:) Had fun reading this post. Have tried most of the above and they do work. Thought about getting ducks, but then you have duck mess to worry about, which is worse than the slug ewww factor. Not many snails around our garden, but then we have had a drought. Copper wire is 'sposed to work too (but most people hoard it and sell it). If you have some small people around, give them each a bucket and pay 1 cent per head.