Financial District fills with stupid people
Story and photos by Steven T. Jones
A motley crew of colorful fools paraded through the Financial District this afternoon for the annual St. Stupid’s Day Parade. Who? Why, St. Stupid, who one fool with a megaphone described as the “two-dimensional scapegoat brought to you by the First Church of the Last Laugh.”
What, haven’t heard of that church either? What are you, stupid? Said fool told the hundreds in attendance that it’s the largest and oldest religion in the world, the one to which all humans are members and from whence every other church is derived. It is the church to which all and nothing is sacred.
Still ain’t getting it? Well, let’s let their actions speak for themselves. They stopped by the Federal Reserve and chanted “We want a bailout!” while carrying signs such as “Free Bernie Madoff” and “Join the fight against feigned outrage.” At Market and Battery streets, they tightened the lug nuts that hold Fill San Francisco to the real San Francisco and had everybody jump at once, just to make sure it held.
They stopped by Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and other beleaguered corporate titans, beating drums, mouthing absurdities, and telling confused suits to go back to work. Some were dressed like pigs, some were dressed like clowns, and some weren’t dressed at all. They proudly celebrated their own stupidity. And they’ve been doing this for decades.
Get it? No? Oh, nevermind. Just look at the pretty pictures:
Wavy Gravy and John Law lounged atop a van that pulled the Doggie Diner heads along the parade route.
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