I said this on another thread yesterday, but when I was little I had a fascination with snails, and collected a lovely load of them, kept them in an old fish tank suitably decorated and festooned with shrubs. It was like a Candy and Candy penthouse of the snail world.
I wanted to jazz the snails up a bit, so painted them all with a mix of nail varnish and humbrol. It killed them all, like that bint in Goldfinger. 
I still feel guilty killing all those poor snails. 
I should write a misery lit book about it.