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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

French farm has €90,000 worth of escargot snails stolen

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French farm has €90,000 worth of escargot snails stolen

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resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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The break-in was "a real blow", says L'Escargot Des Grands Crus, which was preparing deliveries for the holiday season.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/56091617

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  • FatVegan@leminal.space
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    Snail snails?

    • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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      That’s double-snail, flee!

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    Escargone.

    • Jollyllama@lemmy.world
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      In 60 Seconds starring Nick Cage

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        Costarring a big fuckin snail.

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    The thieves broke into the farm overnight into Monday, cutting a border fence before breaking into farm buildings, but a complaint was only filed with police later in the week…

    Everything moving at a snail’s pace.

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    I bet the snails were surprised to find out they were worth that much.

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      Wait till you find out how much your carcass is worth

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      some extreme wage theft going on

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    Sounds like those snails were escargot and now they are escarGONE

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    The thief is 100% French.

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    Escargn’t

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      Escargone. Whoops, already done below.

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    Is the 90 grand street value?

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    Damn, whole lotta Yummo!

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