-- and the brussels-sprout harvest draws to a close. This is the season when the locals select and crown a Brussels Sprouts Queen, and lay down huge casks of potent, faintly-psychoactive wine made from fermenting the brassica in question. Seven days later they will sacrifice the Queen amid scenes of unbridled orgiastic revelry, fuelled by the last of last years' vintage, to ensure the fertility of the fields come next spring.
Among the activities for the day was the children's costume parade, which featured future growers dressed like veggies. There were numerous carrots, a cauliflower and two little Brussels sprouts.
The townspeople are an ancient inbred race. Visitors are warned not to take issue with the old ways to which they cling with such solemnity, at risk of finding themselves at the centre of a 'Sprouting' ceremony.
-- and the brussels-sprout harvest draws to a close. This is the season when the locals select and crown a Brussels Sprouts Queen, and lay down huge casks of potent, faintly-psychoactive wine made from fermenting the brassica in question. Seven days later they will sacrifice the Queen amid scenes of unbridled orgiastic revelry, fuelled by the last of last years' vintage, to ensure the fertility of the fields come next spring.
Diabolical Carrot Fiend plots his next move.
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And here I thought it might the carrot guru might actually be SC.
ReplyDeleteAnd here I thought I could type/speak before 2 cups of coffee.
ReplyDeleteWRONG.
The previous comment should have said:
And here I thought the carrot guru might actually be SC.
Definitely not Stephen Colbert.
ReplyDeleteNo I understand... they. They were pulled from their slumber by the commands of the carrot guru.
ReplyDeleteOk, fuck it... I can't comment today, no matter how much damn coffee.
ReplyDeleteI should have gone straight to alcohol.
But what about the cilantro?
ReplyDeleteGo the 'Kune
ReplyDeleteThe guy in the picture is The Carrot Man who goes around on Carrot night leaving gifts for kids. A carrot if they've been good, a Playstation Slimline if they've been bad. It's known as planting evidence in other towns.
carrot is NZ slang for dildo.
ReplyDeleteYou say slang, I say alternative folkways of agricultural peoples.
ReplyDeleteLOL
ReplyDeletethought the carrot guru might actually be SC.
ReplyDeleteNo resemblance at all.
Were those lounging pajamas??
ReplyDeleteAlso... that photo contains a significant resemblance to this (top photo... not bottom).
*shiver*
ReplyDeleteI used to think that staining at the bottom of the Ohakune carrot statue was rust but now I wonder if it isn't blood!!??!?!
The get-down, tie-down challenge was won by Jeremy Mott
ReplyDeleteThis does not seem vegetable-related in the least.
Jeepers, one hopes not
ReplyDeleteIf he'd worn a creel, he wouldn't have had to dangle his prey from his hat.
ReplyDeleteAlternately, he's angling for lagomorphs. Bunnies, check those carrots for hooks!
Pffft, like that could possibly be for reals. Wanganui Chronicle? LOL!
ReplyDeleteAlternately, he's angling for lagomorphs.
ReplyDeleteThis is a common error, but the fact is that bunnies are not aquatic. He is more likely to catch a coypu. If he is dragged under and consumed by a capybara then SERVES HIM RIGHT.