It's Pat!

So, we here at the Painted Ground North HQ live in the City of Roses, and every year they have this thing celebrating the lovely things called, well, the Rose Festival, culminating in a extremely popular parade. Like most parades, it can get pretty crowded for viewers, but at some point locals have come up with a way of "saving" their spots along the parade route: they tape the outlines of their "spot" a la Les Nesmann and come on parade morning to said "spot" ready to battle anyone who might be in "their" place.

We know, we all thought it was weird, too, when we saw it for the first time last year. We thought, "How odd. Maybe there's a law for it, or something." Well, there's no law and this year, "Tapegate" threatens to overtake the 100th anniversary of the festival. No word on what the PLA's stance on it would be.

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pic courtesy of Portland, Oregon.