Iām in all sorts of trouble, and all because of my Brussels sprouts joke.
Now in the festive season, BrusselsĀ sprouts are everywhere
Oh the memories, the horrorā¦ the shame!
Wow! It appears, you either love āem or hate them donāt you?
you want to tell the world about it ā right?
I wrote a Trip Advisor review forĀ The Good Table restaurantĀ
in Castlemaine, Vic in AustraliaĀ
saying how fabulous their Brussels sprouts were.
but they never got to read my report,Ā as the Trip Advisor computer said āNo!ā
that we canāt all live peacefully together,Ā
those that love Brussels sprouts, and those that donātā¦
I donāt see any need for e-mails containing hate speech or personal insults.Ā
Look, I know the Brits have a love hate relationship with Brussels sprouts.
On one hand, no self respecting Christmas lunch would be the same without sprouts,Ā on the other hand,Ā are those who canāt wait to say Brussels be gone!
Lurking, waiting with bated breadth for the āset us freeā referendumĀ
that David Cameron, PM has offered.
politically and vegetarianāallyā¦
We go back a long way.
Look I expect itās the same for the French with fries,Ā
or theĀ TurkishĀ with their delight,Ā
Doesnāt everyone adore their food name sakes?!
I guess haters are gonna hate, but to ban my review on the basis of:
objectionable language or images (Sorry about the āBleedingā)
Profanity
Obscenity or vulgarity
Racial/ethnic slurs
Hate speech or prejudiced comments
Personal insults
Hostile comments and threatening languageā¦
I only said Brussels Sproutsā¦
But this is what I my offensive title (writing it small so as not to offend!)
āThe BEST Brussels Sprouts in the World and thatās no BS!ā
And this is what Trip Advisor sent:
āAll the standard curse words are banned (you know what they are), and we will remove reviews and posts that contain clever (or not clever) misspellings of curse words intended to circumvent our content filters as well as acronyms for inappropriate phrasesā.
Well you can imagine I turned colder than my freezer.
I like to push the envelope,Ā but what ????Ā
Hopefully the Trip Advisor team had me down as one of the clever onesā¦
and that the TA office had a giggle before they went ānope!āĀ Send!
Me and my acronyms, they always get me into such deep water.
I had almostĀ forgottenĀ about my sprout saga
I was invited to redo my review but never did.Ā
I took a deep breath, moved on.Ā
However at this time of year,
Ā the sight of these little green festive bundles of Christmas joyĀ
brings it all back!
Do you like Brussels sprouts ???
