From: rusty.hinge@foobar.girolle.co.uk   
      
   riburr wrote:   
   > Rusty Hinge wrote:   
   >> riburr wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I shall forevermore be on the lookout for this mushroom. Another   
   >>> drawback beside sliminess is it occurs in the midst of hunting season;   
   >>> a significant consideration in the National Forest where I forage.   
   >>   
   >> Indeed. I suggest a rotating hazard beacon atop a nice tall hat.   
   >   
   > Or, a giant mushroom hat festooned with blinking Christmas lights.   
   > Hunters will still mistake me for a deer.  No, Sunday is the only   
   > relatively safe day during hunting season.  And, I'm totally serious   
   > about that.   
      
   I have no reason to doubt it. QV Tom Lehrer, The Hunting Song   
      
   >  High-powered rifles are dangerous.   
      
   I know - I have some.   
      
   > You could ask the bear   
   > and deer, but the ones who have 1st hand knowledge are being served as   
   > part of due course.  2nds anyone?   
      
   It's good to hear that they aren't just hunted for trophies. (Though I   
   bet many are...)   
      
   In the past I've been very thankful of my marksmanship - no visible   
   means of support except fieldcraft - for two and a half years, while the   
   'Government' held on to my pension.   
      
   --   
   Rusty   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)