h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Oh God, another boring title - but it is what it says on the tin ...

November 02 - Bored bored bored! Nothing on TV, well nothing worth watching anyway, mindless internet surfing has highlighted the fact that there is an awful lot of CRAP on the net.

Looked in my faves folder, but none of the pages sites have been updated. ah - H2G2 - haven't opened that in ages. Wasn't there something I meant to do ........ oh yeah - write a journal entry!

What should I do with this journal thing then? Answers on a postcard ...

Best thing appears to use it as a stream of consciousness, and just have a good old rant. What should I rant about today then ......

SLUGS
I hate them. Horrible, juicy, squahy underfoot things that apparently serve no purpose but to eat my Hostas and lie in wait on the kitchen floor for me to wander in, barefoot, without switching the light on. EEEWWWWW!!!!

REally, if anyone can tell me what slugs are actually for, I will be very grateful. Every gardener I know hates them, I mean bees, although equipped with a painful sting, are useful. Most flyig insects that visit flowers will help to spread the pollen about a bit, but for heavens sake, what prompted God to make slugs?

I can see it now:

GOD - "Let's see, birds - fine. Beasts - lovely, particularly pleased with elephant:used up a lot of that suplus skin. Reptiles - nice. Man - hmmm, not sure: will wait and see. Now, what about this bit of squishy stuff left over from stuffing Adam's nasal tract? Oh I know, I'll make a little animal out of it .....

God, if you're out there (and if he is why shouldn't he be subscribed to H2G2?)can we have an official ruling on the usefulnes of the slug?