More about snails...

Another class... last week... talking about snails... here's the convo...

This took place in German, but for your convenience and mine... it's now in English.

Dr. Martin: It used to be possible to make a very broad doctoral thesis, but now, everything is very specialized since everything has already been covered in the broader sense. Now we have theses over things like... I don't know... "Why can't snails fly?"
Tijmen the Dutch Guy: What's a 'Schnecke?' (Snail)
Andrea: (Drawing a picture of a snail on her notebook) This is a snail.
Tijmen the Dutch Guy: Ooooooh. (continues playing racing games on his cell phone)
Dr. Martin: Snails like beer.
All students: Ooooook. (nod heads)
Dr. Martin: If you put out some beer in your backyard, all the nearby snails will come and gather around the beer.
Andrea: I thought that only worked with men?

Another funny/interesting conversation I had recently... not about snails... but beer...

The scene: two eight year old boys drawing pictures when I overhear them talking about Krombacher and Veltins (two beer brands).

Andrea: Krombacher? What?
Little Boy: It's delicious.
Andrea: And how old are you?
Little Boy: Eight.
(I stand there in my usual "I'm-too-shocked-to-say-anything" stance because I'm pretty sure he's serious.)
Little Boy: Yep, I drink the whole beer. It's good stuff.
Other Little Boy: I like Veltins better.

It should be noted that both little boys were drawing pictures of crates of beer. This was for a project I did for a literature class on how children interpret literature... it wasn't really what I expected... but I guess that's the point of doing research.