I think the prizes in my local Rugby Club raffle demonstrate a major difference between France and the UK.
Main prize, Half a Pig. Then four Ducks complete with livers (Foie gras). Three Hams. Four Ducks without livers. One whole Loin of Pork. Three boxes of meat. A token to buy Fish. Ten young Chickens, and Ten Chickens (I'm not sure if these are alive or not). And plenty of other lots, mostly comprising of meat!
These Rugby guys don't muck about. They know what's good for them!
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Sounds like rugby club raffles in rural new zealand....
Maybe they were organised by Jonah Lomu; I imagine he was a big meat eater!
Big men, big appetites!
What would it be in the UK?
A case of beer and a fish dinner or a meal at the local Chinese.
The tickets are very cheap. I'd buy a dozen to get one of the French prizes
Perhaps this explains why the French are crap at rugby compared with the English.
Big steaks, and plenty of big sausages.
And some home made jam, made by the vicar's wife.
The last time I went to see this lot playing, they were rubbish
Haha .... SO French ! XXXX
In my road running days I took part in the pit races of northern England mining villages. All the prizes were meat. One time the girl who finished before me was vegetarian so refused to accept her prize, I was upgraded to a whole chicken.
That's what I thought.
They must have been hearty folk up there; more like the French.
I was going to ask what happens if you're vegetarian, but Jennyff commented on what happens in the UK. Presume the French response is shock, horror and a fair number of "Sacre Bleus"!
In France they simply think you must be ill.
What put a smile on my face? I was able to read about half of that, and it all looked good. I don't know what I would do if the chickens were still clucking.
Such things are usually alive in France. Just stick them in your farmyard.
Those raffle prizes look wonderful, significantly better than some suspect wine and a smelly Yankee Candle which seems to be on offer in my parts.
I have a book recommendation for you A Month in the Country by JL Carr.
Thanks Traveller; I shall make enquiries; I could do with another good book.
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