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A couple nights ago, Andrew forgot to put the rubbish out. As he was already undressed and in bed when he remembered, I got the honour of taking the bins out. On my way back inside, I encountered a rather charming creature on the patio, a Great Grey Slug. I watched it for a little while, because I happen to like slugs, and then I came inside and looked up slugs on the net, because at the time, I wasn't sure what sort of slug it was, and I'm a nerd who needs to know these things.

In the process, I came across a site with information on actually keeping slugs inside your bathroom to clean the tiles. Wow! Apparently, they can live in the drain, and they come out at night and eat the mold and mildew off the grouting and fixtures. How cool is that? Pet slugs who clean your bathroom for you!

We'll be thinking seriously about this. As I said, I quite like slugs, and I'd be happy to have them live in the bathroom and clean the place up at night. Very cool, indeed.