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Playing with a snail in my backyard, I suddenly saw a good photo in my mind's eye. A snail, 50 meters up, crawling along a transmission line. It's eye stalks cheerfully waving in the bright sunlight.

I don't know what it is with snails, they haven't got normal eyes or mouths but they just look drat cheerful. Like a fish looks "bloop", or a millipede looks "grumgrumgrum", a snail looks "laaaaaa".

I couldn't get the picture out of my head, so I went out and climbed one, with a jar full of snails, of course.
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>> Anonymous
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Up the top of the tower, I take the snails out of the jar and set them out. They look adorable.

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>> Anonymous
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I'm not happy at this point, I realize I haven't really got the skill required to satisfactorily show how high these snails are.

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>> Ruskie
>>46721
Awesome shot!
>> Anonymous
nom nom nom
>> Anonymous
laaaaaa
>> Anonymous
lol this thread made me go "laaaaaa"
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>46721

this is the best thread ever, an i don't know why, but yeah.
>> ac
I'm gonna add "Climb something with a jar full of snails" to "Find a hobo" and "throw a cat" to the List Of Things That Make For Good Photos.
>> elf_man
What's that unfamiliar tingly feeling... oh yeah, this thread is cheerful. How strange.
And I love the words "eye stalks."
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>46739

It was "laaaaaa" that made me grin, actually.
>> elf_man
>>46740
Yeah, there's a lot of cheerful bits in there. I mean, three different sound effects?!
>>46722
I get a sense of how high they are from this one, they just don't look particularly cheerful yet, the light is too hard.
>> Anonymous
Are you the actual guy from SA, or just reposting it?