tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post5355452899402454691..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Slug FestFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36304622275286315442009-07-20T07:18:03.911+01:002009-07-20T07:18:03.911+01:00Sort of gives new meaning to the phrase "gett...Sort of gives new meaning to the phrase "getting dumped" after a night of love, doesn't it?!!Karen Schlesingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736493748707905787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-56680527320836471582009-07-16T20:48:48.858+01:002009-07-16T20:48:48.858+01:00Calico Kate - what is it with slugs, nobody like...Calico Kate - what is it with slugs, nobody likes them. what are they FOR?<br /><br />I think you are the second or third person now who's said, they've done slugs.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31514343231878212212009-07-16T19:49:53.493+01:002009-07-16T19:49:53.493+01:00Fabulous clip Friko. Still don't like them th...Fabulous clip Friko. Still don't like them tho! I did a blog on them a month or so back too!<br />CKxCalico Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11054839834452087857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-36894221512630223722009-07-16T15:31:04.156+01:002009-07-16T15:31:04.156+01:00Robert - how do you do it, when do you sleep? it...Robert - how do you do it, when do you sleep? it's always lovely to hear from you but I'm getting worried. Thanks for calling in and I hope the new home will be cooler? Are you looking forward to some gardening?<br /><br />Vagabonde - Hi there. I suppose every creature has to be "romantic" at some time.<br /><br />babbler - OOOOH, romance. sorry if I let the cat out of theFrikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-45285975478873766952009-07-16T11:25:35.167+01:002009-07-16T11:25:35.167+01:00On 19th February this year, I posted a poem which ...On 19th February this year, I posted a poem which had the following verse:-<br /><br />Unaided, my garden apparently thrived.<br />Now slugs slither, while passing cats fight,<br />as aphids, black fly, lace wings and snails<br />munch away to their small hearts' delight... <br /><br />So slugs and poetry do go together sometimes!(There are several more verses, if you go back to look!)Jinksyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01686101468214361004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-82143759189940025652009-07-16T10:15:58.265+01:002009-07-16T10:15:58.265+01:00Ah so now I know what was going on on the doorfram...Ah so now I know what was going on on the doorframe right outside my back door the other night. . . you never know what your neighbours are getting up to.<br /><br />I am not a huge fan of slugs - but they are part of the planet we live on and it is just as much their planet as we like to think it is ours!!!!! Then again I don't have any prize plants for them to destroy - the deer and the Westerwitch/Headmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956764463959607416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31896395655300697412009-07-16T09:10:29.048+01:002009-07-16T09:10:29.048+01:00Just too wonderful for words - but only, I can'...Just too wonderful for words - but only, I can't help feeling, half the story. What happens then? I want to ask. Presumably there is some egg laying and then hatching, but how, where? And if this is what Leopard slugs do - how about the slugs in my garden? And what about snails, whose shells must surely get in the way. And who decides which slugs are leaders and which followers? Or why Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-20536541236756501212009-07-16T04:29:52.945+01:002009-07-16T04:29:52.945+01:00Ahhh, the slug sonata! It brings me back to my wed...Ahhh, the slug sonata! It brings me back to my wedding night in the garden.....Thank you for enlightening the masses regarding the slug dance of love, I did not realize we slugs were so beautiful until I saw the delicacy in which we exchange our most intimate slime. Red cheeked and optical tentacles quivering, I slid over to fetch Mr. Slug so he could see this wonderful slugumentary! He enjoyed babblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15485788524901242655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-89394680705494248062009-07-16T03:20:47.558+01:002009-07-16T03:20:47.558+01:00This is a beautiful piece of camera work. I did n...This is a beautiful piece of camera work. I did not know slugs could be romantic.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22726041749983427752009-07-16T01:33:12.824+01:002009-07-16T01:33:12.824+01:00Half past three. Yes, again middle of the night.St...Half past three. Yes, again middle of the night.Still hot over here. Probably takes more than five years to get used to it. Kids awake often too. Moving into the new home in two weeks, having a garden, your entry was indeed of interest.roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724318596670810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-55554838983812065132009-07-16T00:17:27.513+01:002009-07-16T00:17:27.513+01:00Francessa - you're back. I shall have to go ...Francessa - you're back. I shall have to go over to yours and see what you've been up to in Bavaria. Thanks for finding a "poem" on slugs for me.<br /><br />Seashell - thanks for calling. Glad you like my aquilegia picture. the "pup' is an elderly gentleman called Benno.<br /><br />Dave Pie-n-Mash - Where have you been Dave, not even in Dagenham or Barking do they Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53061600252355058122009-07-15T21:43:28.725+01:002009-07-15T21:43:28.725+01:00A fascinating bit of film, Friko!
