You're massively overthinking this. Shoo the snail into a paper cup and fill the cup with epoxy resin. The snail will be unable to move and unable to escape. Buff the outside and admire your snail paperweight. Put him on your desk.

Tbh I’d become friends with the snail and keep it as a pet. And like Alexei Arntzen, I would eventually touch it when I’m tired of being immortal.

I'd just build him sealed quarantine terrarium with his favorite foods and whatever else he wants. Then I'd have him to touch when I'm finally ready to die

it was a decoy snail

The author has forgotten about something important. At some point they will realize the downside of immortality. Maybe it won't be until the universe is a cold dead place. But at some point the only thing he'll want is for that damn snail to end his misery.

You never thought that the friend that you asked for help could let the snail loose and take all your money once they realise you are now rich enough to spend 50000 for the first favour! Also, i really wanna know the snail's plan! He got 1 million too right? And he has a mission to kill!!wouldn't underestimate it if i were you

See, I would want to be able to get to the snail eventually because let's face it- who wants to live forever? That's gonna get boring eventually. A few hundred years, sure, but forever? Nah. I would trap the snail in something like the epoxy resin M O'Connell said, steal its million, invest, become rich, enjoy a few hundred years of well lived life, and when I'm ready, break the snail out give him a lil pet. Simple is best.

Good idea. That snail would become very intelligent in an immortal life of learning an if freed could get someone to construct him a device to communicate an a ship or pod to transport him to you at greater speed then slime. And he also has a $1 mill too. Erosion of steel in salt water doesn't take too long. Look at the titanics boilers. Big steel an still sorta solid. Concrete does erode with high moisture. And unless that snail gets eaten by sea animal after sea animal an all that on the way to dry land, you have about 3k years or so. So exiting the planet is a good idea. Or just cast him in resin and west him as a pendant so you always know where he is. Just chuck him into a dying star before the resin disintegrates.

I'd build a portable house I could carry around and whenever the snail finds me I'd hide inside my house.

I have an idea. Put the snail in amber. Put the amber in a safe designed to withstand deep sea pressure. Put the safe in a submarine. Fill the submarine with salt. Sink the submarine in the marina. Bury the submarine and seal the top with molten metal. Move on board the ISS.

They should've checked that lil' box before they put it in the sphere....

Living forever seems like hell to me.

This is very similar to what I've always said I'd do to Jason if they didn't stop cranking out crappy Friday the 13th sequels. ;-)

Bro... he thought this plan in the shower. Probably.

Haha genius

Immortality = invulnerability. Don boot, squash snail. Invest.

The problem is that at some point, existence will become tiresome. Hanging around after all other life is gone, going slowly mad as the universe decays.... and the only way you can end it is in a black hole now. Nope, you seal that sucker in a clear glass paperweight so you can see exactly what he's up to, and every time his little raspy tongue starts to wear through the glass noticeably you cook up another. He can't die, so no need for a cavity inside- just entomb him directly in the molten glass, making a nice durable sphere. That way, when you finally tire of this world and are ready to be done, you have him right nearby and can break him free and walk together into oblivion.

Where's the snail keeping it's money? Just b/c it's super intelligent doesn't mean it can communicate with anyone to secure it's funds. Take it. Now you have $2M and the snail's flat broke. Won't stay that way long, but still double where you started. Also, nowhere does it say the snail can escape any kind of enclosure, so keep it close, like entombed in a solid glass sphere (maybe soft-ball size coated with 1/2" thick plexiglass) so you always know what's happening. Periodically crack open the original container to make an exchange. I wouldn't trust anyone else with this task, so do it yourself. Remember, the snail has to touch YOU, not the full-body protective suit, engineered for just this purpose, that you're wearing. Develop a tracking device that can be inserted into the snail for good measure. Keep that suit handy for when you need to re-up the tracker as well. Snails are slow, so IF it ever gets out you have plenty of time to act and you know where it is at all times.

Too complicated. Pay a private space company once prices go down and launch the sphere on a probe that can reach escape velocity for the solar system. Aim for the edge of the Orion arm and put the sucker into intergalactic space.

One thing everyone seems to be overlooking is that you'll have eternal life but not eternal youth. At some point your body will be too frail to move and the snail will eventually get to you. Also immortality doesn't seem to be all it's cracked up to be, vampires in movies are often sad the older they are and many choose to sit in the sun. Life without death has no meaning. Still I wouldn't mind living an extra 100 years if I could remain young.

Guys, immortal doesn't mean invincible. It's easy. You can still kill the snail, just like you can die by other means as well. Murder the snail. Like, run it over or something.

Snail is immortal. Not invincible. There's a difference. A handy circle of salt around you will kill the snail and then you're home free.

The problem is not a problem. If you gain a million dollars use some of it to put the snail far away, and it shouldn't take much, then you live a normal human life span, maybe longer, with your financial situation improved. If you do that, literally the only thing that changes in the worst case scenario is you live slightly longer and are richer. :) It's still a bonus.

Good movie!

This would make a great movie to watch while partaking in some herb.

Have you ever oured salt onto a snail or a slug? They melt into a nasty little puddle. I taught this trick to my nephew when he was about 7 years old. It kept him busy all summer. This young man is now a police officer in a major city in the mid west.