Comments on: The Not So Triffling Truffle. http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/ A jaundiced view of the mainstream media. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:34:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Leon http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/#comment-11408 John Leon Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:14:39 +0000 http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=5037#comment-11408 Errr I live in Le Pechament, in the commune of Creysse in the Perigordine and yesterday ( saturday ) my wife picked nearly 4 kilos of Cepes as well as 20 kilos of Mushrooms. As she was born near here and grew up on a farm I'm surprised to hear that crime syndicates are getting in there as you have to know exactly what you are looking for or else as some people have found, you will end up in hospital ; not too good for trade in the longer term. Errr I live in Le Pechament, in the commune of Creysse in the Perigordine and yesterday ( saturday ) my wife picked nearly 4 kilos of Cepes as well as 20 kilos of Mushrooms. As she was born near here and grew up on a farm I’m surprised to hear that crime syndicates are getting in there as you have to know exactly what you are looking for or else as some people have found, you will end up in hospital ; not too good for trade in the longer term.

]]> By: Demetrius http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/#comment-11407 Demetrius Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:13:25 +0000 http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=5037#comment-11407 Just stay at home and settle down with a DVD of Sondheim's "Into The Woods". Just stay at home and settle down with a DVD of Sondheim’s “Into The Woods”.

]]> By: john ward http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/#comment-11395 john ward Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:56:19 +0000 http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=5037#comment-11395 Thanks for the blue skies re this one. It is hammering down here, and Cumbria is underwater....so it won't be long before SW Water gets the standpipes on the go again. Le trouffle encore....so many issues raised by this one - not least the Irish attacks on Romanians, dismissed by the la-la UK media as yes, you guessed it - hate crime. Naughty Ulstermen, objecting to their wallets being nicked on an hourly basis. The problem with the French and guns is that they're like the Americans in this regard, minus only the innate Yankee sense of caution. We won't take out terriers out on hunting days any more - far too dangerous. As for the Health & Safety outcry about mushrooms, the pharmacies are as incompetent as ever. I spent three days last year suffering from dysentery, having been told that the ones in our garden were 'de Paris' as opposed to the daiorrhea they really were. YM x Thanks for the blue skies re this one. It is hammering down here, and Cumbria is underwater….so it won’t be long before SW Water gets the standpipes on the go again.
Le trouffle encore….so many issues raised by this one – not least the Irish attacks on Romanians, dismissed by the la-la UK media as yes, you guessed it – hate crime. Naughty Ulstermen, objecting to their wallets being nicked on an hourly basis.
The problem with the French and guns is that they’re like the Americans in this regard, minus only the innate Yankee sense of caution. We won’t take out terriers out on hunting days any more – far too dangerous.
As for the Health & Safety outcry about mushrooms, the pharmacies are as incompetent as ever. I spent three days last year suffering from dysentery, having been told that the ones in our garden were ‘de Paris’ as opposed to the daiorrhea they really were.
YM x

]]> By: WitteringsfromWitney http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/#comment-11394 WitteringsfromWitney Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:39:09 +0000 http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=5037#comment-11394 Nice to know that the UK is not the only country where crime is 'mushrooming'! Nice to know that the UK is not the only country where crime is ‘mushrooming’!

]]> By: ivan http://www.annaraccoon.com/annas-personal-stuff/the-not-so-triffling-truffle/#comment-11393 ivan Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:09:09 +0000 http://www.annaraccoon.com/?p=5037#comment-11393 Anna, I have to admit we have it very similar here - except for the armed Romanians at present. Our biggest 'problem' are the local hunters who seem to want to carry loaded and cocked guns when they scramble through the bush - it's not much fun having shot whistling over your head. Just be careful walking through the vines. A couple of years ago I did that with my and a friends dogs. Wondering why the dogs were keeping close instead of their usual being everywhere I looked round and found a wild boar had attached itself to us to get past the cordon of hunters - I kept on walking. Once clear of the hunters it disappeared much to my relief. It's much fun in the French countryside at this time of the year - I wouldn't miss it for anything. Anna,
I have to admit we have it very similar here – except for the armed Romanians at present. Our biggest ‘problem’ are the local hunters who seem to want to carry loaded and cocked guns when they scramble through the bush – it’s not much fun having shot whistling over your head.

Just be careful walking through the vines. A couple of years ago I did that with my and a friends dogs. Wondering why the dogs were keeping close instead of their usual being everywhere I looked round and found a wild boar had attached itself to us to get past the cordon of hunters – I kept on walking. Once clear of the hunters it disappeared much to my relief.

It’s much fun in the French countryside at this time of the year – I wouldn’t miss it for anything.

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