Flatulent orange superhero has a blast in British poll focus 05/02/2010

Flatulent orange superhero has a blast in British poll

focus 05/02/2010 PORT TALBOT — 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. He is standing in his home constituency of Aberavon — “the posh name for Port Talbot,” as he puts it, and a staunch Labour-voting area. The struggling steelworks town on the south Wales coast, home of actors Richard Burton and Anthony Hopkins, was brought to life in style as the zany local celebrity launched his bid to become the town’s MP..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100502com7.html

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