Aug 29, 2009: Tomatina
 

We can't let one of Undertoad's favorite festivals pass by without a peek. :D

http://cellar.org/2009/tomatina1.jpg

40,000 people, 100 tons of tomatoes, blah, blah, blah...
This is really what it's all about.;)

http://cellar.org/2009/tomatina2.jpg

Come to think of it, isn't that what everything is about? :blush:

link

“Tomatina” Stew
 

Gonna take a damn big kettle to cook all that up.

Water, fresh ground pepper, garlic, sweet basil, rosemary, savory, oregano etc.......

Don't forget to grind up the meat.

35,000 idio . . . people
500 tons of tomatoes
1 ton oregano
3 tons garlic
all the parmesan there is
lots of ziti
result?
Ziti Cannibala

you see any girls in that crowd?

ETA: Nevermind--I followed the link and say girls. I'm happy.

There's even one in Bruce's second picture, her face is just obscured by the dude's hand.

I dunno. that's just a person with a shirt on. and the legs look pretty hairy.

ETA: Oh, okay, the other person whose face is obscured. Didn't see her at all!

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Eeeeiiiiuuuwwww, Moooooonsteeeerr.

what?

Shudder shudder:headshake

Never mind them, Mon. I thought it was funny.

but it looks like a monster. A gory, many legged monster. If you squint. and are high.

take my word for it.

What a waste...
 

I've always felt strongly about this specific culture tradition. I've always hated the "we do it because we can" attitude since it's backward and ignorant. Especially when across the channel in Africa are millions of hungry people. I'm sure patron saints, St. Louis Bertrand, supposedly what this tradition honors would feel loved and proud knowing over hundred metric tons of tomatoes are wasted every year in his name. People are stupid. :mad:

Ma: Look at all this leftover food. Are there still starving children in Europe?
Baby: Try Southeast Asia, Ma.
Ma: Right.
Daddy: Robbie, Baby wants to send her leftover pot roast... to Southeast Asia, so anything you don't finish, wrap up.