ANY excuse to promote healthy eating is good - such as showcasing long-lived lettuce in the UK, perhaps?
A wilting example of the salad vegetable has attracted global attention after the overnight resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
The online sensation is part of a stunt by London's Daily Star newspaper, which last week set up a live webcam on a lettuce wearing a blonde wig to see if it would have a longer shelf life than the beleaguered politician.
To Truss's humiliation, the lettuce won, with the newspaper updating the display (pictured) with a crown and playing the national anthem to celebrate.
The lettuce was immediately inundated with messages of congratulations via the YouTube chat box, including "Lettuce Rejoice", "Lettuce for PM", "Lettuce 1 Truss 0" and the witty "Truss sunk by an iceberg".
But perhaps the most intriguing response came from the leafy green itself, which issued a statement saying "I came into office at a time of great e-kale-nomic instability, but after an unbe-lef-able campaign I am thrilled to have been crowned victorious in these chard times".
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