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French farm has €90,000 worth of escargot snails stolen (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 months ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Escargone.

[–] Jollyllama@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In 60 Seconds starring Nick Cage

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Costarring a big fuckin snail.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] synae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

some extreme wage theft going on

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Wait till you find out how much your carcass is worth

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Snail snails?

[–] Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's double-snail, flee!

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Damn, whole lotta Yummo!

[–] Bot@sub.community 4 points 2 months ago

The thief is 100% French.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 4 points 2 months ago

Sounds like those snails were escargot and now they are escarGONE

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Is the 90 grand street value?

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Escargn't

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Escargone. Whoops, already done below.