[HN Gopher] Knight vs. Snail (2013)
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       Knight vs. Snail (2013)
        
       Author : perihelions
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2023-06-08 06:56 UTC (16 hours ago)
        
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       | colanderman wrote:
       | Maybe snails were just fun to draw, and 500 years from now,
       | volumes will be written in search of the meaning of the Cool S
       | [1].
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       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_S
        
         | catboybotnet wrote:
         | Interested to see a drawing of Knight vs Cool S now.
        
       | moffkalast wrote:
       | Verily, 'twas in the year of our Lord, a knight of great renown,
       | Sir Godfrey, became custodian of a vast fortune, yet a fiendish
       | curse did accompany it. A snail of diminutive stature, but of
       | fatal touch, pursued him ceaselessly. The snail, unyielding as
       | stone and with senses keener than a hound's, knew ever the
       | knight's whereabouts.
       | 
       | Sir Godfrey, with a mind as sharp as his blade, took to cunning
       | stratagems. He did construct a fortress in the highest peaks,
       | moated with a sea of salt, for it is known that the humble snail
       | shuns the stuff. Amidst the bracing mountain air, Sir Godfrey did
       | espy a snail within his keep. Quaking with dread, yet with
       | resolve, he did raise his foot to crush the intruder, but lo! His
       | boot did meet naught but clay and paint. 'Twas a decoy snail.
        
         | sogen wrote:
         | Waiting for part 2!
        
         | NoMoreNicksLeft wrote:
         | Hello Good Sir. Please find enclosed by signed check for $8.00
         | and subscribe me to Astounding Snail Stories, The Digest of
         | Fine Speculative Gastropod Fiction. If you would be so kind as
         | to also send me the catalog of back issues, I would appreciate
         | it as I do not wish to miss any installments of The Tale of Sir
         | Godfrey and the Devil's Mollusk.
        
       | vonnik wrote:
       | Best exploration of this motif that I have read:
       | 
       | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NqnCjljUcMacGpX4dFmz9iV9bu4...
        
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