CRAZY FRIDAY - The Spanish pelt each other with tomatoes!

There is not enough craziness in the world, so RPS tries to find it each week.  Last week the Russians were driving hovercraft onto beaches and this week we can report that the Spanish pelt each other with none other than tomatoes!

Some 20,000 revellers pelted each other with 130 tonnes of squashed tomatoes on Wednesday in a rain-drenched annual Spanish food fight known as the Tomatina, but this year they had to pay to join the fun.  Normally it is free to do this strange event.

Defying sheets of rain and stormy skies, masses of tomato-stained people from around the world - led by Australians, Japanese and Britons - engaged in battle in the Plaza Mayor square of Bunol, eastern Spain.

Many wore shower caps under the rain and goggles to protect their eyes from the acidic juice of the tomatoes, which the rules state must be squashed before they are hurled at fellow participants. Some people dressed as tomatoes.

Though the origins of the event are unclear, it is thought to have its roots in a food fight between children during a parade in the mid-1940s.

Have a look at the video of it: http://youtu.be/OP7F90Ghy9Q

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