Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 If you spot a flying snail in your garden this weekend don’t worry, you are not seeing things. It is not very neighbourly… but a fifth of gardeners admit to throwing snails over the fence next door to get rid of them. A poll by the Royal Horticultural Society of 1,500 people found that 80 per cent of us will be heading out to the garden this Easter weekend to do jobs such as weeding and mowing the lawn. +2 Londoners are most likely to get rid of snails over the fence (30 per cent), while Scots are the least likely (only 14 per cent) Despite such wholesome pursuits, 22 per cent surveyed admitted to disposing of their snails over the garden wall. Londoners are most likely to get rid of snails in this way, with 30 per cent polled saying they had done so, while Scotland is home to the most polite neighbours. Snail throwing was least common there, with just 14 per cent surveyed admitting to it. Some 80 per cent of those quizzed said they would be weeding this weekend, 63 per cent said they would be mowing and 44 per cent cutting back last year’s foliage on herbaceous plants. The survey found men were more likely to be caring for their garden lawns than women, with 70 per cent of men saying they would be mowing, compared with 57 per cent of women. Other jobs that gardeners will be getting busy with at Easter include pruning shrubs after flowering and sowing seeds indoors. RHS Head of Advisory, Guy Barter, said: ‘After the challenging cold weather last spring, gardeners are enjoying a great start to the season this year and making the most of the sunshine. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2608203/One-five-gardeners-admit-throwing-snails-garden-fence-rid-them.html#ixzz2zInY5nTd Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook:biglaugh: Go on admit it you have all done it:policeman: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah I do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I chuck ours in the stream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Love the honesty guys:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 6 months later they come back and say "what did you do that for?" :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 6 months later they come back and say "what did you do that for?" :biglaugh: Can they swim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counting Stars Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I put mine behind our fence at the back it's like a load of trees where no one goes x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasepom Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I could never bring myself to hurt a snail. The thought of their shell cracking gives me the shivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 We thought it was only my mil who did this. She used to fling them over the fence even when the neighbours were in their garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zk2102 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yep, the ones I find in my garden end up next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Over the fence onto the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I used to love snails when I was younger, me and my friend used to collect them and had a little house thing for them pmsl weirdos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caramac Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I used to love snails when I was younger, me and my friend used to collect them and had a little house thing for them pmsl weirdos. Weird, but not quite as weird as my friend who used to play with dead mice in her dolls house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest51810 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Weird, but not quite as weird as my friend who used to play with dead mice in her dolls house! Thank god there's always someone weirder than me lol. Yuck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach pig Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I eat em ,what's good for the French is good for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newjez Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Sometimes I throw them in the middle of the lawn and watch them race the thrushes. Don't know why thrushes don't go for slugs. Must be easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I eat em ,what's good for the French is good for me. Hope you purge the dirty buggers first can kill you if you're not careful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindor Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 They just come back (eventually) they are homing creatures..... I saw a gardening programme a few years ago with one of the Fat Ladies, can't remember her name, the one that's not dead, she picked up a snail then stood on it, horrible cow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 My nan used to collect them in a metal bucket and feed to the chooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 They just come back (eventually) they are homing creatures..... I saw a gardening programme a few years ago with one of the Fat Ladies, can't remember her name, the one that's not dead, she picked up a snail then stood on it, horrible cow! They're both dead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindor Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Oh good! Hopefully from snail shrapnel piercing her foot and giving her tetanus.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Excessive cake and port i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Thought it was a euphemism,was gonna say,not for a while,no women been here for long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Two followed me home from the pub once,i managed to catch the one,but the other one got away,think its still in the garden tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Pabs theirs pissed and then there's pab'd mate.:wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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