Beverly Farms Parade Float Isn't Funny

Some people in Beverly Farms who think they are funny decided to make fun of the abundance of pregnant teenagers in Gloucester during their "Horribles" parade.

Horrible, indeed. The parade includes women with pillows stuffed onto their tummies mocking the teenagers in Gloucester who got pregnant. Now, that could be considered satire, and mild satire at that. If they stopped there, no one would have written a word.

But whoever designed and planned the float broke all boundaries. If you watch the video, you'll find it isn't just, "Dang! That's a lot of pregnant teenage girls! Must be something in the water!" They throw in a giant squirting penis and Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It." Maybe that was slightly amusing, but the joke got old real quick.

The banner attached to the float said it all: "Knock 'em up high where expectations are low!" And minus points for the "She smelled like tuna, should a pulled out soona" sign, which is a middle finger to all women.

The excuses for the stupid float range from "we're so not PC!" to "it was only a joke." It wouldn't be so freaking funny if they or their kid got knocked up. Rich kids get knocked up, too. It's not like there's a magical shield that protects them from wayward sperm. And there's a big difference between being edgy and laughing at someone else's problems. That's the equivalent of saying, "You're poor! You're disadvantaged! I find that so amusing!"

[Boston Herald]

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