How Papa Quank rained on their parade...
Every Memorial Day Weekend, Herrin, Illinois, hosts a weekend long festival devoted entirely to the town's weirdly vast Italian heritage. Officially, the event is called Herrinfesta Italiana. You have your standard carnival with games and rides, along with your standard beer tents and overpriced food. You also have your standard washed-up musical acts like Firehouse and Eddie Money. And let's not forget the standard parade, where Miss Herrinfesta Italiana rides atop a newly washed and waxed Camaro to show off her shiny plastic tiara.
Last Saturday, my father drove his pick-up truck to the nearest Target to load a ton of recently purchased patio furniture in the back. His direct route home included passing through Herrin, and he was unaware that he was driving home on Main Street at the very time the Herrinfesta Italiana parade was taking place.
Somehow, he got in line behind a police car with flashing lights and in front of some float, with people throwing candy in all directions from both vehicles. He's not sure how he ended up on the parade route, but those Herrinfesta Italiana celebrants were NOT happy. They gave him the evil eye as he passed by without throwing any sugary goodness from his window. And they must have wondered what loser made a float out of nothing but cardboard boxes piled in the bed of a 1994 Ford F150.
And that, my friends, is how Papa Quank rained on their parade.
Last Saturday, my father drove his pick-up truck to the nearest Target to load a ton of recently purchased patio furniture in the back. His direct route home included passing through Herrin, and he was unaware that he was driving home on Main Street at the very time the Herrinfesta Italiana parade was taking place.
Somehow, he got in line behind a police car with flashing lights and in front of some float, with people throwing candy in all directions from both vehicles. He's not sure how he ended up on the parade route, but those Herrinfesta Italiana celebrants were NOT happy. They gave him the evil eye as he passed by without throwing any sugary goodness from his window. And they must have wondered what loser made a float out of nothing but cardboard boxes piled in the bed of a 1994 Ford F150.
And that, my friends, is how Papa Quank rained on their parade.
posted by quank at 11:29 PM
3 Comments:
Who ever said Eddie $$$ is washed up?
didn't you mean shiny plastic tits? or am I thinking of Rosemontfesta?
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