Re: for writers

"Jackson Pillock" <jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Alan Hope" <not.alan.hope@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: boots goes:
:
: >Here in the states there is a candy which amounts to a glob of
: >chocolate containing third-rate nuts, that is labelled a "truffle",
: >and relatively few people here in the states have any idea what pigs
: >have to do with truffles. Sometimes the facts are embarassing, but
: >one goes forward.
:
: I know what a truffle is, and what pigs root for. The word "candy"
: refers to boiled sugar, and is not appropriate to describe chocolate.

I've heard that dogs are often better truffle-finders than pigs.

Really, is that "all dogs" or some particular breed?

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