Aug 29, 2009: Tomatina - Page 2

monster · 08-31-2009, 09:17 PM

Are there tomatoes wasted? can you put a price on fun? Could they really be shipped to help the starving? I get a lot of inedible tomatoes off my vines, I'm really not sure shipping them to Detroit nevermind Africa would be a wise move. or appreciated. So we have fun with them.

But I appreciate your sentiment.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by uomo

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.

Yeah, and think of all the potable water wasted cleaning up... and the ruined clothing that could clothe naked people... and the wasted seeds that could grow enough tomatoes to make pizza for everybody in Africa.

SPUCK · 09-01-2009, 04:31 AM

Eh? I'm still with uomo. I think that is a huge conspicuous (and pathetic) waste.

Cloud · 09-01-2009, 08:30 AM

Anything that causes that many people to have that much fan can't be wasteful. Think of all the positive vibes they are sending out to the universe! We need more of that.

spudcon · 09-01-2009, 08:59 AM

But what about the children? Oh, the humanity!

Shawnee123 · 09-01-2009, 09:05 AM

Oh my, seriously? They could switch to cans of Prego, perhaps, then ship the cans they threw and wallowed in to Somalia?

No one ever thinks of the sober people in third world countries, either. I see people throwing beer away because it's warm, mixed drinks because someone ashed in it, wine because it was sold before its time. What a waste.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-01-2009, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by SPUCK

Eh? I'm still with uomo. I think that is a huge conspicuous (and pathetic) waste.

It's a valid point, and you're certainly entitled take that view.
Same goes for uomo, although I'm troubled by him taking his dislike for what other people do with their stuff to the point of vitriol.

Meh, I guess one person's passion is another person's hate.
Oh by the way, welcome to the Cellar, uomo.

uomo · 09-15-2009, 02:10 AM

Hi Bruce. Thank you for welcoming me. Been reading up really interesting things at the cellar for years but never cared enough to say anything until Tomatina.

Wiki claimed that the tomatoes are over-ripe and I believe that. However, I also believe that the tradition will not survive unless the extra tourism was good for the local economy.

Vitriol? Einstein said it more politely I suppose.

08-31-2009, 09:17 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Are there tomatoes wasted? can you put a price on fun? Could they really be shipped to help the starving? I get a lot of inedible tomatoes off my vines, I'm really not sure shipping them to Detroit nevermind Africa would be a wise move. or appreciated. So we have fun with them. But I appreciate your sentiment. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-01-2009, 08:30 AM	#19
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Anything that causes that many people to have that much fan can't be wasteful. Think of all the positive vibes they are sending out to the universe! We need more of that. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-01-2009, 08:59 AM	#20
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	But what about the children? Oh, the humanity! __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

09-01-2009, 09:05 AM	#21
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Oh my, seriously? They could switch to cans of Prego, perhaps, then ship the cans they threw and wallowed in to Somalia? No one ever thinks of the sober people in third world countries, either. I see people throwing beer away because it's warm, mixed drinks because someone ashed in it, wine because it was sold before its time. What a waste. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-01-2009, 04:31 AM	#18
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Eh? I'm still with uomo. I think that is a huge conspicuous (and pathetic) waste.

09-15-2009, 02:10 AM	#23
uomo Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3	Hi Bruce. Thank you for welcoming me. Been reading up really interesting things at the cellar for years but never cared enough to say anything until Tomatina. Wiki claimed that the tomatoes are over-ripe and I believe that. However, I also believe that the tradition will not survive unless the extra tourism was good for the local economy. Vitriol? Einstein said it more politely I suppose.

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