of the snails?

  Littletune, you are riot!!!  Not only a fine pianist, but a brilliant graphic artist!

Thank you! you are too nice to me well actually I think for now I am still a lot better at graphic things I think because until I was 5 and a half I had hearing loss (and then I had surgery) and I got more used to looking at things than listening to them And at first at music theory when we had dictations it was really scary because I couldn't concentrate on just listening without looking at something but now I'm getting a lot better already     


This is a snail jumping on trampoline   it's like a video ... well kind of  you have to scroll down this post really fast  and maybe use your imagination too 



                           \@_
                    -----------------
                   /                        \




                            \@_



                    -----------------
                  /                         \




                               /
                              @
                              |


                    -----------------
                  /                         \



                              _
                                @\


                      -----------------
                    /                         \


                       
                                 |
                                @
                                /


                    -----------------
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[Bob]

why is one snail so far away from the rest of the snails?

Probably has B.O. (body odor).  Which for a snail must be pretty bad.




Snail having a slight problem landing on the trampoline.

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[Bob]

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Ahinton graciously volunteered to help that snail recover, even inviting it over to his house.  In fact, the snail liked Ahinton's house so much, he hasn't left yet.

[Bob]

Snail, perhaps a Russian snail?, parasailing.
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[Disclaimer:  No snails were harmed in the creation of this post.]

[gyzzzmo]

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Thats my snail called 'Bob', desperately trying to get his postcount up.

[ahinton]

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Ahinton graciously volunteered to help that snail recover, even inviting it over to his house.  In fact, the snail liked Ahinton's house so much, he hasn't left yet.

Sadly not true in any particular; I wouldn't invite one of these creatures as (a) I don't especially care for their taste and (b) they're a garden pest.

By the way, how did you know it was a male snail?

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

I checked of course.


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Just kidding.  I asked.

[birba]

Those stealth technology snails are cool!  why is one snail so far away from the rest of the snails?

Thank you! you are too nice to me well actually I think for now I am still a lot better at graphic things I think because until I was 5 and a half I had hearing loss (and then I had surgery) and I got more used to looking at things than listening to them And at first at music theory when we had dictations it was really scary because I couldn't concentrate on just listening without looking at something but now I'm getting a lot better already     


This is a snail jumping on trampoline   it's like a video ... well kind of  you have to scroll down this post really fast  and maybe use your imagination too 



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Absolutely brilliant!  He did a flip!

[littletune]

Yes A back flip  
well, maybe if you look at it from down to up  then it's a front flip 

Probably has B.O. (body odor).  Which for a snail must be pretty bad.

And then when that snail is flying close to some people or other snails they can't see him (cause he's using stealth technology) but they can just smell him  and then they are wondering why did something start smelling so bad all of a sudden 

Well I hope that injured snail didn't go to Ahinton's house!!! That wouldn't be a very good idea!!

[wert718]

lol, this thread is funny.