How about one of those self-guided robots that toddles around the garden
going "zip" when it moves & "bop" when it stops & "whirr" when it stands
still, all the while killing slugs, then uses dead slugs for fuel to keep
rollin' & killin' slugs. I hope there'll be a Japanese movie version,
Slimegiant vs Mechaslugbot.

-paghat the ratgirl

Slugbot articles:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1542588.stm
http://news.com.com/Robot+eats+slugs+to+generate+power/2110-1040_3-276967.html
http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,11029900,00.htm
http://www.robotbooks.com/robotic-slugs.htm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,2100781,00.htm

--
"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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