BREAKING: The All-Star Parade Sux
All-Star Earth-Killers. The parade is pretty effing stupid—and while it’s supposedly a “green” parade, it’s just a continuous line of oversized pickup trucks (the ones with back seats) with one or maybe two All-Stars sitting there in the back. Couldn’t they just make a few floats and lump them all together? Who really gives a shit?
Meatloafing readers report from the scene:
“plus, why, why, why aren’t they wearing uniforms so we can i.d. them from 16 floors up?” —Ann
“recommendation to the city legislators: if one is going to hold a parade closing down major streets in the city, it must be a certain level of fun. perhaps 1 clown for every 500 people. 1 person in costume for every 250 people. mardi gras beads. boobs. pirates. —Ben
July 15th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Pirates WITH boobs for me. (Last weekend, my kids ran around the kitchen naked hollering “Manly boobs! Manly boobs!” Prescient?)
July 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Ben,
Gothamist reported they were throwing out Mardi Gras beads and fuzzy dice (excellent):
http://gothamist.com/2008/07/15/map_of_the_day_allstar_game_red_car.php
July 16th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
if theyre going to mess up midtown, why not go all the way with lots of confetti.