New York City's considering ticker-tape parade for U.S. Women's soccer team

[LiberalElite]

http://www.amny.com/news/u-s-women-s-soccer-team-world-cup-win-nyc-parade-considered-1.10615198

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The U.S. women's soccer team made everyone proud during the World Cup and now the city wants to give the champions a Big Apple-sized salute.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer called on Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday to hold a ticker-tape parade down the Canyon of Heroes for the team this summer.

Brewer, who also launched a Change.org petition for the parade, said New York is the perfect spot to celebrate the team's first championship in 16 years.
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xposted in New York

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Since I assume there are no more stock tickers

producing paper tape, what's used for those parades now?

[LiberalElite]

3. Guess you haven't watched any for a few decades

Since the late '60s, office paper and confetti. When they did the one for the moon walk a co-worker immigrant from Sierra Leone asked me "why are they throwing trash out the windows?"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticker_tape_parade

[DavidDvorkin]

5. Thanks

I don't think I've ever watched one.

[1970andy]

2. I wondered any more if people even know the meaning

of ticker tape in the ticker tape parade.

[Orrex]

4. Bet they'll use 40X less than they use in the parades for the men's team