# Worst. Float. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 3, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097 "2003-04-03T01:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/1 "2003-04-03T01:15:05Z")
[http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030303/170/3ek8c.html&e=2&ncid=996](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030303/170/3ek8c.html&e=2&ncid=996) I don’t know if the designer got their point across, do you? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/2 "2003-04-03T01:26:16Z")
My. God. " :eek: " > [@](#): > > "A carnival float shows paper mache figure of German conservative opposition leader Angela Merkel emerging from the buttocks of Uncle Sam during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf, March 3, 2003. Merkel has strongly criticized the German government’s anti-Iraq (news - web sites) war stance and recently visited Washington. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender " And I want you to know that my subconscious mind dutifully reported that name as “Ina Assbender”. Ain’t the Internet grand. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Azael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a8b319/32.png) [@Azael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azael)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/3 "2003-04-03T01:29:48Z")
That’s hilarious. Gotta love German people. The French however… ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/4 "2003-04-03T01:30:36Z")
And in case Yahoo takes the picture down, I will record for posterity that for “emerging from the buttocks of”, you can substitute “being shat out of”, with Uncle Sam down on all fours and his naked butt just a-hangin’ out there. It’s actually a very pointed piece of political humor, but I mean, golly. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/5 "2003-04-03T01:31:08Z")
Ho. Ly. Shit. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/6 "2003-04-03T01:52:07Z")
That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen since 9:17 this morning! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/7 "2003-04-03T02:27:42Z")
[South Park] Dude, what the fuck is wrong with German people?! [/South Park] ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/8 "2003-04-03T02:53:40Z")
/Matt Lauer/ "\*And we have a new balloon this year in the \* **Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade**. \*From our friends across the Atlantic in Germany. How would \* **you** _describe it, Katie?"_ /Matt Lauer/ ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/9 "2003-04-03T02:58:38Z")
And not a hair out of place. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/10 "2003-04-03T03:00:03Z")
Never mind that! [This](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030401/241/3oiew.html&e=16&ncid=996) should be adopted everywhere! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/11 "2003-04-03T03:10:56Z")
Ya know, we could _never_ get away with something like this in the States. Imagine, if you will, someone trying to have a float showing Chirac coming out of Saddam’s ass in one of our parades. Won’t happen. Not because people would bitch that it’s insulting to the French, but because it shows a naked ass! Saddam kissing Chirac would be okay, but a naked ass? Not gonna happen. [Dana Carvey as George Bush I]_It’s bad! It’s bad!_[/DCaGBI] ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/12 "2003-04-03T03:31:29Z")
heh heh. Prudish Americans would indeed be offended at the nakedness of that ass. And frankly, I’m kind of glad I won’t have to see that image in the US. You know how we are. We have to do everything bigger and better. Aack! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/13 "2003-04-03T03:40:48Z")
That’s really really ugly! ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/14 "2003-04-03T03:47:30Z")
Y’know, Uncle Sam could sure use some extra time on the ol’ treadmill. Or else that German polyp just makes his ass look big. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/15 "2003-04-03T03:58:20Z")
Hmmmm, the thread title made me think of the time that I had a craving for a root beer and vanilla ice cream float. Unfortuneately, the only kind of ice cream and pop combo in the house were maple walnut ice cream and diet orange pop. Being adventurous, I tried it anyway. I’d recommend that you DO NOT try this combo, ever. The resuling brown and orange fizzy clumps in a glass were about as appealing as the German bum float. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/16 "2003-04-03T04:00:29Z")
That’s been up as a “most viewed”/“most emailed” picture on yahoo news photos for about a month now. I think it’s amazing. -lv ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/17 "2003-04-03T04:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*Ya know, we could _never_ get away with something like this in the States. Imagine, if you will, someone trying to have a float showing Chirac coming out of Saddam’s ass in one of our parades. Won’t happen. Not because people would bitch that it’s insulting to the French, but because it shows a naked ass! Saddam kissing Chirac would be okay, but a naked ass? Not gonna happen. > > [Dana Carvey as George Bush I]_It’s bad! It’s bad!_[/DCaGBI] \*\* Saddam kissing Chirac in an American parade - nah, won’t happen unless its a Gay Pride Parade. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/18 "2003-04-03T06:47:13Z")
[South Park] Goddammit, that is a big fat ASS! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/19 "2003-04-03T07:17:32Z")
Ungrateful Germans. If it wasn’t for us, they’d all be speaking … uhh … never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-float-ever/166097/20 "2003-04-03T07:26:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elmwood \* > \*\*Ungrateful Germans. If it wasn’t for us, they’d all be speaking … uhh … never mind. \*\* Russian?