Vote For Captain Beany!
By Wyatt Earp | May 2, 2010
And you folks think Ron Paul is bad?
A British man who calls himself “Captain Beany” – complete with a bean-themed uniform and x-ray specs – is running for Parliament this year. I am pretty sure the man is serious. Now, normally I would dismiss this knucklehead as being a total loon, but if he can do something about Britain’s continual change from democracy to radical Islamic Republic, he’ll get my support. Besides, I don’t think radical Islamists like baked beans. Flatulence is a sin, and it scares away the 72 virgins.
That being said, I still cannot decide if this story is funny :
Captain Beany, a lurid orange baked bean superhero, hopes to blow a wind of change through parliament at Britain’s imminent general election. The reigning Greatest British Eccentric, who zooms about in a cape and x-ray laser specs, reckons voters are sick of politicians — and need a flatulent superhero to sort them out.
Beany — born Barry Kirk, 55 years old and a former computer operator — is a man-sized baked bean: the tinned haricot beans in tomato sauce beloved by Britons and reputed to induce wind.
“The wind of change is coming, I can smell it in the air!” he told AFP at his campaign headquarters — the Red Lion pub. “You can sense the election fever, you can feel it in your bean sauce!”
Meh. He’s still gotta be better than Obama.
Topics: Politics | 5 Comments »
May 2nd, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Both named “Barry”, both men of “color”, both seeking to appear middle of the road (when they’re not) .
I think this guy has a future in politics
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Proof – Well played, sir!
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:56 am
I’m having a hard time thinking of someone who would be much worse than Obama.
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Real – Then I’ll count your vote for Beany!
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:48 pm
“Beans, beans,
Good for your heart.
The more ya eat em,
The more ya…………………………vote?