On board HMS Ark Royal ( the proper one,not that piddly little thing ) in the 1970s , the "ship's idiot" and manipulator of the puppet "Little Wilf" used to sing thus ;

" I went to a party with my uncle Jim,

   When somebody threw a tomato at him ;

   I said "tomatoes can't hurt you, the skin is too thin "

   He said"No, but THIS bugger was still in the tin !"