"Kate Morgan" wrote in message
o.uk...
My daughter put a dish containing dried cat food on to her garden path,
about half and hour later she looked out and saw that the dish was covered
in slugs of all sizes, not only were they enjoying the cat food but there
were at least another 20 advancing up the path towards the dish, how do
they communicate or is it just the smell of the cat food that attracts
them.


A friend tried the old trick of using beer to attract the slugs. It worked
fine but she likes her beer and resented sharing her Boddingtons with the
slugs.

So she went to the supermarket and bought a can of the absolute cheapest
beer they had. Unfortunately the slugs hated it and headed for the
Boddingtons instead.

Moral: Boddingtons is best - even slugs agree.

The cheap brand was called Hector's. I don't think it's available any more
and I think I can see why. This story is true.

R.