oh yeah, I've heard the copper thing. Weird.
Mind you it's weird enough what salt does to them.

Spacefish made a slug pub, that got quite a few on the first night.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:32, archived)

Cool.
Do you just stick beer in a saucer or something?
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:33, archived)

yeah, pretty much.
or a round baking tray, which is what we used. I think it needs to be deep enough for them to drown in.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:34, archived)

Yeah, it does.
They're just one big mucous membrane, they're cool.
( Esme Weatherwax I swear on my tash it's daycent hash, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:35, archived)

I used to sink yoghurt pots into the soil and fill them with beer.
It really works.
Incidentally, I heard that one of the dictionaries was demoting yoghurt spelt properly in favour of yogurt.
( Druid, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:36, archived)

what happens to the extra H?

( glued eel /questions/questionsyoudliketoask/post1648081, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:46, archived)

Dole.

( Druid, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:47, archived)

they need them for "shibboleth"

( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 16 Jun 2009, 18:48, archived)