Lettuce ladies urge Kazakhs to go vegetarian (PETA Alert)

Reuters ^ | December 12, 2006 | Michael Steen

[Zakeet]

ALMATY (Reuters) - Two British animal rights campaigners clad in nothing more than bikinis made of lettuce leaves braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to urge the people of Kazakhstan to stop eating horses and go vegetarian.

As the putative homeland of fictional TV reporter Borat, the vast and formerly nomadic Central Asian state has risen to prominence in recent months, leading People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to ask them to stop eating meat.

"Whereas Borat is ridiculing the country, we're trying to come here with a positive message," Yvonne Taylor, 35, told Reuters. "We're saying that going vegetarian is the best thing people can do for their health and to stop animals suffering."

Kazakhstan's national cuisine is almost entirely meat-based. Horse sausage and boiled sheep's head are delicacies while lamb and offal are part of the staple diet.

Wearing sequinned green bikinis made of plastic lettuce leaves and high heels, Taylor and colleague Lucy Groom, 27, shivered as they waved placards and posed in the biggest city Almaty at temperatures hovering just above freezing.

[Zakeet]

I'm waiting to hear Borat's take on this.

[tlb]

>>>Two British animal rights campaigners clad in nothing more than bikinis made of lettuce leaves braved freezing temperatures on Tuesday to urge the people of Kazakhstan to stop eating horses and go vegetarian.

Those poor Kazaks. They get nagged either way.

[EarthBound]

Kazakhstan's national cuisine is almost entirely meat-based. Horse sausage and boiled sheep's head are delicacies while lamb and offal are part of the staple diet.

Awesome.

Where can I get me some "lamb and offal" to supplement my diet?

[EarthBound]

Those poor Kazaks. They get nagged either way.

Painful. Well done.

[CarrotAndStick]

Definitions of offal on the Web:

Offal: viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

[EarthBound]

Definitions of offal on the Web: Offal: viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Sounds dilectable, eh?

[Zakeet]

For those who may not know, according to Wilkipedia, Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of organs, but includes most internal organs other than muscles or bones. Depending on the cultural context, offal may be considered as waste material that is thrown away, or as delicacies that command a high price. Offal not used directly for human or animal food is often processed in a rendering plant, producing material that is used for animal feed, fertilizer or fuel.

According to Borat, offal make good breakfast.

[edpc]

I had to do a Google search and check their website to see if these ladies were frumpy, hairy, bra-burner types. Most are not bad, at all....though they're misguided. I'm convinced, however, one of them used to be a man.

They also have male counterparts known as broccoli boys. They look as gay as the name sounds.

[Sarajevo]

Mmmm-Mmmm, Chitlins

[beyond the sea]

Two British animal rights campaigners clad in nothing more than bikinis made of lettuce leaves

Let's see ....... where are my bunny rabbits?

[beyond the sea]

Lettuce pray that one of those two British women was Kate Beckinsale!

[girlangler]

Ping

[Zakeet]

I had to do a Google search and check their website to see if these ladies were frumpy, hairy, bra-burner types. Most are not bad, at all....though they're misguided. I'm convinced, however, one of them used to be a man.

I don't know. From what Borat tells me, these are probably hot babes in the land where women sleep outside in cage and ride outside of bus.

[Valin]

Boiled sheep's head! It's not just for breakfast anymore.

[upchuck]

Britons Yvonne Taylor (L), 35, and Lucy Groom, 27, from
campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
(PETA), hold a protest to urge Kazakhs to go vegetarian
near the Independence monument in Almaty December 12, 2006..
Photo Credit: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov

[Uncle Miltie]

When these folks came to Fargo (topless), I stood in front of them and had a couple of hot dogs, offering them one.

When they went to Bismarck, some cattle producers held a huge free barbecue across the street.

[ejonesie22]

My only issue with all this is I wish these environmental/animal rights wackos would come to a decision.

Here I am working with the UN trying to reduce bovine methane emissions by eating as much steak and as many burgers as I can, now they want me to save the Earth by NOT eating meat...

I mean come on...

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

Hungry Khazaks kill and eat PETA vegetarian activists, (BORAT/Khazak TV)

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

"When these folks came to Fargo (topless), I stood in front of them and had a couple of hot dogs, offering them one. "

Brilliant...

(to topless PETA activists): How would you like a taste of my large beefy hot dog? Don't worry ladies, there's enough to go around!

[edpc]

This is the one I was talking about. Very "shemale" looking.