Man takes east German town to court for not crowning him Apple Queen

[Gorgus]

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[QUOTE]Marko Steidel waited years for the chance to become the Apple Queen of Guben. But when he was finally allowed to participate, the vote was manipulated, he told a court on Tuesday.
It is a curious German tradition that local produce is often honoured with its own "queen". The elected monarchs tend to be pretty local girls whose job is to be photographed wearing rustic dresses while holding a basket of asparagus, a glass of wine, or even a fish.

For the first 21 years that the competition was held only women were allowed to participate. But in 2016 only one candidate, Antonia Lieske, put herself forward.

Steidel suspected the vote hadn’t been fair and took the tourism office to court, demanding a hefty €25,000 in compensation.

“He’s just a bad loser,” one spectator who attended the Applefest said. “It’s wounded pride,” the woman sitting next to her agreed.

Even the town mayor, Fred Mahro, was in attendance.

“I can barely contain my anger that our court system has to waste its time with this nonsense,” he said.[/QUOTE]

[url]https://www.thelocal.de/20170823/man-takes-east-german-town-to-court-for-not-naming-him-apple-queen[/url]

:v:

[Archangel125]

To be fair, if it's a contest between one man and one woman, in a contest usually reserved for and dominated by women, the vote is unlikely to go to a man.

[BuffaloBill]

[quote]“The voting was manipulated,” the 42-year-old replied. He admitted though that his accusation was “only an assumption.”“Do you have any credible evidence?” the judge asked. Steidel remained silent.
But then he went on the attack, claiming that Lieske had no driver’s licence and that she had hidden this from voters at the Applefest. If the crowd had known the whole truth, they would have voted differently, he said.
“Anyone who occupies the office of Apple Queen needs to have a driver’s license, that’s how I see it,” he added.
The tourism office’s lawyer responded that possessing a driver’s licence is not a condition for becoming the Apple Queen. He further asserted that the vote had not been manipulated.[/quote]

This guy is a fucking idiot.

[.𓃉𓁿𓂎𓁿𓃉.]

i have a feeling the guy is taking the piss and running with it as far as he can

[Tamschi]

[QUOTE=Ninja Gnome;52625400]i have a feeling the guy is taking the piss and running with it as far as he can[/QUOTE]

He's going to be hit with the bill for the court proceedings. ([editline]edit[/editline] probably just almost) All of it.