Thursday 1 September 2011

Bad taste day, la tomatina, appendage and gift


With Hat Tip to Peter Harvey, the rabbit's attention has been drawn to an annual event in the Spanish village of Bunoi called 'la tomatina'. The streets run red - not with blood but with - erm - squashed tomatoes as up to 40,000 tomato throwers turn up and throw tomatoes at each other. As you do.

There are strict rules to la tomatina: the tomatoes must be crushed to lessen impact, old clothes are to be warn and tennis shoes are to be worn rather than sandals. One can easily imagine a sandal floating away in a torrent of pureed tomatoes. A common problem, I'm sure all will agree. Goggles are advised. One website announces 'there is no political or religious significance to la tomatina'. Ermmm... Quite so. It was banned for a while under Franco, though. Puts you right off tomatoes - as in eating them - apparently.


It is the rabbit's unpleasant duty to advise his readers that Hurricane Irene did not stop bad behaviour on the part of at least one reprobate as can be seen from this news clip. Such behaviour is of course to be deprecated, particularly in such a difficult time. Hat Tip to Tony who does an exceedingly fine blog. For those of a sensitive disposition well - look away now.


Continuing the bad taste theme, the rabbit mentioned the Velvet Underground's The Gift in all its poor taste in a comment on JoJo's blog . Apparently it originates from a short story Lou Reed wrote in a creative writing class but it's the way John Cale tells it...

7 comments:

JoJo said...

I had to laugh at the idiot guys dancing around in the hurricane, esp. the one that lost his shorts. There's one in every crowd. As for the tomato thing....all I can say is ew ew ew ew What a mess!!!!!

sybil law said...

Oh, Rabbit - I love your blog!! :D

savannah said...

*snickering* thanks, sugar! xoxoxo

Petit fleur said...

Only you could combine "la tomatina", hurricane streakers and the velvet underground in one post and make it work somehow...

You're a marvel!

Cheers!
pf

Catch Her in the Wry said...

Perhaps "The Gift" was inspiration for "Where's Waldo?"

tony said...

Im trying to think what a yorkshire equivalent might be? A Brown Sauce Festival?

white rabbit said...

JoJo - Apologies.

Sybil/Savvy/Little Flower - You smooth talkers you...

Catchy - As in where's Wally? Think I lie down now

Tony - How about a chip butty chucking contest?

*exit twanging braces thunderously*