tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874013862434397626.post649834975038160190..comments2023-08-22T13:59:23.795+01:00Comments on Slide23: Gruffalo PoachersAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05140345209343325701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874013862434397626.post-15937541703778659092011-06-18T08:01:01.637+01:002011-06-18T08:01:01.637+01:00Confectionary rarely learns. Whilst it is true tha...Confectionary rarely learns. Whilst it is true that gingerbread was both swift and cunning enough to evade trap and ambush, the development of the Stroke-Bertie (hand pump) Harpoonete in 1903 put paid to that.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05140345209343325701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6874013862434397626.post-31196070840353005682011-06-17T20:31:50.759+01:002011-06-17T20:31:50.759+01:00It is sad to see the decline of the Gruffalo. Alas...It is sad to see the decline of the Gruffalo. Alas, this follows in the wake of the total extinction of the Gingerbread Men - albeit an extinction partially brought about by hubris, and the oft-quoted boast "you can't catch me". Determined Gingerbread Man hunters have now proved the little chaps wrong on too many encounters.Mauricenoreply@blogger.com