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I know the rules, but this was just too funny....Taken from [link=BBC World News]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3954847.stm" style="COLOR: #EB4288[/link]

Taiwanese MPs hold a food fight

Already known for their heated debates, and even the odd fist fight, Taiwan's legislators now seem to have resorted to another form of insult - hurling food at each other.
One minute they were sitting in a conference hall having lunch, engaged in a strongly worded discussion about international arms sales.

The next minute it was the lunch that was doing the talking, as the island's lawmakers hurled rice, meat, vegetables and even hard-boiled eggs across the room.

According to the Associated Press news agency, a local TV crew caught the incident on camera, but said it was difficult to tell who had started the food fight.

Opposition member Chu Fong-chi was filmed shouting at ruling party delegates, and then ducking to avoid something being thrown in her direction.

She quickly responded, picking up a cardboard lunch box and throwing it at another legislator, Chen Chong-yi.

Mr Chen gave as good as he got, leaving Ms Chu with what appeared to be food stains on the back of her blouse.

"My whole body smells like a lunch box!" she is said to have yelled.

The ministerial food fight was all over in minutes, with the only evidence being a few pieces of egg and fistfuls of rice in various corners of the otherwise austere conference hall.

Taiwan has a history of rowdy behaviour in parliament, and a number of fights broke out there in the late 80s and early 90s






Please pass the veggies!



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This sort of thing - okay, on a less funny scale - is what always seems odd to me about politics. Depending on what country you're leading, you may very well be sitting down to dinner next to someone who you know, and he knows, fully intends to have you killed if he possibly can. "Why, yes, Mr. Ayatollah, I can pass you the salad ... but do you really trust me with your food?" (This random interjection brought to you by Newsweek, which reported on the plans of Libya to have the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia killed ... and talked about a shouting match the Ayatollah and Kaddafi had at a dinner party. Where's Dali when you need him?)

And I don't think it's politics, no worries - just amusing news pieces, like the "hypoallergenic cat" thing. Actually I think the latter's more likely to devolve into flames!

-Molly
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That's a pretty unusual piece of news. Sounds like fun, actually. At least they're just getting into food fights...

"my whole body smells like a lunchbox" I'm going to have to put that somewhere people will see it... like my AIM profile...

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Hey if things as amusing as food fights happend in US politics rather than mudslinging, maybe more people would watch C-span.

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Excellent point. It would be more fun if Congress had a food fight. Or maybe a snowball fight. Just so long as nobody packed an iceball and injured one of my representatives.

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SNOW

That'd be perfect!


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Just no more cane fights ... ah, the days of Sumner - and they say our generation is the violent one!

-Molly
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Politicians in food fights, this rocks !

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