I still heartily...A fascinating bit of film, Friko!<br />I still heartily dislike the creatures but this really was worth watching! Thanks for sharing it!rosyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925232429071537555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-29715467058918162052009-07-15T21:38:27.602+01:002009-07-15T21:38:27.602+01:00Lovely to have you among us - and great to find yo...Lovely to have you among us - and great to find your blog (you're now on the list...)<br />Now, slugs, sensitive subject. I found one on a lettuce leaf at 7.30 this morning. Unfortunately it was discovered after I'd popped it in my mouth. Not good. Served me right for being greedy and eating lettuce straight from the garden (in fact - CAN you be greedy with lettuce? It's not somethingKittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378174162151683519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90658591550990966062009-07-15T21:17:00.328+01:002009-07-15T21:17:00.328+01:00Not keen on slugs, but interesting I suppose. My d...Not keen on slugs, but interesting I suppose. My daughter used to have a book, in rhyme but hardly poetry about slugs. I wish I could remember it's name.Faith https://www.blogger.com/profile/04672728248961388984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-23105869203270532752009-07-15T19:24:03.276+01:002009-07-15T19:24:03.276+01:00I am surprised that slugs in the UK do not have sh...I am surprised that slugs in the UK do not have shells. Because the other type of slugs we have in the UK usually wear shell suits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-31493179698606794792009-07-15T17:49:42.496+01:002009-07-15T17:49:42.496+01:00GRRRrrr why can't they eat the blackberry bus...GRRRrrr why can't they eat the blackberry bushes taking over this property here ( Pacific Northwest USA). Oh no, they go straight for the hostas! I like your photo above of the columbine. Also called......what is it? Well, you know being a gardener. Cute pup too! :)Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367327961235142473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-84390827149042436812009-07-15T15:44:46.947+01:002009-07-15T15:44:46.947+01:00Amazing video, thanks, Friko!
Actually, I found t...Amazing video, thanks, Friko!<br /><br />Actually, I found this <a href="http://www.peculiar-poetry.com/paul-curtis/funny/life-poems/50pal-02-slime.htm" rel="nofollow">poem</a>.francessahttp://francessarich.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-66891017628141998292009-07-15T14:41:44.932+01:002009-07-15T14:41:44.932+01:00Hi Cuban in London, your comment on the slug clip ...Hi Cuban in London, your comment on the slug clip turned up under the previous post. Probably my fault, I was doing my best to mess up my blog in my usual ham-fisted way. Still, careful of slugs? You are not a gardener, I take it?Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51517850035890532682009-07-15T14:33:10.309+01:002009-07-15T14:33:10.309+01:00Delwyn - Isn't he ! good old uncle David, no...Delwyn - Isn't he ! good old uncle David, no one does it better.<br /><br />Twiglet - sorry, I was messing about, took the clip off the wrong site first and had to retrieve it pronto before they clapped me in irons.<br /><br />Chancy - glad you've got here under your own name! I've used the beer trap before, at least they die happy. But it's horrible to clear the tin out Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-4220893882321663612009-07-15T12:14:16.837+01:002009-07-15T12:14:16.837+01:00NO! I feel ill, that slurping sound, that gooey st...NO! I feel ill, that slurping sound, that gooey stretch of slime. Feel ill and faint and in need of restorative fudge. YUK!Millahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17164787859030249512009-07-15T11:29:49.792+01:002009-07-15T11:29:49.792+01:00You're right, that was amazing. We have our ow...You're right, that was amazing. We have our own slug fest, and my wife being the keen gardener of the family, I don't think I dare show it to her - but who knows, I just might! Thanks.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51119402541900578052009-07-14T23:13:50.662+01:002009-07-14T23:13:50.662+01:00That was amazing, Friko! Actually very beautiful....That was amazing, Friko! Actually very beautiful. Have you visited the "Adventures of Mr. Slug and Friends?" They're considering pursuing some such ambition now over there: www.babbler-slimyslugfriends.blogspot.com.Margaret Pangerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995968579194433270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53846308972729008702009-07-14T20:34:01.208+01:002009-07-14T20:34:01.208+01:00Nooooooooo - I don't want to know about the sl...Nooooooooo - I don't want to know about the slugs. We've just erected a very high fence around two acres, in an attempt to deter the deer that have made gardening impossible. Guess what my first plant purchase was for the newly-safe front bed.....hosta. I will be out there with the flashlight looking for the darn slugs if I have to!<br />Glad to hear that you may join us on Purplecoo.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-34958851789350117732009-07-14T20:15:37.411+01:002009-07-14T20:15:37.411+01:00We had slugs that ate our hostas a few years back....We had slugs that ate our hostas a few years back. At that time I was frequenting a current events chat on Yahoo. I commented about the slugs and an avid gardener from the UK gave me a plan to rid the hosta bed of slugs.<br /><br />Cut a Coke can in half. Fill the half with beer. Prop the can up in a small hole in the hosta bed. The slugs crawl up to drink the beer and they get drunk and cannot Chancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17888087428059834691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7419666583083127792009-07-14T14:29:19.600+01:002009-07-14T14:29:19.600+01:00He he. I am so glad this has reappeared on your bl...He he. I am so glad this has reappeared on your blog. I saw it last night - wrote a comment and then it disappeared and I thought I imagined it!!! Lovely bit of film - didn't realise slugs had so much fun!!Twiglethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851717329658611598noreply@blogger.com