While reading blogs today, I came upon my friend Nancy’s blog. She presented the fact that snails can sleep for up to three years! You can read it here.

The blog reminded me of one of my favorite jokes:

There is a man who is relaxing at home after a particularly hard day. A knock on the door disturbs his relaxation time. He goes to the door and opens it and sees no one. He slams the door and returns to his favorite chair. He barely gets settled and again there is a knock on the door.

Frustrated, he gets up and opens the door again. He sees no one in front of him. He looks left and right and sees no one. He again returns to his chair. He hears a more persistent knock this time, and he has had enough of this nonsense. He jerks open the door and looks around again.

Once again he sees no one, but as he turns to slam the door he notices a snail. It is on the porch near the bottom of the door. He thinks, “Well, there is no way that this snail is responsible for this!” He scoops up the snail and throws it as far as he can.

A little over a year later, the guy hears a knock on the door. He opens it to find that same snail looking up at him. Before the guy can do anything, the snail says, “What the heck was that all about?!”