Does Playing the Bagpipes neccesitate wearing some form of

odd clothing?
Apparently. -though still feeling a bit under the weather I got up and about Sunday..... hearing the far off drone of the pipes, which I am probably bread like a dog to  a silent  whistle to respond to, I  stumbled by the India day parade:

Ah America. Where everyone stumbles over one another to come to, then once, here, march down our avenues waving the flags of their home countries and telling us how great their country is.

Actually, once there i was hoping to hear more of the famous Sikh drummers and what not, but it mostly turned out to be like most other parades- 'floats' blaring techno music and advertisements though there was some nice color, mostly families and well behaved young people, and no sign of heavy drinking or drugs.... unlike some other ethno-parades which shall go unmentioned.

Okay, I have written this entire little piece without one "Black Irish" joke. I must be getting PC.