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April 13, 2008

Photo du Jour 101

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Photo credit: Bob Brigham

Were you invited to this all-male Washington Square pool party?

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[1] | 04/13/08 01:51PM

I was actually sitting in the park when this took place. I kept wondering where the heck they were going to get the water for it. Apparently, they had done this before, because they just went over and somehow plugged a water hose into a sprinkler head.

I heard a few curmudgeons complaining about what this would do to the grass (as you can see they orange fencing protecting new sod), but meh, this hardly causes as much damage as the volleyball players who take up daily residence there during the summer, and it looked fun as hell.

Perfect day for it too.

[2] | 04/13/08 02:57PM

These guys are my new heroes.

[3] | 04/13/08 03:21PM

Rock on guys! Thanks for renewing my faith in the younger dudes keeping SF cool and interesting. You all get bonus points if those are beers you're drinking.

Sincerely,
An original Elvis, keg in shopping cart, Bay to Breakers partier.

[4] | 04/13/08 07:29PM

Am I the only one who thinks this looks low-class?

[5] | 04/13/08 07:44PM

No.

[6] | 04/13/08 08:54PM

Low Class? Mmmm...yes.

Awesome? Most definitely.

[7] | 04/13/08 09:08PM

10:00am that morning:

Douchebag #1: DUDE. wake up. you know there are gonna be FINES in the park today, bro.
Douchebag #2: Oh hell yeah!
Douchebag #1: We gotta buy an inflatable pool and get down there. If you built it, they will come!!!
Douchebag #2: I love bikinis!!!

7pm that evening:

Douchebag #1: Dude, I don't get it. There wasn't a single chick that wanted to party with us...
Douchebag #2: Yeah, SF chicks are LAME! This worked all the time at ASU!!!

[8] | 04/13/08 09:16PM

You forgot this part...

1:45pm that afternoon:

Douchebag #1: Dude, what's a "blogger"? Is that some code word for gay?
Douchebag #2: I dunno, probably. I think he was checking out your ass. Hey, let's go to the Balboa.

[9] | 04/13/08 09:26PM

hahahah

[10] | 04/13/08 09:27PM

hahahah

[11] | 04/13/08 11:09PM

Was the Marina Green closed?

[12] | 04/14/08 12:30AM

If you've never been young and done anything slightly silly or dumb then go to the very back of the line and take your one way boring ticket back to ElderVilleFuckYou, Montana. I live in NB and when I see this kind of stuff I point and laugh. It makes my day. Nobody got hurt and a few people were amused.

Anyone remember the extreme golfing several years ago? I'm sure most of the stuffed shirts here do not. Putting golf balls down Powell Street might dent up their precious little Prius' and BMW's.

SF is not Boston or NYC, people. Stop trying to make it so uptight and east coast. If you are really that uptight then GO BACK HOME and enjoy the tiny world your anal retentive parents built for you!

[13] | 04/14/08 07:14AM

Do ANY of the people who comment on this site have a sense of humor anymore?? Get over yourselves.

It's hilarious. End of discussion.

[14] | 04/14/08 07:14AM

p.s. Yay RobinSF! You took the words out of my mouth.

[15] | 04/14/08 07:46AM

double yay to robinsf!

my favorites will always be the summer when some dudes set up a slip and slide using giant blue mats down the hill on dolores park that ended up spanning the entire hill. it was so awesome!

[16] | 04/14/08 08:17AM

http://www.meanpeople.com/

[17] | 04/14/08 08:52AM

Thanks guys. I call 'em like I see 'em and am passionate about the whimsical. Anyone remember the original pajama parties at Cafe Rex on Polk? (circa 99) You know - before the uptight attention whores got in on it and started dressing like sluts and manwhores.

We were wearing big pink bunny slippers and silly old people pajamas for chrissakes and getting loaded! ahhh...the good ol' days. And yes, I do remember the massive slip and slide - loved it! We need more of that around here.

Celebrate and enjoy life because regardless of how you live it, eventually it goes away.

[18] | 04/14/08 09:44AM

i sometimes forget that the best things in life are dorky and stupid, not sexy and pre-planned :)

[19] | 04/14/08 09:52AM

Thanks, Rob. Now I know what buttons of yours to push.

[20] | 04/14/08 10:17AM

This is great! I hope more people show up with pools on future sunny days. SF park pool parties!

(I assume that the person who referred to it as 'low class' is one of of the many new residents determined to suck all and any fun out of the city, replacing it with condos and chain stores)

[21] | 04/14/08 10:27AM

Anyone remember the extreme golfing several years ago? I'm sure most of the stuffed shirts here do not. Putting golf balls down Powell Street might dent up their precious little Prius' and BMW's.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have just discovered with absolute, scientific accuracy the line where Whimsey crosses over to Dickishness.

[22] | 04/14/08 10:31AM

Anyone remember Guerrilla Queer Bar? Now *that* was fun. Whatever happened to those guys? Taking over the XYZ Bar in the W in full leather on Folsom Weekend was priceless

[23] | 04/14/08 10:33AM

ievans, to clarify, if i remember right, it started off using those little rubber balls you can get at toy stores, and it was only when people decided to bring in the real balls that things got murky....but i could be remembering a completely separate event involving small balls and san francisco hills, as there have been quite a few in my teen years alone

[24] | 04/14/08 10:40AM

Ohhh! Like when they filmed the Sony Bravia commerical!

http://bravia.sony.eu/balls/braviaextcommhigh.html

[25] | 04/14/08 10:56AM

Hi IMonster. I actually live in Pacifica and have lived there since '93. Despite everyone's best efforts, I still think setting up a kiddie pool when you are over the age of 10 is low-class, public park or not. However, unlike the new residents you mention, I have zero interest in taking my opinions any further than just expressing them.

[26] | 04/14/08 11:02AM

Love it.

[27] | 04/14/08 11:02AM

I'm usually the first one to brand someone a douchebag (although usually it's car or double-wide stroller-related). These guys' antics just seemed funny, not douchey at all.

These kind of spur of the moment shenanigans are part of what makes this city so great, imo.

[28] | 04/14/08 11:03AM

Hrmmm...try this link for the Sony Bravia ad they did in SF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_kLwQJUqYU

[29] | 04/14/08 01:16PM

It's a total sausage-fest in here.

[30] | 04/14/08 07:39PM

late comment:

seriously, these guys look like they are literally posing for an american eagle outfitters ad right at this very moment.

if that kind of thing revs your engine . . . that must be why your avatar is a north beach sign.

if that kind of thing makes you vomit in your mouth a little bit . . . I always carry altoids.

it's not the kiddie pool, it's not the beer, it's the chumps. the. chumps.

[31] | 04/14/08 08:53PM

Someone forgot to mention again that she is a native New Yorker.

[32] | 04/14/08 08:56PM

i like these guys. for obvious reasons.

[33] | 04/15/08 09:01AM

Deborah, be nice. Have I yet made fun of your ugly rat dog? That would be the native new yorker thing to do, and here I am trying to fit in with the hipsters....

[34] | 04/16/08 10:47AM

It is a funny idea, but the guys also do look like douchebags.