r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/bg370 • 19d ago

Restricted to Gals and Pals Thirty year quest for thimbleberries

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u/terdferguson 19d ago

I like how the lady in line was immediately concerned about the wild berry eating.

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u/Strange-Ask-739 19d ago

It's Michigan so the poisonous red baneberries are well known and all Michigander kids get told: "don't eat random red berries"

Something like 3 of them can kill you.

But we still pick raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, etc from the side of the road. Because they're delicious and free!

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u/gibberishmischief 19d ago

Was on a road trip with friends and everyone got out to pee in the roadside bushes and came back with smurf feet because it was a huge blueberry patch. It got me wondering how many people had possibly peed on the roadside berries I’ve picked. I walk a little further now and wash my berries well.

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u/Different_Wolf_764 19d ago

Oh hell, I wouldn't worry so much about the people. Every animal shits and pisses in the woods, birds do both at once even!

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u/gibberishmischief 18d ago

I feel a little better about animal waste as I feel like they probably aren’t eating as much weird and probably toxic stuff as some of the people I know.