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What do you call a group of house-eating snails? A swarm of snails? Doesn't swarm imply speed? That doesn't work then, does it? A swaaarrrrrmmmmm of snails? A body of snails? A flock of snails?
According to Ask.com, you call a group of snails an escargatoire, rout or walk. I love escargatoire-so artsy, so avante-garde...I might not mind telling people my house got eaten by a escargatoire of snails. Or is that redundant. Would you just say "My house got eaten by an escargatoire?"
If you are making a science fiction movie about house-eating snails, you might want to use "Walk of snails". Doesn't that have the sound of a cheesy sci-fi horror flick? If, however, your movie is more art house than documentary - then you definitely want to stick with "escargatoire". If you are making a documentary on house-eating snails, it might be best to use "rout of snails", which sounds somewhat technical. Hey, what's the rout of 16? Answer: 4 Snails. Hahaha. I crack myself up.
Okay kids, be careful out there. Don't pick up any hitch-hiking snails.
Chicken out
Wait now, what? Your house is being eaten by snails? Maybe you need to get to know their individual names, so you can have some restraint orders issued.
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny-no, i should have clarified that the first sentence is a link to an article about 56 giant snails being confiscated at LAX. I'm treating it very lightly, but apparently they are from Africa and a serious environmental threat. They can, over time, consume a house and lots of other scary things. The thought of a snail invasion struck my funny bone
DeleteI'm going with a plodding of snails. And I want to know how they are eating your house.
ReplyDeleteHi Hilary, ooh, plodding is good. Much better than a pudding of snails, which I would never eat. They aren't eating my house yet. Thankfully, they were detained at the airport.
DeleteBetter to eat the snails before they get you ! (I ate snails that big in Vietnam last year - sliced up- like steak)
ReplyDeleteSpread with vegemite?
DeleteI'd probably call them something like an
ReplyDeleteewweeeklookhowmanyofthemtherearethey'refreakinghuge of snails. I read that they eat houses because the stucco has lots of calcium which they need to grow their shells, so they sort of convert your house into theirs.
-Doug in Oakland
Hi Doug, so in theory, if an escargatoire of snails is eating your house you might try distracting them with a glass of milk? A nice cheddar?
DeleteThat might work, but I think I'd be more comfortable with stronger measures if they were actually eating my house.
DeleteOtters, perhaps.
-Doug in Oakland
Huh. I didn't know otters were a good source of calcium...
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