Implying that a snail race, which is a race between snails, is inevitably going to be close is a deep psychological question. Out in the back, the boardshort and beach rescue buccs, we've been playing dot football, and that is a fact. Yet what we are talking about isn't dots. It is a snail race, sure, but a race nonetheless. I have spectated many a snail race. I started to ask myself, how are we getting these many snails? And what is the determined factor that makes a snail, a fast snail? I have seen, with my own eyes, snails gone full Turbo mode with no regard for safety. These snails are the product of effort. Of the pure dedication it takes for any one thing to be better than any other thing. What does a chance at a title mean to you? I will tell you this, I have seen what a snail races like when it means everything. I have been on the losing side enough.
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