A word in your shell like

Is it the rain that brings them all out? The garden is full of pretty shelled fellers like these (although Mr Yellow Shell hasn't really thought this through - who's going to look at him with a plain old shell like that?)

I really like snails - they are so madly constructed - antlers, eyes on sticks, strange breathing hole, the radula (oh yes) - oh and they're hermaphrodites.

I was reading about them on the web and a Google ad popped up:
Escargots de Bourgogne
Snails: £6.45 per 48 (400g)
Snail Shells: £7.30 per 48

Hmm. I wasn't thinking about eating the critters. And I really, really wish I hadn't watched this.