March of Irony

May 1--
New York

As millions of people attempt to recreate last year's hugely successful nation-wide demonstration against the government's policies on immigration reform, many ran into small problems. Derek Harris, who owns a fair-trade coffee house in Lennox Hill, had hired several Hispanic Americans to create his picket signs, but due to the protest, no one showed.

"I should have seen this coming," Harris said as he scribbled his own signs. "Just goes to show it is hard to find good help."

Emily Franks has organized a way station along the 2nd Ave. parade route, handing out drinks and snacks to the brave marchers. This morning she stared at an almost impossible amount of drink mix, un-mixed due to lack of people of Puerto Rican hertiage. "This is insane." She said as she poured the cherry-limeade into a 5 gallon jug.

The irony was amazingly present in the march itself. Large numbers of protestors had extremely wrinkled shirts. Chris and Anna Northrop had dropped their "F*#k Bush" shirts at the dry cleaners on Thursday, and they weren't even clean when they picked them up.

"Whatever it takes. That mustard stain is more than just a testament to my clumsy eating habits," Anna said, expressing her disappointment at the dishevelment of her clothes, but added, "Those guys will be back tomorrow, and they're going to be playing catch-up. I just hope since we're here supporting them, perhaps a discount is in order? I don’t know."

In other news, the robot building cars in New Jersey shows up everyday for work and doesn’t yet want to smuggle his family across the border in a van. He just got a raise. March on that!