In shocking news from exotic Nottingham, we have learned that a disgruntled and highly competitive chocolatier has attacked and “inappropriately handled” the truffles of his competition.
Lynn Cunningham from Hotel Chocolat said: “It was quite extraordinary really.
“The staff observed Mr Colenso handling a number of truffles in a way that made them suspicious.
“When we checked the truffles later they had been squashed and damaged.”
She said Hotel Chocolat was told by Thorntons that Mr Colenso had “handled the truffles inappropriately“.
“We just want to move on now,” she said.
Let the healing process begin.
Remember, one should always be careful about letting one’s competitors finger one’s truffles.
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i’m obviously missing something here. Like, why were the truffles out and available for squishing by the general public?
To paraphrase George Carlin:
You can truffle your finger, but don’t finger your truffle.
And I won’t stretch to make a Francois Truffle joke this morning either . . .
I’m not sure. I always keep my truffles well-protected at all times.
“”The staff observed Mr Colenso handling a number of truffles in a way that made them suspicious.”
God I’m so jealous of those truffles.
I dunno: did you see his pic on the BBC?