WTF FILES?!?///ART FREAKS///THE 2008 CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE…

July 8th, 2008

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Unfortunately, no, this is not a new Butthole Surfers video…

When someone says the words “Mermaid Parade” one can’t help but imagine a street full of hot, young, half-naked women in forgivably bad costumes. Unfortunately, such was not really the case at the costumed perp walk that was last month’s 2008 CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE which instead looked like the movie version of a Vice “Don’t” column. Featuring a staggering array of art-damaged revelers in various states of creative undress, the annual event once again proved to be one of the best people watching processions of all time. Technically the country’s largest art parade, the parade is actually an homage to Coney Island’s long forgotten Mardi Gras that was staged religiously from 1903 to 1954 and invites a stunning array of like-minded exhibitionists to converge on the boardwalk to display their pound(s) of painted flesh. Pour yourself a drink, smear some Vaseline on your computer screen and HAVE A LOOK:

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Unfortunately, for every one of these…

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There’s 20 of these.

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Who hasn’t had this experience at least once?…

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Remember, your dad left your mom to have fun…

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CHUD Marilyn…

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Green penis man gets ready for his 4 o’clock with black Aquaman…

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We miss the old Coney Island…

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Cougar candy…

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Vulgar display of power…

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Deep sea body condom…

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Toilet-paper tube man has his hands full at home…

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Perry Farrell has not aged well…

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José, our UPS guy wilds out…

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The parasol thing…

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…was big….

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…this year. Too bad this one’s not bigger.

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Optimus Squid loses the plot…

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Homer’s “Little Mermaid” fantasy come to life…

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The real Aquaman…

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God giveth…

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…and taketh away.

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Starting em off young…

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Bicycle Film Festival missionaries…

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1925 is starting to look good again…

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Kanye glasses rule…

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Sidewalk glamour…

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The man of the hour. Someon get this guy a Segway…

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