Perhaps the world's largest food fight.
August 28, 2002 12:51 PM Subscribe
Perhaps the world's largest food fight. 38,000 people gathered in Bunal, Spain to throw tomatoes at each other. They were supplied with 132 tons of ripe, juicy ammunition.
It's that kind of wasteful lifestyle that's made Spain the most hated country in the world.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:09 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:09 PM on August 28, 2002
The crowd of 38,000 - mostly young tourists from around the world -
Crash, it sounds like another local idea being co-opted by outsiders (cf today's Burning Man thread). I agree with you on the wastefulness -- why couldn't they just use the proverbial "rotten tomatoes"?
The participants, including many females, had ripped off their shirts
Definitely sounds like the Burning Man thread...I hope that Video Voyeurs got signed consent forms this time.
posted by PennyPrune at 1:24 PM on August 28, 2002
Crash, it sounds like another local idea being co-opted by outsiders (cf today's Burning Man thread). I agree with you on the wastefulness -- why couldn't they just use the proverbial "rotten tomatoes"?
The participants, including many females, had ripped off their shirts
Definitely sounds like the Burning Man thread...I hope that Video Voyeurs got signed consent forms this time.
posted by PennyPrune at 1:24 PM on August 28, 2002
What a waste. Reminds me of "US discontinues tradition of overturning oil tanked every year on annual Energy Waste Day following energy shortages."
posted by ac at 1:25 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by ac at 1:25 PM on August 28, 2002
Shameless wastage while people around the world are dying of hunger. They can rather send these tomatoes to some hunger stricken refugee camps and throw each other in red food colored swimming pools.
posted by adnanbwp at 1:26 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by adnanbwp at 1:26 PM on August 28, 2002
Spain should just outlaw frat boys that want to fondle tomatos.
posted by corpse at 1:32 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by corpse at 1:32 PM on August 28, 2002
That event always makes for some nice color photos.
As for the waste, as any tomato grower knows, there's not too much you can do with an excess of over ripe fruit.
posted by HTuttle at 1:47 PM on August 28, 2002
As for the waste, as any tomato grower knows, there's not too much you can do with an excess of over ripe fruit.
posted by HTuttle at 1:47 PM on August 28, 2002
Didn't they send the Road Rules kids to this once? Never had the tomatoes been put to better use.
posted by GaelFC at 1:50 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by GaelFC at 1:50 PM on August 28, 2002
Believe it was called "Rueing the Ragu Goo Road Rules."
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:13 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by DenOfSizer at 2:13 PM on August 28, 2002
Now if it was Tomacco, that would be interesting.
posted by gottabefunky at 2:53 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by gottabefunky at 2:53 PM on August 28, 2002
Was E's "Wild On" there?
posted by aaronchristy at 3:21 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by aaronchristy at 3:21 PM on August 28, 2002
That tomato thing is pretty far out. That running bull thing, that's some freaky shit right there.
posted by holloway at 4:40 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by holloway at 4:40 PM on August 28, 2002
The name of the town is neither Bunal nor Bunol but Bunyol, any other variation being a central government Spanish version of the town's name. Bunyol means dumpling. This has been going on for years. More tragic was the case of a Catalan town in the heart of the cava (Catalan champagne only better) district where the town fountain spurted cava for one night and everyone filled their glasses and jars to their hearts content. It was banned a few years ago because they believed underaged drinkers were visiting their own fountain. The fountain was paid for by the cava companies and the tomato thing usually uses tomatoes unfit for consumption. It sounds like a lot of tomatoes but you'd be amazed, or not...
posted by Zootoon at 5:40 PM on August 28, 2002
posted by Zootoon at 5:40 PM on August 28, 2002
On the small Canary island, La Palma they have an annual flour fight. Must be something Spanish?
posted by edh at 3:10 AM on August 29, 2002
posted by edh at 3:10 AM on August 29, 2002
edh: flour fights happen all over Spain during carnival ... and in Thailand during the Songkran festival
posted by magullo at 7:43 AM on August 29, 2002
posted by magullo at 7:43 AM on August 29, 2002
What zootoon was trying to say is that the Spanish name of the town in Buñol. Should you want to speak Catalan or Valencian, feel free to use Bunyol (the local government's version fo the name of the town).
Additionally, bunyol (buñuelo in Spanish) is not a dumpling, but a puffy, sweet, deep-fried pastry. Tastes like a doughnut.
So the name of the town, in English, is doughnut.
That's all I have to say.
posted by magullo at 7:54 AM on August 29, 2002
Additionally, bunyol (buñuelo in Spanish) is not a dumpling, but a puffy, sweet, deep-fried pastry. Tastes like a doughnut.
So the name of the town, in English, is doughnut.
That's all I have to say.
posted by magullo at 7:54 AM on August 29, 2002
Yes, the cast of Road Rules Europe (Season 3) did participate in this. I think it was their last mission. Didn't they also have to climb the greased pole to drop something to start the fight?
posted by SisterHavana at 8:30 AM on August 29, 2002
posted by SisterHavana at 8:30 AM on August 29, 2002
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