Because our last award wasn't presented until July 31st, we've come almost to the middle of August before getting the chance to present the award for
The Right-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2020
As always, the selection was maddeningly difficult because of the enormous number of deserving candidates, but after due reflection and a sad shake of the head, I have decided to present a group award to
The Participants
in the
2020 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
The town of Sturgis, SD (population about 7,000) hosts the annual ten-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, a wildly popular annual event attended by tens of thousands of motorcyclists. The rally is being held on schedule this year despite the health threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, and over the objections of most of the town's residents. The state of South Dakota does not mandate the wearing of masks as a preventive measure against Covid-19, and many of the rally attendees are making a point of defying recommendations about social distancing and mask-wearing, viewing these as unjustifiable (if not downright tyrannical) limitations on their personal freedoms rather than measures to protect the health and safety of all Americans.
If you want to buy a used motorcycle cheap, I think there will be many thousands of them available within about six months.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the group award for Right-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2020, is presented to the participants in this year's Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. Sadly, I suspect that for many of the recipients - as well as all too many of their friends and family members - it will be posthumous.
Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday. You know you need it.
More thoughts then.
Bilbo
This sort of stupidity seems to give support for natural selection also working in a negative way. Such a mass gathering of fools will not work in their favor. Sort of like fraternities will probably do this fall.
ReplyDeleteJust make sure to clean the cycles off really well. You know, to get the dirtbag film off. (No, John, not you. We know you're as clean as they come.)
ReplyDeleteI went to Sturgis in 2015 for the 75th Rally. Even if I still had a bike, you wouldn't be able to pay me enough to go there this year!
ReplyDeleteI like to guess before I scroll down to see your choice. This time I guessed the new Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy; your pick is better! They are overly qualified and their ass clownery will reverberate through the region and the country. Given the state government's policies, I wonder how closely it will even be tracked. They've already rejected science.
ReplyDeleteNeil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist, said near the start of the pandemic that Humankind was in the midst of an experiment that involved the potential survival of our species: whether we would listen to science for our collective benefit. Many people don't seem to get it, to our great detriment.