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A man & a snail

On 7 Jul 2014 at 6:32am Turnip lover wrote:

He's back with a new film. Its peasant time!

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On 7 Jul 2014 at 8:02am Humbert wrote:

Maybe I'm just tired and emotional in my old age but I think that music is something special. I would love to see that performed live with the orchestra at Proms in the Paddock or something. Do we know who the peasant is yet?

On 7 Jul 2014 at 8:10am Kettle wrote:

so that explains it.
What a sad story.

On 7 Jul 2014 at 9:00am Goodwyf Joan wrote:

Ich was soorely moved by thysse sad tale of Cuthberte and hysse pette. Surelye, as Gary is swyche a luffer of musicke, he may be fownde atte ye Prommes in ye Paddock. Good fellowes, takke care not to sitte upon himme.

On 7 Jul 2014 at 2:29pm Deelite 2 wrote:

He's a talented man, whoever he is.

On 7 Jul 2014 at 2:36pm Carphusband John wrote:

get me an ale. woman.

On 7 Jul 2014 at 3:15pm viva peasant wrote:

i have it on good authority he has a close association with a listings mag

On 8 Jul 2014 at 12:52am Henry wrote:

That would explain how and why he's got a full page ad in the 'listings mag'
I thought that snail was called Brian though

On 8 Jul 2014 at 7:31am Who cares? wrote:

Don't care who he is tbh as long as he keeps making me laugh. One of the nicest people on twitter and obviously has some skills. Good on him for using them.

On 8 Jul 2014 at 10:43am Gary wrote:

Gary is the name of SpongeBob Squarepants' snail.

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On 8 Jul 2014 at 11:06am Mark wrote:

I think that Brian the Snail's origins are more likely to lie in Fibonnaci proportions and the derivation of the irrational number "e" - as used in civil engineering.

On 8 Jul 2014 at 1:57pm Humbert wrote:

I think you are mistaken there Henry, there's no ad in a local "listings mag" it's a cartoon. I don't think the peasant sells anything to be advertising anyway does he? The snail is an ammonite Mark, referencing Gideon Mantell's connections with the town.

On 8 Jul 2014 at 5:22pm Mark wrote:

I'll take your word on that Humbert. BUT the cynic in me suspects that the snail must have been designed by the engineeers who built the tunnel and I know from maths that snail shells are very big with engineers. It's a calculus thing. I would imagine that whenever the chief engineer drives past (if he does ever) he probably smirks to himself thinking, "I told them I was honouring Gideon Mantell. That daft snail bloke! Dopey flaky Lewesians! Really I wanted to put a snail there because the proportions in a snail's shell can be used to approximate the value of the irrational number e.

On 8 Jul 2014 at 6:38pm Irrational wrote:

eeh , by `eck.

On 13 Jul 2014 at 3:14pm belladonna wrote:

who ever made the snail in whoever's image, it's bloody awful. I suspect it may be by some male artyste who has to compensate for something else with his enlargement of a tiny creature to such massive proportions.....