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Andrew Grebneff <[log in to unmask]>
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Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 10:45:50 +1300
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>    The movie was great. It featured Godzilla attacking from behind
>wielding giant salt shakers. The remains (shells) are now in the
>Tokyo Museum. I believe this followed the Attack of the Giant
>Tomatos, a sequal to The Snail That Ate Pittsburg. I seem to
>remember the citizens of Altoona defending themselves with celery
>stalks, the battle run-off ending with (low sodium) V-8 juice
>filling the Monongahela River.
>    But what do I know.
>    (I'm embarrassed to sign this with my own name) So,
>     Regards,
>       Andrew
>      (send me your sinistral gastropods)
>>
>>  From: [log in to unmask]
>>  Date: 2004/02/24 Tue PM 09:59:31 EST
>>  To: [log in to unmask]
>>  Subject: Snail bites
>>
>>  I seem to remember a Saturday Evening Post fiction story from the early
>>  '60's.  Giant snails crawling around on an island shred victims
>>with their ten
>>  thousand razor-sharp teeth.  If anyone has a collection of old
>>magazines, it might
>>  be a neat story to find.
>>
>  > Martin

That does it! I'm going to name a new species "godzilla". It will
most likely measure more than a millimeter in length.

Art

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