A quick diversion from the day's pressing news:

British Navy Capt. Wayne Keble has banned brussels sprouts from his ship, the Telegraph reports. The captain says:

"They are the devil's vegetable and the only thing I do not like, and the only thing I hate. ... Brussels sprouts are absolutely banned on board HMS Bulwark. I do not eat them so I do not know what the after-effects are."

Question for the group: If you had the power, what vegetable would you ban? Express your distaste in the comments thread, if you wish.

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Be gone!

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