So I went to two kid birthday parties in April, and both had piñatas. (Don’t ask me why I’m going to kid birthday parties if you don’t want to know!!) Anyway, many of the grown-ups were grumbling about the piñatas, complaining that they drag perfectly good parties to a screaming halt (since most kids aren’t strong enough to bust the pinata, and it takes forever), and/or they’re super dangerous (because someone almost always nearly gets brain trauma from a stray swing of the bat).
On the other hand, other grown-ups think they’re super fun, a tip o’ the sombrero to our neighbors south of the border, and that there are too many goddamn safety rules placed on kids already.
Sooooo… what do YOU think? Let’s play “Overrated, Underrated, or Rated!” (Remember: If you vote “rated” you mean that the subject in question is just as awesome or awful as people think it is, therefore it is not over or under.) Check out our last “Overrated, Underrated, or Rated” about Allen Ginsberg for another example.
Ready? Okay, let’s do this!!
PINATAS: OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, OR RATED?
By the way, if you want to read the dryest, most hilarious blog in the world, check out “Down with Pinatas.”
“You are 10 times more likely to be the victim of pinata related violence than a terrorist attack.”
Rated… they adquately server the purpose for which the gods of papier-mâché created them.
No more, no less.
Oh my God. That blog is amazing.
“I am often accused of racism because of my vehement opposition to pinatas – northern California has a large Mexican population after all. But I want to be clear that this has nothing to do with the people of Mexico. Yes, they are largely a violent society, with the pinatas, the bull fights, the criminals coming across our borders and what not. But for the most part they seem to be hard workers – they mow our yards, clean our houses and pick up our trash. I applaud them for trying to make a better life for themselves. But I deplore the importation of their violent “sports” like pinata bashing parties. “
YOU DON’T SAY
I’m fine with them, especially if they’re crude knock-offs of trademarked figures.
I had a “Mikey Mouse” pinata when I was 8.
Ginsberg and kid parties, eh?
Let me go ahead and log my OVERRATED! vote for the next topic “Middle School Boys Swim Meets: OVERRATED, UNDERRATED, OR RATED.”
Depends on what’s in the pinata… I heard about a party that had airline bottles of booze, fat nugs, and tiny baggies of coke. I think that one would be a hit with the adults.
Had one in college that was full of condoms, indie-packed lube and, of course, candy. That was a hit with all.