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Good evening TruffleShufflers and once again we are delighted to announce TruffleShuffle.com has been making waves in the press once more! Today's coverage comes from The Birmingham Post and Making Jewellery Magazine. Checkout The Birmingham Post for our Casio Remote Control in their Father's Day gift idea (and if you're look for more ideas, find them here!) and check out Making Jewellery Magazine for their fruity piece featuring our Disney Couture Snow White Red Crystal Apple Ring. If either of these products tickle your fancy or you're if you're having a last minute panic about Father's Day gifts, head over now to TruffleShuffle.com, order up until 4pm Friday and you will be able to opt for next day delivery so your gift will still arrive within plenty of time! Aren't we good to you...?!

A close friend once asked me this very question with an air of shame in his voice. I honestly can't say that I answered him as I was too busy witnessing the Rock stare down Hulk Hogan at yet another sold out Wrestlemania. I guess my ability to zone out when the wrestling is on comes from just years and years of being a fan of the strange and yet somehow (not so) beautiful erm ugh sport??!

You see back in the early 80's when I was a wee nipper, on Saturday afternoons just after Saturday superstore and before the A-Team, on I.T.V's World of Sport was Professional Wrestling and not the over the top glamed up wrestling we know today. This was British Wrestling, this was two burly men in leotards, two big sometimes overweight often middle aged men in skin tight lycra, gut barging, eye gauging and head locking their way out of our TV set. The two biggest names of the time were Big Daddy (who my Nan loved and my Granddad knew he could beat) and Giant Haystacks, a scary hairy monster of a man at 6 foot 5 and over 20 stone. Each week these behemoths in spandex would fight in village halls in front of old biddies swinging handbags and chanting "easy easy easy", etching their legendary rivalry into the history books. Eventually their epic rivalry came to an end when Big Daddy gut barged Giant Haystacks out of the ring and through a table for a ten count making Big Daddy the winner in front of a sold out Wembley arena.

Sadly the wrestling stopped on Saturday afternoons but my love for this uniquely brutal form of entertainment did not die. By the time I got to Primary School most of my friends had acquired cable TV and a new group of heroes. Gone was the argument of "who would win in a fight Big Daddy or Superman?", no now it was "who would win in a fight, Hulk Hogan or Superman?". I'd hear playtime stories of Andre the Giant an actual freaky giant at 7 foot 5, The Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan a man with a handle bar moustache, a silky white mullet and skin orange and shiny.

They all seemed way too mythical to be real to me but the stories kept coming. The Biggest story at the time was when Hulk Hogan finally slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3, Andre was huge well over 500 pounds (I never realised pounds was weight, I just thought it was a lot of money). Gone were the chants of "easy easy easy" now we chanted "USA USA USA", We weren't even American, it made little sense but nothing did and it was fun.

Every playtime we would group together and do "Ible oble black bobble ible oble out" to see who got be Hulk Hogan and one at a time would line up to get slammed on the grass when the teachers weren't watching. Most the time, in fact every time it would end with someone shouting "Pile On!!" and us in massive heap on the grass laughing and screaming, a teacher would shout "break it up" and we would walk heads down with grass stained knees back to class.

I don't know if can answer my friends question. I guess pro wrestling is like a man’s version of Coronation Street or Eastenders. You get a bit of a story, a lot of bad acting and some violence - what more do you want? Just take this advice from Hulk Hogan "Train hard, take your vitamins and say your prayers" oh and "What you gonna Doooo, Watcha gonna do Brother when Hulkamania Runs wild on you?"

This Tuesday our intrepid Buyer, Lucy and Digital Marketing Guru, Si boarded a heavily laden (with amazingly cool tees) motor and headed up to Manchester for the Lipsy retreat. A few long, diverted through country lanes miles later we arrived at the rather glam looking Great John Street Hotel. Right opposite the ITV Granada Studios, we could just about spot the red brick Chimneys of Coronation Street peeping through the gates and as we passed through the herd of paparazzi and into the main doors, we have to admit we felt a little bit like minor celebrities ourselves!

Upon arrival, we met the exuberant and gorgeous Katie, our PR agent extraordinaire who was ready and waiting with huge smiles to get our fabulous merchandise displayed for the occasion. The Lipsy retreat brings together a whole host of fab brands, giving us a chance to meet our celeb fans in the flesh! We had tons of fun and managed to get a few great pics of the day.