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Seattle, WA - While most Americans plan to spend Memorial
Day enjoying picnics, barbeques and spending time with loved
ones, thousands of carnival workers planned to mark the holiday
with a final shower before the beginning of the busy summer
season.
Carnival workers union chief Jimmy "Ratso" Rizzo
says that the Memorial Day showers are now mandatory this
year after finally hammering out a new contract with owners
of the five largest traveling carnivals and reading some letters
stuffed in the suggestion box.
"We listened to the public and everyone seems to be
in general agreement that pre-summer mandatory bathing of
all carnival workers would not violate their rights and would
instead benefit both carnival attendees and other staff,"
Rizzo said. "We are thrilled we were able to come to
this compromise after so many months of talks."
In years past, carnival workers were allowed to bath or not
bathe at their own discretion, and many carnival workers,
including Tilt-O-World operator Vinnie "The Snake"
Desoto aren't sure if the new "one shower minimum per
summer" rule will catch on.
"We used to be allowed to bathe in the dunk tank,"
Desoto said. "But I guess it became a problem because
the dunk tank water is earmarked for the snow cone machine
as well as supplying water to the concession stand. At least
now we can shower before the summer even begins -- that way
nobody will blame us for some kind of deadly bacterial outbreak."
As for washing during the rest of the balmy summer, Desoto
isn't very worried.
"Spanky the Clown usually gives me a tongue bath in
around the Fourth of July-- that usually keeps me good through
Labor Day. "
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Above:
Carnival worker Vinnie Desoto, Below, dunk tank water is no
longer used for bathing but instead to make delicious frosty
snowcones
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