Santa Clause Parade BA HUMBUG

[Kathleen from Germany]

You can all call me Scrooge but if I were Mayor and luckily for all I am not, I would ban all parades, marathons or any other artsy fartsy bullshit event that clogs up the downtown core. Yes I am venting and it feels good.:grrrrrr:

 

[Zeb]

When you're finished venting ... go fuck yourself.

Let the rest of us enjoy the "parades, marathons and arts fartsy bullshit."


Hmmmmm ... I see I've just hit post 69 ... any ladies out there who would like to celebrate some "arts fartsy bullshit" with me?

 

[Mj F]

#1 survival rule for living downtown: Don't plan anything for Santa Claus Parade Sunday. You will never get to what you are trying to do and will spend the day sitting in traffic in your car with 100's of other people while bullying cops make you drive around in circles.uch:

 

[My Answers Suck]

JB=The Grinch thhat stole Christmas. LOL.

 

[Kelly M]

Or
The ride for sight
The ride for breast cancer
The skate for prostate cancer
The run for the cure
The toronto marathon
etc etc etc

I'm all for events but we have plenty of venues that allow for off the road things like this.

One thing about Mayor Mel: he said that if he was re-elected he'd put a stop to any road closures for things of this nature. His motto was "roads are for driving" and I concur.

I remember one time I had to go to a job at Yonge and Sheppard and I lived in the core. The taste of the danforth was on, the DVP was closed for some event, Bayview was down to 1 lane for construction.Yonge was down to 1 lane for construction.....it took me 1 hr to get up there and over 5 to get back. I left the job at 5 and didn't get home until after they opened the cross streets on the danforth (I think that is around 11 pm).

BTW: I watched a bit of it on tv and I thought this thread was going to be about just how lame it was. I watched about 10 floats go by and they sucked ass. I remember going even into my teens and the floats were amazing. Not just a bunch of crap thrown onto a platform. Like the one with the replica dresses that some movie stars had worn? WTF was up with THAT? How in the hell does that have anything to do with Christmas? Same as the lowes birdhouse float. W T F ???

 

[Bittersweet]

Ban all parades and marathons but you have to keep the Santa parade. Watching all the smiles from children is priceless. I missed it this year because my kids don't believe in Santa anymore but watched it on TV and got goosebumps watching the young ones' smiles.

 

[Jay John]

I'm guessing Scrooge got caught in the Traffic jam.

 

[Nicole W]

I guess young/old man you did not vote for Mr. Ford. :na: :666:

ROADS ARE FOR DRIVING!!!:grrrrrr:



You are correct BR! BA HUMBUG!:grrrrrr:

 

[Luckii]

I don't mind the SC parade but the rest of these should be spread across the city in less congested areas.

 

[Murzy]

^^^ exactly. Either that or make use of one of the many MANY stadiums, outdoor fields, parks, bike/skate/jogging trails etc. I mean, isn't that what they're for? I mean, you can go from the far east of the beaches to hamilton without ever putting your foot onto asphalt......