Idiots ran through Long Island City this weekend. Seriously.
Idiotarod raced over the Queensboro bridge this weekend, LIC – photo
Did you see any heavily costumed people running around Long Island City with elaborately decorated shopping carts this weekend? If you didn’t catch the Idiotarod, which ran from the Upper East Side over the Queensboro and through LIC to Greenpoint, Brooklyn Vegan has a zillion great shots, and an explanation courtesy of Wikipedia:
The Idiotarod is a shopping cart race in which five “idiots” tie themselves to a (sometimes modified) grocery store shopping cart and run through the streets of a major metropolitan area. The race usually features people in costumes and themed floats. The race, though fun, is competitive, and teams are known to sabotage each other in an effort to win. Forms of sabotage include tripping competitors, throwing marbles or large obstacles in their paths, and the spreading of misinformation, such as false route information. The Idiotarod is named after the Iditarod, a 1,000 mile dog-sledding race in Alaska.
It must be so wonderful having a trust fund and being able to spend all your time making a public fool of yourself with all your other self-involved idiot friends.
#2, what a miserable soul you must be. It may not be your cup of tea, but it’s called enjoying life and it has nothing to do with how much money you have.
I love it!
The Idiotarod is without doubt the least loved of NY’s spectacles. A flash mob with feathers, narcissists and shopping carts. Who cares.
I agree with #3. I would probably never do it myself but I was driving over the Pulaski when they were going into Brooklyn and I got a kick out of the whole spectacle. I bet this will become a parade in the future.
I didn’t see any advertisements about it! I would have gone to witness it if I knew about it.
Any idea when Dutchkills will open? i’m thirsty for a $15 drink.
I wonder if residents of Coney Island griped like this about the Mermaid Parade.
I’m trying to figure out exactly what it is about Idiotrod that really turns me off. The “look at me, I’m so goddamn ironic” thing really makes me want to puke. Also, I see lots of corny white people. The Mermaid parade and the Halloween parade –at least in their early years — had the kind of improvised, multiethnic, anything goes vibe I love about old New York. This Idiotrod is too pat, too clean, too self-conscious — way too “new” New York for my blood.
Theres no real struggle to see what turns everyone off about you. Get a life & a soul mr. 10.
I don’t get the idiotarod- it doesn’t interest me- but if people find it enjoyable so be it. But more importantly why are all the idiots so upset about people insulting them? No offense- but it’s called IDIOTarod. Obviously- people are dressed up traipsing through the streets doing idiotic things for the purpose of entertainment. If they can’t handle the criticism then don’t be a part of it… you idiot.
it has nothing to do with the idiotarod. it has to do with your attitude… you clown.
more trust funds per capita: participants in the Idiotrod or owners in the big towers?
my money is on the towers.
#14: Oh, snap!
Not many Midwesterners have trust funds, true.
Idiotrod — it’s only just mildly amusing in an embarrassing kind of way. I’m all in favor of genuine, spontaneous idiocy and quirkiness. I’ve always found oddballs in the city interesting, like the guy who peeled carrots at Union Square and died this week and the assorted other nutters who make spectacles of themselves. They are endearing because they are for real. Participants of the Idiotrod, on the other hand, seem like cornballs who just put on the act for a day. They are unlovable because they are fakers. They are the equivalent of an all-kazoo band — FUN-NY! Or those Ice Capade cartoon characters dressed up in big, fluffy costumes who do their act for the Upper East Side kids dragged by their parents to Madison Square Garden. No one really likes them. Kids would rather play a kazoo by themselves or watch the real Bugs Bunny on TV, not some actor in a costume skating around like an ass.
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