_@/ "Sousa Pa!"

[Bob]

 (    (    _@/


Snail travelling along happily at a leisurely pace.


with music.  

*Bob thinks that snail is entirely too happy or too ignorant (ie blissful) with that music.*


*Bob is getting irritated by that happy snail.*

*Bob has decided that snail must be some kind of 70s hippy snail and must be drugs to be wandering around that happy.*

*Bob thinks the snails is completely oblivious to the fact that ahinton may be lurking nearby.*

[littletune]

Well these are security snails looking all around for any signs of danger so they can warn happy ignorant snails 
                                         
                                        \             |
                                       @             @
                          \@_         |              \           _@/ 


one snail looking left one snail looking up one snail looking down one snail looking right!
should they also have one snail looking out of the screen and one into it? 
I mean in their world they wouldn't really need that.... but they have to be even more careful about our world so I guess then they do need two more snails looking into our world!!!
                                                                           
                                     _@°/°                         _@"/"         

hmm well something like that 

[Bob]

Like this?

Snails looking out of your screen...








Other random snails found along the way...

[littletune]

Yes something like that 
funny snails! 

           and this is a snail looking out of the computer screen 
                          __________
                         |                |_oo
                         |           _@/|
                         |__________|


oh no! that's like that scary movie about that girl who was crawling out of tv!! I mean I haven't watched it of course! I was scared really a lot just cause I heard about it!!  cause we were talking about it with my friends and then I was really afraid every night because I have a tv in my room!!! and i was just waiting when someone is gonna crawl out of it! But I don't watch tv very much and it's on a really high shelf (or whatever that's called), and then once when i was imagining somene crawling out of my tv I imagined how they would start crawling out but they wouldn't expect tv to be so high from the floor so then they would just fall on the floor on their face so that was so funny that I started laughing and I wasn't so scared anymore   

[Bob]

The Ring Snail?  Funny with that on the last page.

/\/\/\/  <-- static




_@/    <--- snail is here





           Suddenly the snail is over here -------->                          \@_  



/\/\/\/  <-- more static



\@_







_@/   <-- quick, jagged movements
\@_
_@/
\@_

...




/\/\/\/  <-- more static









_@/  !!!!!!    

"Slurp!"  *Snail licks your face [which would be exceptionally gross since it's a snail].*










\@_   

The snail coming after you now.  Take your time.  It's a snail and now it's an extremely heavy snail so it's not moving very fast at all.  It'll run out of energy soon enough anyway.




_@/

Snail reverting back to orginal size, but still pursuing you, although not quite as frightening now.



  "Whew!"
    /
_@/   


Snail taking a break from all the running slithering.

"This is a lot of work.  Are you scared yet?  Can I go back yet?"
    /
_@/   

[Bob]

_@% !

[birba]

This thread has become one of those artistic duels between giants.  Like Thalberg and Liszt.  Bob and Littletune.
Cleverness and geniality at work here. 

[littletune]

Okaaaay! Is that picture what I think it is?  Is Bob changing into Ahinton?!!!!!   
Well... guess what Bob.... you know that bob isn't just for feeding livestock?! It's also very healthy food for people (or snails i guess)! I've found some recipes! 



Yes that is a soup made of Bob!! And here is a recipe:
https://www.rtvslo.si/zabava/kuharski-nasveti/bobova-juha-s-cebulico/174243
I think the snails will also like this Bob soup!
                                                                                                                           
_@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/
\@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_ \@_
_@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ _@/ ..... |~~~~~~~ |
                                                                                                      |                |
                                                                                                      |                |
                                                                                                      |__________|
this snails are waiting in long lines to eat this soup made of Bob! Bon apetit!

I was also wondering if Ahinton (or maybe Bob) would be scared of that giant face licking slithering snail coming out of their computer screen all of a sudden!? 
Maybe they wouldn't even notice at first, until the snail would already be slithering all over them and licking their face!     

[Bob]

I would not be a fan of being licked by a snail, no. 

The escargot pic actually made me kind of hungry, except I know those are snails so it's gross too.

[littletune]

well that escargot picture made me so NOT hungry! We had  mushroom soup and there were big pieces of mushrooms in it and I just couldn't get out of my mind that those are snails  and I really couldn't eat very much of it and my mum said I was spoiled for not eating everything but I just couldn't  well I wasn't very hungry anyway... 
oh that bob soup didn't make you hungry? 

[Bob]

Bob soup looks like it could be quite powerful.

[littletune]

                    |--- |           |--- |
                    |  0  |  \@_   |  0 |
                    |___|           |___|

This snail is going to predict the future! Like what will be on September 18th for example You write something you think might happen on one box and something else on the other one. And put snail food in each of the boxes, and then you let the snail decide from which box it will eat. And the predictions from the box that the snail chooses will then come true! Easy isn't it? 

[Bob]

((( _@/  _@/                         \@_  \@_   \@_    \@_

                   | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|
                   |   o    o       o    |
                   |     o    o    o     |
                    |____o__o___|

Snails making soup.

