I’ve come across some odd people whilst writing my book on Ethical Marketing but the one I met recently takes the biscuit. As it’s Christmas we can write more off the wall blogs.
It started as an innocent conversation about Christmas vegetables. Discussing everything from cabbages to onions when I mentioned I love Jerusalem artichokes at Christmas – these are like knobbly small potatoes and taste devine. “No, you shouldn’t eat those they are bad for the environment.” I was a touch puzzled, after all as part of the sunflower family they produce beautiful flowers and not oil.
“Don’t you know what they do?” I was trying to consider various options, some involved nuclear weapons, others guns, but hadn’t considered the obvious. “They make you fart, a lot, like pulses”. Ever been in one of those situations when your jaw really does drop down? “I’ve stopped eating Jerusalem artichokes, pulses, cabbages and sprouts as flatulence is bad for the environment.”
He was deadly serious. Not even trying to be slightly funny or ironic. When a man is worried about the effect upon the planet of his wind at Christmas he really needs to ask himself if he’s lost the plot. As a devout vegan, I’m sure he’ll be enjoying a lovely bag of nuts on Christmas day, something he can relate to. Me? Turkey with sprouts and my favourite knobbly vegetables.
Another story that has come my way is about ‘angry chicken’. Some people believe that if an animal like a chicken or a turkey is poorly looked after (especially if they are battery) the they get angry. When they are killed and prepared for the supermarkets their angry spirit lives on and is transferred into the person who eats it. This explains why you meet so many angry people outside KFC late at night (and I thought that was the alcohol). I was told this by a vegetarian who hates meat eaters. But be warned, latest scientific research has revealed that root vegetables have feelings too!
CHRIS ARNOLD
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