I received this announcement via email this morning.
Mayor Bloomberg has declared today, May 28, Burberry Day in New York City. Are you kidding me? Supposedly, it's in honor of Burberry's continued investment in our fair city.
The fifty foot logo on top of the new headquarters at 444 Madison Avenue will be lit to commemorate the occasion. The building used to be the home of New York magazine. (I wonder if New York ever had an official day.) Burberry commemorates the demolition of that bit of history on its website. Fun!
I hope it rains all day today so New Yorkers can show off their spiffy Burberry rain gear. And my mouth, hanging open at the sheer absurdity of it all, will fill with raindrops. I'll be hydrated all day.
P.S. Are we really going to elect this guy for a third term?
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Majors proclaim special days all the time, which essentially just gives some honor [or more likely...free advertising] to the recipient. This time next year, I'm betting no one remembers it. :)
As a billionaire business man with close ties to business interests, he must have been persuaded by the Big and High Sign Installers International Union to declare the day thereby merging both voting consituencies.
Commerce is what drives America. And something about liberty. Or maybe justice, I forget.
It's good to know that by buying a British company's trench coat, I have shown my support for the city.
I have struck a blow for capitalism.
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