# NYC Gay Pride Parade..meh..I've seen gayer

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 30, 2004, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954 "2004-06-30T22:01:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/41 "2004-07-04T03:54:43Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> So, having never been to a Pride Parade (I’m not aware of Pittsburgh ever having one, and even then, I’m not really a big fan of parades in general), what IS the most “out there” entry anyone has ever seen?

[This one was pretty fabulous](http://www.acmewebpages.com/graphics/ahdm01.jpg)

…[but it had a dark side](http://www.acmewebpages.com/graphics/ahdm03.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/42 "2004-07-04T13:53:46Z")

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[QUOTE=Kalhoun]  
No such thing as chaps with an ass.QUOTE]

You clearly don’t hang out where I hang out.

I’m nominally straight, and I know for a fact that there are plenty of chaps out there with asses.

Nice men, too. Wholesome men.

😃

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/43 "2004-07-04T14:43:50Z")

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[QUOTE=Cartooniverse]

> [@Kalhoun](#):
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> No such thing as chaps with an ass.QUOTE]
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> You clearly don’t hang out where I hang out.

:::brain explodes under the pressure of too many dirty comeback lines:::

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**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/44 "2004-07-05T12:34:45Z")

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😉

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/45 "2004-07-05T14:25:13Z")

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Whatever happened to Sister Mary BoomBoom?

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**Author:** ![Winterwren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Winterwren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winterwren)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-gay-pride-parade-meh-ive-seen-gayer/252954/46 "2004-07-06T12:05:03Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> Well, first of all I don’t know the rules about jumping into the middle of a parade and don’t want to get in trouble.
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> Second, I’m not really an assless chaps guy but that’s just me.
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> I don’t know. Apparently my girlfriend thinks a bunch of shiny guys dancing around to “It’s Raining Men” makes me uncomfortible. It’s not my thing or anything like that but it’s not like I’m worried that their going to spot my straighness, snatch me up and steal me away to their gay hideout or anything like that.

All right, all you Marys, you’re slacking off! Who’s on “snatch up the straight boy” detail this week? We’ve got quotas to fill!

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