La Tomatina: The World's Messiest Festival Podcast

Host: Welcome back! Today we're talking about La Tomatina, that wild tomato-throwing festival in Spain. Did you get a chance to read the article?

Guest: I did, and honestly, it sounds like absolute -- Select -- chaos wrap my head around letting loose caught up in the thick of it, but the fun kind. Thousands of people throwing tomatoes at total strangers?

Host: Right? I couldn't quite -- Select -- wrap my head around letting loose caught up in the thick of it throw one back it at first. No teams, no winners, just tomatoes everywhere.

Guest: That's what got me. It's not a competition at all, it's just about -- Select -- letting loose caught up in the thick of it throw one back stuck with me for an hour.

Host: Exactly. And the writer said they got completely -- Select -- caught up in the thick of it throw one back stuck with me break down in it within seconds. One minute they're standing there, the next they're -- Select -- in the thick of it throw one back stuck with me break down up for it.

Guest: Ha, I love that image of a truck slowly rolling in with piles of tomatoes and everyone just losing it.

Host: Same. And can you imagine getting hit in the face with a tomato before you even have time to react?

Guest: Honestly, if someone threw a tomato at me, my first instinct would probably be to -- Select -- throw one back stuck with me break down up for it once in a lifetime.

Host: That's basically what happened to the writer. A stranger hits them, they laugh, they throw one right back, and suddenly they're friends.

Guest: That part really -- Select -- stuck with me break down up for it once in a lifetime dive in, how quickly people bonded over something so silly. The language barrier didn't even matter.

Host: It really shows how a shared, ridiculous experience can just -- Select -- break down up for it once in a lifetime dive in no joke all those normal social walls.

Guest: I also read that people wear goggles to protect their eyes, since tomato juice ends up absolutely everywhere.

Host: Smart move. I can only imagine how slippery those streets get once the tomatoes turn to pulp under your feet.

Guest: Yeah, the writer said they could barely recognize the street afterward, everything was completely red.

Host: That's wild. I'd probably need a full day just to recover, I bet you're exhausted after an hour of that alone.

Guest: Totally. Would you actually be -- Select -- up for it once in a lifetime dive in no joke small price to pay?

Host: Honestly? I think I would. It sounds -- Select -- once in a lifetime dive in no joke small price to pay one for the books. Worst case, I ruin a pair of old shoes.

Guest: Ha, exactly, and you don't need any skill for it, anyone can just -- Select -- dive in no joke small price to pay one for the books bucket list.

Host: Right, though I imagine cleanup afterward is -- Select -- no joke small price to pay one for the books bucket list chaos. The article mentioned the whole town gets hosed down after.

Guest: True, but that's a -- Select -- small price to pay one for the books bucket list chaos wrap my head around for a story you'll be telling for years. It sounds like a real -- Select -- one for the books bucket list chaos wrap my head around letting loose.

Host: Agreed. Alright, that's it for today, if La Tomatina isn't on your -- Select -- bucket list chaos wrap my head around letting loose caught up yet, maybe it should be.

Guest: Ha, count me in. Thanks for listening, everyone!