Welcome, Guest
Username: Password: Remember me

TOPIC: The snail

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26339

  • Doug
  • Doug's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Posts: 1385
  • Thank you received: 388
The Snail

On reaching the summit of Snowdon, after a two hour trek
I saw something on the trig point post, so I picked it up to check
It was only a little snail, exposed to the wind of the day
Where birds could have snatched him up, and carried the fellow away
I felt sorry for the poor little chap, out in the cold up here
So I shared my salad sandwich and teaspoonful of my beer
Then I placed him in my lunchbox, to find him a safer place
And we set off down the mountain with the wind and rain in my face
I couldn’t speak mollusc, to ask his name, so I called him Brian the snail
And I chatted to him, as I trotted along, down the Llanberis trail
It felt good to do this small service, for a creature less able than me
And when we got to Llanberis I found him a hollow tree

Now there lived in the tree, a family of snails, distantly related it seems
And Brian the snail was telling them how, some monster had shattered his dreams
Brian was inconsolable, and beside himself with dismay
As he told his life story, and related to them, the events that befell him that day
I have climbed that mountain all my life, as my father and grandfather tried
23 generations of snails before me, climbing that mountain have died
I was two feet away from the trig point, I was less than an hour away
Then some bloke snatched me off the post, and locked me in a plastic tray
I shouted as loud as I could, but I think he was deaf as a pole
And he carried me all the way down here, and stuck me in this bloody hole
Mae bradwyr ymhobman
The administrator has disabled public write access.
The following user(s) said Thank You: mike leahy, Sweetie

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26341

  • timwatts
  • timwatts's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Posts: 4408
  • Thank you received: 433
Brilliant :-)
-
Tim Watts
The administrator has disabled public write access.

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26344

  • Sweetie
  • Sweetie's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Don't like ladders, ropes, getting wet or the dark!
  • Posts: 1802
  • Thank you received: 530
Awesome :)
This universe contains protons, neutrons, electrons and morons.
The administrator has disabled public write access.

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26345

  • Ian
  • Ian's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Posts: 6222
  • Thank you received: 1436
Doug has hit the nail on the head - that is definitely what SHE was thinking :)
Currently at rest in the Elephant's graveyard
The administrator has disabled public write access.

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26346

  • mike leahy
  • mike leahy's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Posts: 4597
  • Thank you received: 660
Ian wrote:
Doug has hit the nail on the head - that is definitely what SHE was thinking :)

you need to get out more mr adams :silly: :blink: :S :silly: :blink: :S

brilliant as usual doug :P :P
Last Edit: 8 years 9 months ago by mike leahy.
The administrator has disabled public write access.

The snail 8 years 9 months ago #26352

  • Doug
  • Doug's Avatar
  • OFFLINE
  • Posts: 1385
  • Thank you received: 388
Ian wrote:
Doug has hit the nail on the head - that is definitely what SHE was thinking :)

I guess Ian you are alluding to the hermaphroditic status of the humble mollusc, and I admit to taking liberties with his/her gender, but to be fair, although all snails lay eggs, it can equally be said that all snails are male, and where would the magic roundabout be if Brian the snail was a Bryony, it just wouldn't be right.
:dry:
Mae bradwyr ymhobman
Last Edit: 8 years 8 months ago by Doug. Reason: spelling
The administrator has disabled public write access.
Time to create page: 0.085 seconds
Powered by Kunena Forum
| + - | RTL - LTR
Joomla! is Free Software released under the GNU/GPL License.