Ranger Robin Says

Irrepressible Ranger Robin — either just out of hibernation or on a work-release program, she’s vague about details — stopped by after a visit to Prospect Park this week:

“The signs have been up since Sunday warning about the take-over of the heart of the park by something called Googa Mugger. The Neathermead and surroundings have been in lock-down mode since Wednesday at least, so I was expecting that my Occupy Wall Street comrades were threatening to move in, but then I remembered that the Parks Department won’t let people have demonstrations in the parks because democracy is bad for the grass.

“40,000 alter kockers a day listening to Led Zeppelin and Hall & Oates (??? um, did I just wake up from a 25-year nap?), however, well that’s just fine and dandy. When the Singapore festival occupied the Nethermead for three and half days a couple of weeks ago, only one of which was actually the festival, the rest lock-down, set-up, and evacuation, I wondered how much that big tanker truck full of water on the grass weighed. One gallon of water equals 8 pounds; tanker trucks average 5000 to 9000 gallons, you do the math. However you add it up, it’s a lot of bullshit for sure.”