just me and my thoughts: Elmer Fudd vs. Sherlock Holmes

Familiar names?? If not, here's a little reminder:

<= Elmer Fudd; HUNTER; last seen in Warner Bros cartoons; commonly spotted hunting down the likes of Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck

<= Sherlock Holmes; INVESTIGATOR; last seen in Sherlock Holmes mysteries; commonly spotted solving crimes and branding the phrase, "Elementary, my dear Watson"

Two very familiar names growing up... I got a chance to be both HUNTER and INVESTIGATOR lately.

The Hunter Chronicles

Case File : SNAILS

There is an aquarium outside the house where Mom keeps some plants and fish. The fishes continue to breed and the plants continue to propagate into a jungle inside the tank. Recently, Mom added some plants that she sourced from a public pond. Little did she know that there were snails among the plants she added to the tank. Annoyingly, the little critters started to breed faster than bunnies, even faster than the platties (the breed of fish in the aquarium)! So, we got ourselves a snail problem. As a result, every now and then, we (ahem... or is it just me?) pick them out of the tank - those that we can spot in the dense "jungle" of plants anyway. I could almost hear Elmer Fudd, "Shhh... I'm hunting snail..."

Then one day, I discovered this:

** Eeeewwww.... **

I suppose this was the result of the above (It was stuck to the wall of the tank. Only remembered to take a photo after I fished it out):

** Multiple eeeewwwws... ** No wonder they seem to congest the tank faster than the fishes... Plus, their stealth-iness among the jungle of plants is annoyingly amazing.

Anyway, I thought I'd put an end to the "show" by fishing them out of the tank. Little did I know, the show wasn't quite over - even out of water, they chased each other... (Proof?? See the water path marked out in red)

Added more of their friends. This did not deter them still. This is getting too disgusting. Gotta put an end to this!!! So, remembering how we used to salt garden snails back in kindergarten, thought I'd experiment to see if they worked on these type of snails...

Experiment: Salted Escargot

Hypotheses:

Ho : Salted escargot equals end of show.

Hi : Salted escargot does not equal end of show.

(Erm... salted escargot anyone??)

Discussion:

The addition of salt seems to have stopped all movement in all snails, including the "fresh" couple.

Conclusion:

Ho is proven true. Therefore, salted escargot equals end of show.

Further Discussion:

Although it works, a red discolouration was found in the salt later on. Dis-gus-ting! Which begs the question, do snails bleed?? Perhaps an experiment for a later time? Anyone who wants to share their finding from their experiment is most welcomed.

The Holmes Wannabe

Case File : ORENG

I stumbled across this sign on a visit to one of our local hypermarkets recently.

1. What is "STING"?

2. What is "ORENG"?

The answer to question 1 wasn't too difficult as after a little bit of searching, I found some "Sting" -

However, the "hunt" for the illusive "oreng" seemed futile. Look up, look down, look right, look left. Not a hint of "oreng". Plenty strawberry, no "oreng". Ugghh... perhaps it doesn't exist? =P

Anyway, it's quite disappointing that a major hypermarket would allow such signage to be displayed without checking first. Hey, there's spell checker lar... And, we're not taking a spelling quiz on "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"

Other observations made at a local hypermarket:

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