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Bay to Breakers porta-party very, very wet
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 21, 2008 | Phillip Matier, Andrew Ross

Posted on 05/21/2008 9:43:35 AM PDT by GSWarrior

It's often called the world's longest party, but this year's Bay to Breakers race through San Francisco was anything but fun for the residents, cops and public workers who bore the brunt of the drunken young "runners" who staggered around Golden Gate Park and the city's west side, relieving themselves wherever it proved convenient.

"We tried to get out in front of the problem, but this year some of these kids were just beyond gone," said city Recreation and Park Department spokeswoman Rose Dennis.

"The media covers this as some kind of wonderful party, but at the end, there is a lot of crap and people urinating," Dennis said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: bacchanalia; nudity; onlyinsf; publicdrunkeness
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To: BhaktaSteve
Sounds like a normal SF day to me.

Yep, just a bunch of liberals "marking their territory".

21 posted on 05/21/2008 3:53:34 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Baynative
I’ve been a drunk and I’ve been a runner. But the thought of getting drunk and going for a run has never crossed my mind.

Me too - the two are mutually exclusive.

22 posted on 05/22/2008 5:58:38 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Baynative
I’ve been a drunk and I’ve been a runner. But the thought of getting drunk and going for a run has never crossed my mind.

Me too - the two are mutually exclusive.

23 posted on 05/22/2008 5:58:38 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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