Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests

Subject: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Hyperabid
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 05:11 AM

Woman Convicted of Hitting Blair

.c The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) - A woman who threw a tomato at Prime Minister Tony Blair to protest British support for sanctions against Iraq was convicted of disorderly conduct on Tuesday.

Lynn Marie Coles, 26, of Eastville, near Bristol, admitted throwing the tomato at Blair in January when he visited City of Bristol College. She denied a charge of intentionally causing alarm or distress.

She was given a one-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £75 in costs. A stain on the shoulder of Blair's jacket was the only apparent damage from the attack.

Protesters also threw oranges and other fruit, but only the tomato hit the prime minister.

``I don't know what came over me,'' Coles said in court.

She said she grabbed a bag of tomatoes from another protester ``because I thought I was a better shot.''

Prosecutor Sarah Regan said Coles apologized for the attack and admitted it had been ``somewhat misguided.''

But arresting officer Roger Curry said Coles appeared happy to be apprehended.

``She was shouting `Got him with veg, got him with a tomato,''' he said.

Personally I think it's quite salutory for our great and good leaders to get a dose of public opinion via vegetable comment. Please fell free to pen some lyrics.

I can't offer any Golden Cow Chips as these are all held in stock with the Gaelic Goddess. So this one's just for fun.

Hyper.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: GUEST,Midchuck upstairs
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 07:31 AM

If I were a politician or government official, and people attempted to express their opinions of my official acts or positions by throwing vegetables, pie, whatever, I would be very likely to shift my position in the direction that I felt would upset those protesters the most.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: GUEST,Roll&Go-C
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 09:20 AM

For those of us who are ehtically concerned about violence against politicians and other vegetables, it's a good thing that someone didn't have a bag of artichokes, or, perish the thought, okras.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Roughyed
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 04:11 PM

Oh Blair you're a traitor So take this potater We're down on our knees So I'm chucking these peas They might break the skin Cos They're still in the tin.

Hey that's nowhere near as bad as I could get......

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: GUEST,Carol's Friend Don
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 04:55 PM

Being a woman, I'm surpise she could hit anything with a round hand-held object. Do you suppose that Blair ducked towards her in that typical British "Give the Mum a hand" noblesse oblige.

Now if she had been one of our ghetto madonnas, weighing 250 pounds and bottle fly black, she'd of taken Blair's head off with the whole bag, and then pawed through the mess just to wear his teeth on her neck, while the bystanders stole television sets...

You Brits have class...

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Roughyed
Date: 07 Apr 01 - 04:20 AM

And most of us afren't offensively racist either....

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Bert
Date: 07 Apr 01 - 07:32 PM

How come that the racial slur is noticed but the slur on fat people is ignored? I assume that Don is as lightweight in the mind as he is in the body.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Roughyed
Date: 08 Apr 01 - 04:22 AM

Sorry Bert, being English I have to do some heavy mental arithmetic to know what 250 pounds is in real weight. We use either stones and pounds, or kilos depending on how old we are. Totally agree though, this site should be for fun and information, not back handed insults to anyone. Now how many pounds are there in a stone......

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Apr 01 - 09:00 PM

I just saw this thread for the first time. I would like to make a disclaimer about the post from 'GUEST, Carol's friend Don'. Don may wish to make posts that come across as sounding bigoted and/or racist from time to time. That is his perogative. I don't share his sense of humor on this subject, or his view on same.

I am not in a position to edit Don's posts for content, and his use of my name in the headings is beyond my control.

Carol

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: CarolC
Date: 10 Apr 01 - 09:43 PM

I also want to say one more thing. I find Don's 4:55 post on this thread to be incredibly offensive.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:32 AM

And I want to say this...

Don, I think that kind of behavior is conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.

Carol

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Apr 01 - 06:56 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Nemesis
Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:18 PM

Don - sexist, racist, weightist(?) not funny, unintelligent, vulgar, crude, completely unnecessary and pointless... why bring all those into this sort of forum..or should we at least be grateful you are venturing out occasionally from Aryan Nation?

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: JudeL
Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:29 PM

Returning this thread to the title subject how about the song " don't slay that potatoe" as sung by Artisan

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: mousethief
Date: 11 Apr 01 - 12:30 PM

What really disturbs me is that nobody has noticed that this foolish and misguided woman called a tomato a veg. A tomato is a fruit.

Alex

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Nemesis
Date: 12 Apr 01 - 04:58 AM

Yes! Let's reclaim tomatoes and avocados (no one sticks up for avocados) from the wasteland that is vegetables and return them to their rightful place as FRUIT!

Songs: Bananas - "Yes, I have no bananas!" Another slur on fruit!!!

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: mousethief
Date: 12 Apr 01 - 11:35 AM

That's because no-one EATS avocados. But you're right, they are fruit. For as even God (well, George Burns anyway) admitted, the pit is too big.

Alex

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: LR Mole
Date: 13 Apr 01 - 12:02 PM

Oh don't go smearing fruit
On Mr. Tony's suit
Just realize he's for the commonweal
Just pop him with a squash:
It's easier to wash
And bananas, they are known to have appeal.

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 14 Apr 01 - 01:23 PM

A little list of what some might call vegetables that are something else:

tomatoes = fruit
potatoes = tubers
green peppers = fruit
avocados = fruit
olives = fruit

Can anyone think of any more?

Oh, by the way, rhubarb is neither a vegetable nor a fruit; it's a leaf petiole. And coffee is a berry and thus a fruit, as is pepper (the kind you grind and put on things for flavor).

DAve Oesterreich

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: mousethief
Date: 14 Apr 01 - 01:31 PM

Since when aren't tubers vegetables?

Alex

Subject: RE: Unofficial Song Challenge - Veg Protests
From: Hyperabid
Date: 19 Apr 01 - 01:04 PM

Congrats 2 LR Mole for producing a song.

As for the fruit, tuber, vegetable debate, I believe they are all secretly trying to take over the planet and should be instantly mashed!

Rgds

Hyper