Bay to Breakers: SF Gone Conservative?

A friend of mine has been participating in the Bay to Breakers marathon for many, many years. His group is nick-named "drinkers with a running problem." This annual San Francisco freak show is as much of the city as the 60's hippie days. For better or for worse, it's just part of the San Francisco experience. Summer of Love, anyone? We believe pot is LEGAL here, folks. Gay marriage? No biggie. It's all a big, fat WHATEVER!

Anyway......

Tonight we all went out to celebrate a mutual friend's birthday. The conversation batted around was that of the suckie economy, obscene corporate bailouts, job losses, and how schools should disguise themselves as banks so education could finally get the funding it deserves through the massive bailout proposals.

Then the conversation turned to the Bay to Breakers.

It was mentioned that now alcohol, nudity, and floats with wheels are now banned from the annual Bay to Breakers marathon. What? Talk about a BUZZ KILL! This is SAN FRANCISCO!!! How could that BE? Since when did some up-tight, conservative, PTA do-gooder from white suburbia run San Francisco? GET SOME BALLS AND PROTEST, SF! If you don't stand up to this neo-nazi, yuppie scum, kill joy regime pretty soon you'll all be driving around in SUV's with those stupid little "my kid is an honor student at Hill Crest Elementary" stickers on the back of the vehicle complete with the Jesus Wagon Prayer Group emblem.

Now before you SFers get all wound up complaining about people pissing on your rose bushes, crapping in your driveway, and throwing up in the gutter, don't you think additional port-a-potties would be a good thing? How could we possibly be contenders for hosting the Olympics if we can't even toss out a few more port-a-potties for a one-day, iconic event that lasts from 6:00 am until 3:00 pm? Is there a port-a-potty shortage?

I never thought I'd live to see the day where San Francisco got uptight. I guess hell really is freezing over.