[Bob]

                                            ======
                                            |   |   |  |    |       |       
   \@_---\@_---\@_---\@_---O  O  O O   O      O        O


Snails dragging in stock material for the soup.  What's that?  Why it appears to be... a short melody of some sort... a fragment... a small melody....    What are they making soup with?

[littletune]

Oh yes I know they're making soup with littletune 
But what are the snails going to do then if they eat Bob and littletune?? 

  ??   ?    ??   ?    ?       ??     ??           ??    ??    ??  ?           ??   ??             ?? ??
                                                           _
_@/      \@_    \@_           _@/             /@          @             _@_                00@_

snails bored and confused not knowing what to do without Bob and Littletune   

       NOOOO !!! stop snails! Stop my friends! You are making a very big mistake!!! You have to stop making soup with Bob and littletune right now!!! You hear me?? Stop right now!! Or we'll all be lost !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This has to be some kind of a curse that has come upon us!!!!!! We have to be strong and break this curse! Maybe you think it would be good to have some soup made with Bob and littletune, but that is just a curse making you think that!! We are snails!!! Snails do not eat people!!!!!!!!! Think snails!! Think! And fight it! Don't let the curse be stronger then you!! Listen to me my snails!
     ^^  /
     oo
_@//          -      this is a very wise snail !

     !!        !!!                !!          !!!                !     °° !              !!            o0 !   !!!
_@/oo    00\@_          _@%    oO@_            _@OO   \@_        0O\@_      @/    ˙|˙@_

snails waking up and breaking the curse! I think they will now let Bob and littletune go... out of the soup..... let's just hope it's not too late!!

[Bob]

                   |--- |           |--- |
                    |  0  |  \@_   |  0 |
                    |___|           |___|

This is going to be like the magic 8 ball....

*Bob puts two messages on each side of the snail.  The one of the left -- the left as we view the snail, not the snail's left -- says "This week."  The messages on the right says "after this week."  Bob places some snail food (which is what?  What do snails eat?)  out for the snail and waits.*

I think I got that right.

Oops...  *Bob splits the snail food in half and puts a half on each side of the snail and then waits again.*  Knowing the snail, it'll eat eat both.   Why not?  But then what does that mean?  It doesn't answer my question.

This must be an oracle snail.

*Bob gets nauesous after Google image searching for oracle snail.*  Yuck.  And there was a snail, a real snail, as big as a person's hand.  

[littletune]

It says snails eat mostly plants. Lettuce, grass, herbs and also apples and carrots 
* Littletune is thinking it would be kinda cool to have a pet snail!*
Well not those huge ones. Bob do you mean that picture with someone holding two giant snails on his hand? I think they're even bigger than his hand!!  But he does have a glove on his hand.

Oh you can get an answer Bob. It doesn't matter if the snail eats from both sides. What matters is form which one the snail eats first! The one it eats first has your answer.     

[Bob]

I'm still waiting for the snail to eat.

Yes, the giant snail was as large or larger than the guy's hand in the pic I saw.  Yuck.  It could have been a fake pic but even still, yuck.

[Bob]

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                 ------------------- /
------------/


                                           ------------------------------------------------------
                 ------------------- /
------------/




                                           ------------------------------------------------------
                 ------------------- /
------------/




Evidence of snails passing by during the night.  Snail trails.  Slimey snail trails.

[ahinton]

At the risk of sounding repetititititive, would anyone care to consider what ought to be the utterly absurd impression that is potentially and very possibly given to novitiates by this thread that K has no interest in anything but snails?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

itterly absurd

Agreed, it is itterly absurd.

Thal

[Bob]

     "Itterly."
          /
     _@/
                 "Yes, yes.  I agree.  Itterly."
                    /
                    \@_

       "I concur."
    _@/


Snails wandering aimlessly, repeating things they hear and agreeing with each other.



How did snails end up on this thread?  It was supposed to be a post that was editted because K would remove posts and put a period in place of that post.  *Bobs thinks those periods may have been snail eggs.*

[Bob]

I see K is the one who brought the snails into the thread.  It starts with one.  Next thing you know the entire thread is invested with them.





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

[Bob]

((( _@/_@/_@/


*Bob considers putting out snail traps or snail repellent.*

[Bob]

         ....   \@_
          ....
         ....
          ....    \@_               Snails, stopped at a line of salt.
         ....
          ....
         ....
          ....
         ....      \@_
          ....
         .........
        ...(( \@/ ))..    <-- Snail who didn't pay attention, on its back, drying up now.
         ........
          ....         _@/
          ....
         ....
          ....\@_
         ....
          ....

[ahinton]

I see K is the one who brought the snails into the thread.  It starts with one.  Next thing you know the entire thread is invested with them.

I think that you mean "infested", as I rather doubt that anyone's sought to  - er - shell out in order to try to make a profit out of them here.

Best,

Alistair

[birba]

I find this one of the most ingenious and hysterical threads, yet.   


          §
        §
      §
_@/          snail laughing(?)

I know.  I have a lot to learn.

