Duel Fought With Cream Buns.
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 10 p.m.) LONDON, July 3. Two youths, wearing the traditional top hats and cravats, fought a duel in the market square at Uppermill village, Yorkshire, yesterday with cream buns. The cause of the duel was the French painter, Pablo Picasso, whom Stanley Rowe, aged 18, called a “fake” while arguing with a 19-year-old art student, Jim Andrew. Andrew replied: “You, sir, are an intellectual snob,” and Rowe then flicked him across the face with a glove—an insult which could be settled only by a duel. Andrew chose the weapons, and with their seconds, the two met in the market square. They carried two cream buns each, stood back to back, walked five paces from each other, turned, and fired. Both missed. Then their supporters—all carrying large bags of cream buns —joined in. The crowd soon was spattered with cream. “My honour has been satisfied,” said Andrew. The 'spectators were still scraping cream from their clothes as the duellists were carried away on the shoulders of their friends.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27702, 5 July 1955, Page 3
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