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February 20th, 2007

Welcome to the Gross and Sticky tour of Europe…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

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I was watching video of a huge flour fight in Greece, when it hit me.

They have these big food fights all over Europe, year after year. The famously gross Tomatina (tomato fight) in Spain, the orange fight in Italy, people slipping and sliding in grapes, and melons, and you name it.

So, somebody should organize a tour, for people who want to see Europe through a haze of pulp and dust. And for the very most competitive among us, there needs to be a prize for the person who attends the most food fights without bathing in-between. Who wants in on this?

Meanwhile, back to flour power. Deborah Kyvrikosaios reports:

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