[littletune]

I think you're doing great Birba! 


(( \@/ ))..    <-- Snail who didn't pay attention, on its back, drying up now.  *Littletune takes the poor drying up snail and pours a lot of water on it and so rehydrates the snail so it will be ok now...* \@_ but next time you should be more careful snail!

At the risk of sounding repetititititive, would anyone care to consider what ought to be the utterly absurd impression that is potentially and very possibly given to novitiates by this thread that K has no interset in anything but snails?

Best,

Alistair

Alistair did you mean to say " K. has no interest... " maybe... cause I don't know what interset is supposed to mean. 
Well I don't know why anyone would think that about K anyway because if you give a present or something to someone that doesn't really mean they have to like it right? So if this thread is for her and we are only making stories about snails it doesn't have to mean she likes the snails so much! But I think it's very very nice that you think so much about K and worry and care so much about her and about what people think of her        
Oh and also thank you very much for not having those snail eating comments again Alistair! All the snails from Pianostreet appreciate it very much and are all sending you lots of big snail kisses     
*Littletune is thinking Bob might get nauseous thinking about all those big snail kisses  *

[ahinton]

Alistair did you mean to say " K. has no interest... "

I did indeed; amendment duly made (and apologies for any confusion!).

thank you very much for not having those snail eating comments again Alistair!

I think that, having already made the point about snails as a culinary delicacy, there was no need for me to reiterate it!

Best,

Alistair

[littletune]

Indeed I also think there is absolutely no need to reiterate that! (if I got that right  )

Bestest,

Littletune and all the snails of Pianostreet!         

[birba]

ALRIGHT LITTLETUNE!!   

[thalbergmad]

I am beginning to feel left out, so here is my first attempt.

_@/

No doubt I have much work to do.

Thal

[Bob]

Snails, rolled up in their shells, hiding.

@ @ @ @




[The fourth one is actually just a rock.]

[littletune]

Great Thal!  All the snails are welcoming you and your first snail here in this thread 
And of course they're also welcoming Birba and his first snails
Maybe they would welcome Alistair too if he tried making a snail    

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


Welcoming snails! welcome welcome everybody!     
                   

[Bob]

They need little swords.

[littletune]

Hmmm I guess... 
                          _@/|      |\@_       like this?  I'm not sure 

[birba]

I would say like this: 
                                         ]  or          _    or         |  yes, the last one!
                                   _@/           _@/            _@/

[thalbergmad]

I would love to see hinty do a snail, but somehow i think it will not happen.

Thal

[Bob]

       /
_@/


I don't know if snails can hold swords anyway.






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

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

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

Snails dragging in pieces of a banjo for Thalbergmad to assemble.



-----------------------------------|
                                             |----_@/--_@/--_@/
-----------------------------------|



    ___________
   /                     \
 /        ___           \
|        /      \          |
|        |      |          |----_@/--_@/--_@/----_@/--_@/--_@/
 \         ----           /
   \                      /
     =========/

[thalbergmad]

HAHAHAHA, brilliant one bob.

Thal

[ahinton]

I would love to see hinty do a snail, but somehow i think it will not happen.

At the risk of seeming to repeat what I hinted at promising not to repeat, I can only say that, as I do not profess to be a very good cook, your assumption that what you appear to claim that you would "love to see" "will not happen" is accordingly correct.

Best,

Alistair

[pianowolfi]

~℘/

A foreign snail. To me it looks as if it's quite fast. 

_Ω/  

A Greek snail

[ahinton]

~℘/

A foreign snail.

Aren't they all?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Come on Alistair, just give us a snail.

Surely amongst all that creative genius in your posession you can do it.

Thal

[ahinton]

Come on Alistair, just give us a snail.

Surely amongst all that creative genius in your posession you can do it.

Thank you for your kind compliment which I will accept gracefully but, whilst I don't know about a whole snail, I'll gladly give you 20% of one in the form of an "s" which is missing from "posession"; will that do?

Best,

Alistair

[Bob]

Snails searching for Ahinton's snails....


\@_\@_\@_  )))


(((_@/_@/_@/




Snails finding something. 

       !!!!!                 @
        /                   @@
_@/_@/_@/         @@@


Only a stack of empty shells.

[Bob]

        "It's shark week.  What?   Oh... Nevermind." 
     /\      /
   _@/

[Bob]

                                                          !!!    !!!
                                                        _@/  _@/
                                   (     (     (    \ ====== /
................... /\ ...............................\............/..........................................................   
     (    (   (  _@/                             o                                   o

           o                                                                  o

                             o                                              o

     
o                                                                     o                              o

                                           

                        o

[birba]

Bob, you are one genius.  But do you ever practise the piano?
And wolfi, that was brilliant!!!  I loved the savvy look of the european snail.  SO snob. 

[ahinton]

Maybe they would welcome Alistair too if he tried making a snail

Limited experience in the garden inclines me to think that the reproductive capacity of snails is already quite sufficient without requiring anyone else to make more of them, least of all me.

Best,

Alistair