Fremont Solstice Parade

[LaughingOtter]

Beatings and mutilations!
This Saturday is the annual Fremont Solstice Parade in Seattle. I will be in it again as a Pirate Priest hoistin' aloft His Noodliness The Flying Spaghetti Monster. I'd be much too scary as a nude bicyclist.

I like doing this because it provokes two very distinct reactions in the crowd:
1) Confusion - as in WTF is that? And why are people laughing and cheering and dancing around?
2) Joy/Laughter/Cheering - from the folks who are clued in. This further confuses the people in the first group, much to the further amusement of the guys in this group.
A couple of years ago the FSM stopped in front of a bunch of Greyfaces with their "Repent" and "You Are All Going To Hell" signs. The FSM appeared to read the signs and then prodded them with a noodly appendage. This increased the already high level of hilarity to the point where some people had tears running down their faces, they were laughing so hard. I live for that kind of stuff.

It'll be another wonderfully chaotic day. I'm not sure if it counts as a Day of Discord, though.

[the dreadful hours]

they all deserved it

[Cramulus]

HAIL yes! Can we see some pix?

[Adios]

AAAAARRRRRRRRG!

PAGANZ ITT!

[Cramulus]

AAAAARRRRRRRRG!

PAGANZ ITT!

AM NOT!! WHO YOU CALLIN' A SPAGAN??
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[East Coast Hustle]

I don't think the Fremont Solstice Parade confuses many people. It does, however, definitely annoy them, especially if they're trying to get across the bridge without getting any dirty hippie byproducts on their vehicle.

[East Coast Hustle]

that said, I'm all for the naked cyclists.








THAT said, I wish that they could find some more attractive naked cyclists than the current crop.

[the last yatto]

martini shaker plus new flash...

[East Coast Hustle]

list of awesome Seattle events, ranked by awesomeness:

Any given riot
Yo, Son! at Chop Suey
Bumbershoot
Any half-decent show at the Funhouse
Cap Hill Block Party
UW Street Fair
any showing of "Showgirls" with David Schmader doing live running commentary
Northwest Folklife Festival
Any Everett Silvertips game that happens on a friday or saturday night
New Year's Eve at EMP/Space Needle
Bite of Seattle
Fat Tuesday (this ranks first if you're a frat-boy or a whitethug)
Seafair
Fremont Solstice Parade (would rank higher if those dirty hippies would stop using the troll as their personal public restroom/shooting gallery)










Any Critical Mass event (ranks higher if you like to beat up annoying bike nazis)

[the last yatto]

if those dirty hippies would stop using the troll as their personal public restroom/shooting gallery)

im wondering if me mom still has that tazer... SIR STEP AWAY FROM THE TROLL

either way, seems like a drink from the flask kinda day, maybe even troll the pagans

[East Coast Hustle]

oh, hell yeah. That's pretty much what Fremont is good for anyway. That, and trolling the semi-urbanite yuppies who like to shop at the Fremont Market in a lame attempt to increase their locavore cred.

[East Coast Hustle]

It occurs to me that there may be a deeper meta-meaning to the troll-as-icon in a neighborhood built for trolling.

[the last yatto]

sadly didnt wake up in time to get myself one of those atheist fish... think they had a FSM one...
*mumbles something about having to work on fathers day*

[LaughingOtter]

Well, that was actually quite a bit of fun! Nude bicyclists and pirates and zombies, oh my!
Lots of smiles and laughs, lots of blown minds.

Our minds (as the pirates) were blown on two occasions during the parade by:
1) The girl who was on her cell phone during the whole blessing (which we made fun of though she was clueless about it),
2) The guy who provided his own pasta for the blessing. Which was cool!

After the parade I went and hid out at ADD Motorworks until it was time to hit the pinball party. That was a blast! We had brewed two beers for that party and all ten gallons had been drunk by about 10:30, along with quite a lot of other spirits and special brownies and...

Well, I think I can sum it all up thusly: "AAAAAIG ARRRIC GUBB IN FERLIN GOTT!" And you can quote me on that.