Blogs May 25, 2012 at 4:16 pm

Memorial Day Weekend: Some Seriously Hippie Shit

Joseph Staten
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1. Is there a SOBRIETY restriction on the zipline?

2. What the hell is the "Playway", anyway? Didn't we have a whole bunch of creaky carnival rides and crap that we GOT RID OF?
Dr_Awesome on May 25, 2012 at 4:22 PM Report this
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To really Save Bristol Bay after the weekend of preservation and salmon jerky. Go to the EPA meeting next Thursday and tell Dennis McLerran and the rest: Save Bristol Bay. see the details http://www.savebristolbay.org/blog/epa-h…
DapperDave on May 25, 2012 at 4:24 PM Report this
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@1 your question SHOULD be "is there a sobriety TEST for the zip line." Trust + no verify = Whheeeeeee
nullbull on May 25, 2012 at 4:32 PM Report this
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Is Folklife actually fun? I thought it was comparable to "A kick in the face while drowning in fish guts." Don't we have a party line to tow, here?
Zebes on May 25, 2012 at 4:36 PM Report this
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Why do we play in the driveway and then drive into the Playway?
Ziggity on May 25, 2012 at 4:36 PM Report this
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Folk life ..... Crusties meet pot heads meet gangbangers. I think I'll stay home and bathe.
on May 25, 2012 at 5:24 PM Report this
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@4, indeed.
Guest Author on May 25, 2012 at 5:26 PM Stranger Staff
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@1, it's actually called that for a funny reason. It's part of the old World's Fair anniversary celebration, right? The funtimes recreation section of the grounds back then was called the "Gayway". So "Playway" is a brouhaha-dodging homage to that original name.
gloomy gus on May 25, 2012 at 5:32 PM Report this
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Is there a "Flight To Mars" on this Playway you write of? If not, I am not interested.
Catalina Vel-DuRay on May 25, 2012 at 6:02 PM Report this
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Hmm. "Playway", not "Gayway"? They have sanitized all the damn fun out of it. I bet there's a Tipsy Inspector at the zipline, too. "You must be this sober to ride this ride."

No thank you.
Dr_Awesome on May 25, 2012 at 6:09 PM Report this
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P.s. if they brought back the Flight to Mars, I would bring all my dates there! I hear it's rotting away in some rich weirdo's barn out in eastern Kentucky or something.
Dr_Awesome on May 25, 2012 at 6:10 PM Report this
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#4

Folklife is what Bumbershoot would be if they subtracted all the bands that an adult would want to see, and left the kind of entertainment whose venue is the sidewalk of Pike Place Market with a hat full of coins in front of it.
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on May 25, 2012 at 6:12 PM Report this
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@12 If you're not going to be there, I'm definitely going.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on May 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM Report this
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#13

Cyberbully.

Supreme Ruler Of The Universe on May 25, 2012 at 8:37 PM Report this
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Folklife is for patchouli scented dullards. And musicians who can actually play musical instruments and vocalists who can actually sing. Yawn. Jazz. Yawn. Tango. Yawn.
BLUE on May 25, 2012 at 9:37 PM Report this
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Thanks Unpaid Intern, for our annual reminder that The Stranger finds Folk Life to be officially uncool. And the shtick about hippies and patchouli just gets funnier every year.
low road on May 26, 2012 at 12:42 PM Report this
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Looks like the gangbangers came and shot it up.

What is this, "bust a cap in his ass" in Ghetto Seattle this year?
on May 26, 2012 at 10:16 PM Report this

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