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By: Bleeding Espresso » Love Thursday: The Loveshroom Fest

Bleeding Espresso » Love Thursday: The Loveshroom Fest — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:22:07 +0000

[...] mentioned before that one of P’s favorite pastimes is going mushroom picking. Incidentally, one of *my* [...]

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:11:00 +0000

Aha! So you’re seeing the cork too, Kristen!

Phew

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:19:00 +0000

That is a neat looking shroom. It almost looks like a champagne cork!

By: sognatrice

sognatrice — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:29:00 +0000

Christina, Shannon, I *loved* the Smurfs. They’re probably the only reason I used to get up on Saturday mornings (other than the Muppet Babies, of course).

Cheeky, I can see the cork resemblance, and I sort of have two good eyes (good as they’re going to get without surgery, that is).

Cherrye, that’s too funny about your teacher! And yes, now we know that Smurfs taste horrible (I’ll not make any lewd comments here even though something about Smurfette has invaded my mind!).

Goodthomas, I’ll give you that the Smurfs are creepy, but mushrooms! No! You must get over that!

Vanessa, just wow. I mean, not surprising, but I mean Puffilandia? What *will* they think of next? I don’t know what Smurfette is called; Puffa’s a good guess. Any moms or native Italians know for sure?

Ally, yes, you can definitely store this info and bring it up when someone least expects it. I should point out for sake of thoroughness that “I Puffi” is pronounced “ee poof-ee.” You know, just to clear.

Jessica, ooh, so it’s a French thing too? Well smurf’s me!

Susan, we didn’t actually eat the little guy, so he’s still sitting here nearby. But yes, Italian playgrounds everywhere are thankful for the name change, I’m sure

By: Susan in Italy

Susan in Italy — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 12:56:00 +0000

The mushroom is just adorable. Did it taste good? I didn’t know about the puffi but it makes all the sense in the world. Can you imagine one kid calling the other a schtrompf in Italian?! It’s just too dangerous.

By: jessica

jessica — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 10:41:00 +0000

stroumphs! they have a similar word in french here, though i don’t know how to spell it. they use it as a verb now in common speach, and it can replace any verb at any time!!

By: Shan

Shan — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:17:00 +0000

Smurfs! I loved the smurfs. Thanks!

By: Ally Bean

Ally Bean — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:14:00 +0000

Oh, I think that I Puffi is a much better name for Smurfs, than Smurf. What a fun fact to know. You never know when it might come in handy in casual conversation!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:24:00 +0000

there is a daycare centre near us (in fact, probably the one Sofia will go to!) that is called 'Puffilandia'. It's sort of a fake looking castle with cermic smurfs (about twice the size of garden gnomes) all around the top. Looks HILARIOUS....

BTW what was smurfette called here then? Puffa?

vanessa

By: Cherrye

Cherrye — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:51:00 +0000

Oh my goodness, we tried SMURF-flavored gelato…I’ll never be the same again. Man, it WAS horrible, wasn’ it?

I had a teacher in Jr. High who thought the Smurfs were demons and wouldn’t let us even talk about them. We, I mean, uh, the “other kids” used to hum the song ever so softly in class.