Stanley Green (1915–1993) was a sandwich man who became a well-known
figure in London, England, during the latter half of the 20th century.
For 25 years, Green patrolled Oxford Street in the West End, carrying a
placard advocating "Less Lust, By Less Protein: Meat Fish Bird; Egg
Cheese; Peas Beans; Nuts. And Sitting", though the wording—and
punctuation—changed slightly over the years. Arguing that protein made
people lustful and aggressive, his solution was "protein wisdom", a
low-protein diet for "better, kinder, happier people". For a few pence,
passers-by could buy his 14-page pamphlet, Eight Passion Proteins with
Care, which reportedly sold 87,000 copies over 20 years. Green became
one of London's much-loved eccentrics, though his campaign to suppress
desire, as one commentator put it, was not invariably popular, leading
to two arrests for obstruction and the need to wear green overalls to
protect himself from spit. He nevertheless took great delight in his
local fame. The Sunday Times interviewed him in 1985, and his "less
passion, less protein" slogan was used by Red or Dead, the London
fashion house. When he died in 1993 at the age of 78, The Daily
Telegraph, The Guardian, and The Times published his obituary, and his
pamphlets, placards, and letters were passed to the Museum of London.
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