Today I had the honor of airing my Festivus grievances in the State Capitol Rotunda in Madison. Serving as master of ceremonies was our friend and compadre Giles Goat Boy in his best George Costanza sweater.
Due to insurance liabilities, we could not perform any Feats of Strength. It should be noted that the Solidarity Sing Along has been showing up every noon-hour, five days a week, for over 700 consecutive days. That is a feat of solidarity and brass-balled Badger strength that makes me want to shout and sing and stamp my feet!
Join us below the impressionist cheese-doodle for more Festivusivities!
Kossack kideni provided the live streaming video. You can view it here. Facebook users can get a feel for the occasion here and here.
Governor Walker was presented with a pair of flame-proof pants:
After the Festivustivities, a delegation delivered them to Walker's office. If he really intends to run for president, he will need them.
My own grievance was that I had to drive an hour to get there because there was no train! (Governor Walker screwed us out of Federal money to establish commuter rail between Milwaukee and Madison.) Deep and bitter are my lamentations, play it plankbob!
During the Airing of Grievances, Kossack plankbob provided sympathetic musical accompaniment on the smallest violin he could find.
Obligatory woozle pic:
We sang many fine songs, capping it off with a rousing rendition of
Soldarity Forever!
But why look at my crappy pictures when you could see some nice shots by
Leslie Amsterdam:
The Capitol Police would not allow us to hang handcuffed angel ornaments on the official holiday tree, another grievance.
Here's a lovely close-up of that ornament, snapped by Rebecca Kemble.
After the Festivustivities, we retired across the street to the
Brocach for refreshments and a light luncheon. The potato-leek soup was splendid. Hit the spot with a glass of porter.
Happy Festivus to one and all!
Solidarity!