Sunday, March 16, 2025
It’s your favorite time of the week. This is what is in my craw.
Nobody likes them. The people in the parade? Most of them don’t want to be there. The people watching? They are only there because they know somebody in the parade and they want to support the person that doesn’t want to be in the parade in the first place. It’s truly the epitome of a vicious cycle.
And why do people not want to be at the parade? Well it is pretty obvious. First it is either so hot you’re sweating like nobody’s business, or it’s so dang cold and nasty that you’re going to get frostbite. Think about the dumb politicians walking in the summer during primaries, or Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with those balloons that are super impractical.
And second, what exactly is being celebrated? Usually a bunch of nothing! I mean sure — it makes sense to “walk or march in public in a formal procession or in an ostentatious or attention-seeking way” (as Webster’s defines ‘parade’) for awesome or amazing things. Like when the men and women returned from Europe in the 1940s or even to honor the 6% (that’s the % of U.S. adults that are veterans). But nowadays there is a parade for EVERYTHING!!!
And do NOT even get me started with the whole candy thing. A bunch of candy grubbing kids trying to get their sugar rush by yelling “Over here! Over here!”
This Sunday’s Stick in TKG’s Craw is sponsored by nobody.
— TKG
