Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Snail Space

Driving back from town last night, I tuned into Radio 4 and caught a half hour devoted entirely to one man's quest to milk poisonous snails using only a fish, a condom and a pair of barbecue tongs.

Proof, if proof were needed, that the BBC is the best public broadcasting service in the world, and well worth the £786 licence fee.

Not only that, but I've been on to One-Eyed Pete, and he's now booked the bloke for the re-opening of Dreamland.

1 comment:

Richard Eastcliff said...

Dear Ram Skate Raider,

I believe the method you are describing would result in the total annihilation of the aforementioned mollusc, whereas the cone snails described on the Radio 4 programme are quite difficult to collect and therefore fairly precious. By milking them, the laboratory does them no serious harm, and can keep coming back and milking them time and time again. Think of it as being a bit like TDC's relationship with its council tax payers.

Best wishes,

Your millionaire friend,

Eastcliff Richard