LITTLE MR APRICOT flips off crowd, loses crown

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http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_183194617.html

[JenBayles]

Aaaaawwwww..... poor kid!

Little Mr. Apricot Flips Off Crowd, Loses Title
(CBS 13) PATTERSON, Calif. A big brouhaha in Stanislaus County as a pageant winner in Patterson is stripped of his crown. Heather Hudgens reports it all started with apricots and a finger foul-up.

It was another weekend of royalty in Patterson, and the parade queens were on their best behavior.

“I would never do it, it’s not queen worthy,” said one of the queens.

What she's talking about is what happened last month at the Apricot festival, when the newly-crowned Little Mr. Apricot, 4-year old Matthew Burgos, raised his middle finger to the crowd!

At Mil's Cafe, now all the talk is what happened next, when Matthew was unceremoniously relieved of his crown. The reason - the unfortunate flip of the finger.

Matthew's mom understands why the apricot board took Matthew's title, but wishes some townsfolk would just get over it.

“I think it is ridiculous, I mean he’s four years old,” she says.

CBS 13 asked the Patterson Apricot Fiesta Board to comment, they would not, except to confirm the story. First runner-up Michael Montiel will now assume the role of Little Mr. Apricot. Matthew doesn't even know he's been stripped of the title. His mom and dad say he likely wouldn't understand, anyway.


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[coriolis]

I don't like Apricots anyway.

[canegrl04]

To the mom:yes,hes 4 years old.So what is he doing giving obscene jestures,and where did he learn it from?

[Tstormwatcher]

To the mom:yes,hes 4 years old.So what is he doing giving obscene jestures,and where did he learn it from?

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Like mother and father, like son.

[breeze]

Little Matthew is early in learning how to deal with the public. If you present
your child as a showpiece to the public, Manners 101 should be taught, first!

And, alas....I'm with Ed. I don't like apricots very much, either.

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why is a boy the apricot queen anyway?

"It was another weekend of royalty in Patterson, and the parade queens were on their best behavior.

“I would never do it, it’s not queen worthy,” said one of the queens."

[Meso]

hahaha... Stick it to the man!!! I mean.. naughty kid :o

[HurriCat]

Pretty good. Always a laugher when kids in their innocence do the finger trick or repeat some colorful commentary.

About apricots - most "trackers" in the military are superstitious of them and won't touch them. My boss commanded a amphibious assault vehicle (USMC/AAV7A1) for 9 months in Iraq. He wouldn't allow any apricots on board the "track". My father in-law was a USMC track-mechanic in Vietnam. He said that the guys who ate the apricot desserts in their rations seemed to be the ones who were severly wounded or killed in action. Still won't have them in his house. Even my wife is all because of his stories, so we don't buy them, either.