I Hate a Parade

lumberjim · 12-27-2003, 12:35 AM

Don't look now, but The Mummers are coming.

SteveDallas · 12-27-2003, 01:21 AM

F) I only watch for the cheerleaders

wolf · 12-27-2003, 01:39 AM

I haven't watched the mummers since they ruined it and let women in. I'm not really fond of any other sorts of parades, either. The last such event I actually enjoyed as an adult was at a National Fire Convention and it was really all about the Antique Fire Apparatus.

I was in marching band through high school. I loved marching band, particularly the competitions. Parades were one of the necessary evils. Usually, we did two a year, The Miss America Parade in AC, and a local Christmas Parade. The Miss America Parade involved two miserable, long, hot miles in wool uniforms in high humidity.

We'd also occasionally have to do a parade during our Annual Band Trip ... the two most memorable being Walt Disney World and Niagara Falls, which involved marching to the Canadian side and back.

Griff · 12-27-2003, 07:35 AM

[sarcasm] I especially like to worship politicians in parades. Hitlery did the St. Pats parade in Binghamton recently...I can't believe I missed that, darn shame[/sarcasm]

elSicomoro · 12-27-2003, 10:46 AM

Actually, I'm looking forward to this year's Mummers Parade...it's being moved back to S. Broad St. this year. We might go down and see it.

C'mon Griff, don't be slang-like with the Clinton references.

Griff · 12-27-2003, 06:44 PM

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Originally posted by sycamore
C'mon Griff, don't be slang-like with the Clinton references.

If slang and griff agree it must be righteous!

slang · 12-27-2003, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by Griff
If slang and griff agree it must be righteous!

( slang nods yes........performs a bug and hidden camera scan of the room )

plthijinx · 12-27-2003, 11:30 PM

pardon my ignorance, but what is a mummers parade?

back when i was in middle school/high school (god i'm going to regret this) i was in a scottish band. yep, played the bagpipes, snare and tenor drums. we did the St. Patricks day parade every year as well as a couple of others too. worst part was the kilt........

edit: oh, yeah, googled the parade, cool.

elSicomoro · 12-27-2003, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by plthijinx
pardon my ignorance, but what is a mummers parade?

Here are a few links:

The Origins of the Mummers Parade

The Philadelphia Mummers Parade Web Site

plthijinx · 12-27-2003, 11:53 PM

looks like it'd be pretty cool. long lasting tradition, nothing wrong with that

lumberjim · 12-28-2003, 12:12 AM

they're drunk by 10 am, and stay that way until they pass out that night. they play banjos. they spend their free time making matching costumes out of sequins and ostrich feathers. did i mention that they play banjos? and squeaky clarinets, trombones, tubas, drums. ...... drunken band fags.

the only people that REALLY like the Mummers are the Mummers.

New years day is depressing enough without that shit. what a lame Holiday. so anticlimactic after Christmas.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-28-2003, 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
New years day is depressing enough without that shit. what a lame Holiday. so anticlimactic after Christmas.

Why is it depressing? A day off from work with no social pressures to have to do things with people you don't want to like Christmas dumps on us so often. Great!
Do you find it depressing the way birthdays can be to some people. You know, another year closer to your expiration date.

lumberjim · 12-28-2003, 01:08 AM

i like the day off and all, I think it has more to do with the christmas hangover, actually. i'm not old enough to be worried about "getting old". And sometimes it can remind me of unrealized goals. and i guess the main thing is that it just seems so irelevant a thing to celebrate. I'm not a partier, so i don't look forward to NYE, and I can't stand watching the fucking ball drop. stupid tradition, that one.

i say bah humbug to new years

but dont let me dampen your enthusiasm for it

Nothing But Net · 12-28-2003, 03:50 AM

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Originally posted by lumberjim
they're drunk by 10 am, and stay that way until they pass out that night. they play banjos. they spend their free time making matching costumes out of sequins and ostrich feathers. did i mention that they play banjos? and squeaky clarinets, trombones, tubas, drums. ...... drunken band fags.

the only people that REALLY like the Mummers are the Mummers.

New years day is depressing enough without that shit. what a lame Holiday. so anticlimactic after Christmas.

Drunk by 10 am? That's just a long night for us Texas boys. And I play bongos, not banjo. And plthijinx is probably the best armed bagpipe fag in the world!

plthijinx · 12-28-2003, 03:56 AM

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Originally posted by Nothing But Net

Drunk by 10 am? That's just a long night for us Texas boys. And I play bongos, not banjo. And plthijinx is probably the best armed bagpipe fag in the world!

at least that pig squealing shit coming from my house is from the pipes and not animal husbandry!!

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12-27-2003, 12:35 AM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I Hate a Parade Don't look now, but The Mummers are coming. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-27-2003, 01:39 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I haven't watched the mummers since they ruined it and let women in. I'm not really fond of any other sorts of parades, either. The last such event I actually enjoyed as an adult was at a National Fire Convention and it was really all about the Antique Fire Apparatus. I was in marching band through high school. I loved marching band, particularly the competitions. Parades were one of the necessary evils. Usually, we did two a year, The Miss America Parade in AC, and a local Christmas Parade. The Miss America Parade involved two miserable, long, hot miles in wool uniforms in high humidity. We'd also occasionally have to do a parade during our Annual Band Trip ... the two most memorable being Walt Disney World and Niagara Falls, which involved marching to the Canadian side and back. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-27-2003, 07:35 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	[sarcasm] I especially like to worship politicians in parades. Hitlery did the St. Pats parade in Binghamton recently...I can't believe I missed that, darn shame[/sarcasm] __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis Last edited by Griff; 12-27-2003 at 07:38 AM.

12-27-2003, 11:30 PM	#8
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	pardon my ignorance, but what is a mummers parade? back when i was in middle school/high school (god i'm going to regret this) i was in a scottish band. yep, played the bagpipes, snare and tenor drums. we did the St. Patricks day parade every year as well as a couple of others too. worst part was the kilt........ edit: oh, yeah, googled the parade, cool. __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream. Last edited by plthijinx; 12-27-2003 at 11:45 PM.

12-27-2003, 01:21 AM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	F) I only watch for the cheerleaders

12-27-2003, 10:46 AM	#5
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Actually, I'm looking forward to this year's Mummers Parade...it's being moved back to S. Broad St. this year. We might go down and see it. C'mon Griff, don't be slang-like with the Clinton references.

12-27-2003, 11:53 PM	#10
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	looks like it'd be pretty cool. long lasting tradition, nothing wrong with that __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

12-28-2003, 12:12 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	they're drunk by 10 am, and stay that way until they pass out that night. they play banjos. they spend their free time making matching costumes out of sequins and ostrich feathers. did i mention that they play banjos? and squeaky clarinets, trombones, tubas, drums. ...... drunken band fags. the only people that REALLY like the Mummers are the Mummers. New years day is depressing enough without that shit. what a lame Holiday. so anticlimactic after Christmas. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-28-2003, 01:08 AM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	i like the day off and all, I think it has more to do with the christmas hangover, actually. i'm not old enough to be worried about "getting old". And sometimes it can remind me of unrealized goals. and i guess the main thing is that it just seems so irelevant a thing to celebrate. I'm not a partier, so i don't look forward to NYE, and I can't stand watching the fucking ball drop. stupid tradition, that one. i say bah humbug to new years but dont let me dampen your enthusiasm for it __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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