Awhile back I mentioned that perhaps some authors should come with warnings...may cause choking hazard,because they sneak up on you with their humor and club you over the head when you least expect it,causing you to choke. Dave Barry is a definite fit in this category. One of his standard saying is "I am not making this up", which immediately leads me to believe that he is of course making it up. This thought prompted me to check the Arcola,Illinois Broom Corn Festival. First off broom corn is actually a grass which as you may have guessed is used to make brooms. The festival not only exists it also has the parade in which Dave Barry did participate as part of the Lawn Rangers in 1995. The Lawn Rangers is a precision lawn mower drill team that marches in formation with broom and push type lawn mowers. Mr. Barry said that practice for the drill team consisted of ingesting copious amounts of beer before they marched. If that isn't enough,it gets better! In 2003,President Barack Obama marched with the Lawn Rangers in Chicago's St. Patrick's Day Parade to launch his race for senate. As a result the Lawn Rangers were invited to march in the 2009 Inaugural Parade.
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