Aug 29, 2009: Tomatina

xoxoxoBruce · 08-28-2009, 11:57 PM

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

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Tens of thousands of revelers pelted each other with tons of ripe and over-ripe tomatoes at the annual “Tomatina” festival in Bunol, Spain, Wednesday.
The world’s biggest tomato fight attracted more than 40,000 people this year, town officials estimated. Revelers, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, filled the streets.

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

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

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JuancoRocks · 08-29-2009, 02:55 AM

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

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

spudcon · 08-29-2009, 09:15 AM

Don't forget to grind up the meat.

Saknussem · 08-29-2009, 01:38 PM

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

Cloud · 08-29-2009, 01:43 PM

you see any girls in that crowd?

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

Clodfobble · 08-29-2009, 02:17 PM

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

Cloud · 08-29-2009, 02:39 PM

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!

monster · 08-29-2009, 06:59 PM

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ZenGum · 08-29-2009, 10:06 PM

Eeeeiiiiuuuwwww, Moooooonsteeeerr.

monster · 08-29-2009, 10:15 PM

what?

Kasszia · 08-29-2009, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

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Shudder shudder

dar512 · 08-30-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

what?

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

Cloud · 08-30-2009, 04:27 PM

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

take my word for it.

uomo · 08-31-2009, 08:59 PM

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.

monster · 08-31-2009, 09:13 PM

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.

08-29-2009, 02:55 AM	#2
JuancoRocks Sir Post-A-Lot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona Posts: 437	“Tomatina” Stew Gonna take a damn big kettle to cook all that up. Water, fresh ground pepper, garlic, sweet basil, rosemary, savory, oregano etc....... __________________ "That's just like your opinion man"

08-29-2009, 09:15 AM	#3
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Don't forget to grind up the meat. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

08-29-2009, 01:43 PM	#5
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	you see any girls in that crowd? ETA: Nevermind--I followed the link and say girls. I'm happy. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-29-2009, 02:17 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	There's even one in Bruce's second picture, her face is just obscured by the dude's hand. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-29-2009, 02:39 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	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! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-29-2009, 01:38 PM	#4
Saknussem Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 93	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

08-29-2009, 06:59 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	. Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-29-2009, 10:06 PM	#9
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08-29-2009, 10:15 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	what? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-30-2009, 04:27 PM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	but it looks like a monster. A gory, many legged monster. If you squint. and are high. take my word for it. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-31-2009, 08:59 PM	#14
uomo Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3	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.

08-31-2009, 09:13 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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