3/18    When it rains, the snails start crawling out onto the sidewalk
        and the concrete walkways (I guess to get dry), but then they get
        stepped on accidentally and crushed to death, particularly when it
        is dark. Is there some way to fix this?
        \_ When I see snails around my house, I gently pull them off the
           concrete and then throw them to the lawn.
           \_ Throw them onto your *neighbor's* lawn. Duh.
        \_ Gather them and put them in a bucket/container with baking powder
           for a few days.  They'll eat the powder which will clean out their
           system.  They're then safe to be shelled and cooked up.
           \_ thanks for a cool motd entry.... --PM
              \_ Hmm.. maybe it was flour?  Damn it, I don't remember now.
                 Check a second source before trying this but I know it's
                 doable.
                 \_ I thought it was salt.
                    \_ Only if you want to subject them to a painful and
                       miserable death and leave them unedible.
                       \_ 'unedible'? is that kind of like 'unexplainable'?
                       \_ And shelling, boiling and eating them is not painful?
                          \_ It's faster than dumping them in salt which does
                             nothing useful and kills them painfully.
           \_ That'll clean out all the pesticide and fertilizers in their
              bodies?  What about motor oil and detergent from people fixing
              or washing their cars on driveways?
                \_ It's supposed to.  I strongly advise doing your own
                   research before eating anything that someone on the motd
                   (like me) says is ok.  I don't even remember if it was white
                   flour or baking powder.  Professionals on closed track.
                   \_ I think it's corn meal. There was an article in the
                      east bay express about this a couple years back.
                      \_ Could be.  Might be that any of these things will do.
                         I really don't remember but I know the general concept
                         is sound.  --original snail eating poster
        \_ No, they are out on the sidewalk to avoid drowning. Same as worms.