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#45611 Cleaning out snail shells

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:36 am
by Benvolio
I thought The Cheeky Chickie's response to the snail questionwas faulty. The Lysol suggestion is both impractical and inadvisable. Snail shell spirals make it virtually impossible to spray any cleaning solution into the shells, and the chemicals can damage the shell material. Alcohol might work okay, but it might also damage the shell. Bleach is probably a bad idea if the shell has color.

I've boiled shells before and it gets rid of the smell. If you dry them out well, the shells are usually in good shape.

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:46 pm
by SWKT Parachuter
Dear Benny boy,
Well, why dontcha cry about it?

BTW, I've totes used bleach and alcohol before with no adverse effects. And if the shell tears easily when it's wet, it would not survive a hearty boiling. Just some food for thought!

XOXO,
SWKT Parachuter

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:32 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Who are you, and what have you done with Swicket? Hugs and Kisses?

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:28 pm
by Nanti-SARRMM
Giovanni Schwartz wrote:Who are you, and what have you done with Swicket? Hugs and Kisses?
Maybe aliens abducted and performed experiments on SWKT?

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:19 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Or the person that we knew as Swicket returned to Mars, and returned the original Swicket back to us. Fred, is the Swicket we knew from Mars?

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:11 pm
by chillygator
SWKT Parachuter wrote:Dear Benny boy,
Well, why dontcha cry about it?

BTW, I've totes used bleach and alcohol before with no adverse effects. And if the shell tears easily when it's wet, it would not survive a hearty boiling. Just some food for thought!

XOXO,
SWKT Parachuter
Oh! I love using "totes"! It's very fun. Let's be BFFs (BFF? There's always an "s", but why?)!

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:48 pm
by SWKT Parachuter
Dear everyone,

You delightful simpletons! Of course I'm not being nice. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew how unpleasantly condescending I can be!

Contemptfully,
SWKT Parachuter

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:55 pm
by Benvolio
Nanti-SARRMM wrote:Maybe aliens abducted and performed experiments on SWKT?
We should be so lucky.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:01 am
by Nanti-SARRMM
SWKT Parachuter wrote:Dear everyone,

You delightful simpletons! Of course I'm not being nice. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew how unpleasantly condescending I can be!

Contemptfully,
SWKT Parachuter
Unpleasantly condescending? You do realize that if unpleasant condescension is equal to hilarity, or sounding like a power puff girl, you fail right? Ar at least at the unpleasant bit.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:10 pm
by Benvolio
Nanti-SARRMM wrote:Unpleasantly condescending? You do realize that if unpleasant condescension is equal to hilarity, or sounding like a power puff girl, you fail right? Ar at least at the unpleasant bit. (emphasis added)
From now on, SWKT's new name is Blossom.
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"I'm annoying! Tee hee!"

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:09 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
Do you think we can get one of the administrators on the board to change his name for us?

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:19 pm
by Benvolio
It would be highly unethical. It would be even more unethical to also change his avatar. *wink* *nudge*

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:51 pm
by Nanti-SARRMM
Hey, Portia added the N to my name, so it is feasible.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:12 pm
by Wisteria
I cannot tell you how delighted I would be to see SWKT's avatar become a power puff girl. Also, I want to put forth the idea that it would be possible for something to survive boiling even if it tears more easily when wet.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 6:29 pm
by Darth Fedora
Aw, let's be nice to SWKT. If we start acting like jerks too, werf wins.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:55 pm
by Nanti-SARRMM
Darth Fedora wrote:Aw, let's be nice to SWKT. If we start acting like jerks too, werf wins.
Or either way werf doesn't care.

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:19 pm
by Giovanni Schwartz
You know, this is such a nice topic...

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:18 am
by SWKT Parachuter
Nanti-SARRMM wrote:
SWKT Parachuter wrote:Dear everyone,

You delightful simpletons! Of course I'm not being nice. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew how unpleasantly condescending I can be!

Contemptfully,
SWKT Parachuter
Unpleasantly condescending? You do realize that if unpleasant condescension is equal to hilarity, or sounding like a power puff girl, you fail right? Ar at least at the unpleasant bit.
Boy, it's a good thing that unpleasant condescension is NOT in fact equal to "hilarity, or sounding like a power puff girl." Because I would just be so disappointed if such an eloquent writer and brilliant logician as yourself thought I had failed. Whew, close one.

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:19 am
by SWKT Parachuter
Darth Fedora wrote:Aw, let's be nice to SWKT. If we start acting like jerks too, werf wins.
Gee, you're a sweetheart. But my goal really isn't to make everyone act like jerks. It's to make fun of people who say dumb things!

Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 9:06 am
by Nanti-SARRMM
SWKT Parachuter wrote: Dear everyone,

You delightful simpletons! Of course I'm not being nice. I just wanted to make sure everyone knew how unpleasantly condescending I can be!

Contemptfully,
SWKT Parachuter
and
SWKT Parachuter wrote:
Boy, it's a good thing that unpleasant condescension is NOT in fact equal to "hilarity, or sounding like a power puff girl." Because I would just be so disappointed if such an eloquent writer and brilliant logician as yourself thought I had failed. Whew, close one.
I was reading the previous post and I was reminded of Plankton from Spongebob. You know, the little guy who acts all superior trying to steal some secret recipe or something. Anyways his condescension is sometimes quite hilarious.

Oh, and excellent use of sarcasm, touché.