# Championship parade attendance:how legit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 7, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716 "2014-02-07T01:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dofe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@dofe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dofe)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/21 "2014-02-08T22:14:55Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > No bloody way. There wasn’t enough coffee in the immediate area to serve 700,000 people. And without coffee, Seattle folks sulk and go home. > > By the way, I can’t imagine being so much of a fanboy that I would stand for hours in Seattle winter weather just for a chance to glimpse a few millionaires riding past in limos and scream my ecstasy at their having won the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper Bowl…but that’s just me, I guess. (I’d be willing to bet that either one or zero Seahawks players actually hail from Seattle, so how are the Seahawks “Seattle’s team” anyway?) You must be fun at parties. I work on fourth avenue and the parade went past my office. I got to work at 6:30 AM and there were already people out with their lawn chairs on the sidewalk, holding their spot for the parade. The weather that morning? In the high 20s, low 30s. And it took me 25 minutes to get my coffee that morning (the line literally went out the door) when I’m usually the second or third person in line at that time of the morning. I think you underestimate the enthusiasm of Seattle fans. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Dumpster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Desert\_Dumpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Dumpster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/22 "2014-02-09T00:23:39Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > Ok, thanks, we were all wondering if **Desert Dumpster** likes to go to super bowl parades. > > We sure are lucky to have that information, not sure if the thread could have continued without it. As we could not have possibly persisted without your opinion re my take on the subject. We sure appreciate your having dropped everything to make that posting. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Dumpster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Desert\_Dumpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Dumpster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/23 "2014-02-09T00:25:51Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I’ll take that bet. Jermaine Kearse, wide receiver and scorer of a third quarter touchdown, was born and raised in the Tacoma area and attended the University of Washington in Seattle. What do I win? Read my post. I said “zero or one.” So if you can’t name a second player, you’re confirming my contention. What do I win? ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/24 "2014-02-09T02:26:33Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > As we could not have possibly persisted without your opinion re my take on the subject. We sure appreciate your having dropped everything to make that posting. I just noticed you’re new here, so maybe it’s just a matter of you not being aware of whats appropriate in the various forums. When you want to express an opinion, especially one that is disparaging others, typically that happens over in IMHO or MPSIMS or the PIT. Over in those forums it’s expected and people may respond with the same tone. In GQ there are certainly opinions, but usually they are relevant to the topic (e.g. “I don’t think they are able to accurately estimate crowd sizes because…”), usually they aren’t so critical of others. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Dumpster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Desert\_Dumpster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Dumpster)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/25 "2014-02-09T05:40:24Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I just noticed you’re new here, so maybe it’s just a matter of you not being aware of whats appropriate in the various forums. > > When you want to express an opinion, especially one that is disparaging others, typically that happens over in IMHO or MPSIMS or the PIT. Over in those forums it’s expected and people may respond with the same tone. > > In GQ there are certainly opinions, but usually they are relevant to the topic (e.g. “I don’t think they are able to accurately estimate crowd sizes because…”), usually they aren’t so critical of others. Ah. Were you elected policeman by popular vote, then? ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/26 "2014-02-09T06:06:45Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > Read my post. I said “zero or one.” So if you can’t name a second player, you’re confirming my contention. What do I win? WR Bryan Walters is from Kirkland, WA - one of the east side Seattle suburbs…so that’s two. > [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > Ah. Were you elected policeman by popular vote, then? Looked to me to be more in the nature of a friendly “FWIW, you might want to refrain from pissing on this fence since it happens to be of the electric variety” but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/27 "2014-02-09T06:47:52Z")
> [@Blakeyrat](#): > > To pile on, SoundTransit (the transit agency that runs the Sounder commuter train, the light rail, and many of the bus routes) _alone_ [transported 200k people](https://twitter.com/SoundTransit/status/431842862859558912) I wonder how they counted. For those who haven’t been, the light rail works on an honor system - you buy a ticket to have ready if someone checks. I assure you no one was checking last Wednesday. All the people on my train who were planning to stay on when it turned around weren’t going to buy new tickets. So tickets sold would be an underestimate. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/28 "2014-02-09T06:54:46Z")
Well, and ultimately, a great many people living in the Seattle area are not technically _from_ the area, or even PNW natives. But some former Seahawks chose to stay around. One of the more notable examples would be Manu Tuiasosopo, who finished his pro career with the Niners but returned to make Seattle home. And, of course, there is Steve Raible, the iconic voice of the Seahawks on the radio, a former WR, is from Kentucky and GA Tech. So, the “they’re not even from Seattle” is more than kind of meaningless. “Seattleites” is not a restrictive label like “Taoseño”, one does not have to be from the area to earn it (but it is not handed out like skittles, it must be earned) ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/29 "2014-02-09T17:37:30Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > Ah. Were you elected policeman by popular vote, then? In this case I would have voted for him. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716/30 "2014-02-09T20:33:58Z")
> [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > By the way, I can’t imagine being so much of a fanboy that I would stand for hours in Seattle winter weather just for a chance to glimpse a few millionaires riding past in limos and scream my ecstasy at their having won the Super Dooper Pooper Scooper Bowl…but that’s just me, I guess. > [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > As we could not have possibly persisted without your opinion re my take on the subject. We sure appreciate your having dropped everything to make that posting. > [@Desert\_Dumpster](#): > > Ah. Were you elected policeman by popular vote, then? **Moderator Note** **Desert Dumpster,** I _am_ the cop on the beat. As **RaftPeople** says, your first post was not appropriate to this forum. Given that you’re new here, and have made a number of other inappropriate posts in this forum, I would suggest that you read more than post until you get a better feel for this board. You might also might pay more attention to the advice of long-term posters. Let’s dial back on the snark and deliberately obnoxious remarks in this forum. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/championship-parade-attendance-how-legit/680716.md?page=1)