Not an April Fool's joke: who's available on April 14th?

[xiphias]

On April 14th, the "Tea Party" right-wing movement is going to be holding a rally on Boston Common, and Sarah Palin is rumored to be planning to attend.

kpht has suggested the perfect response.

Hold a tea party.

Let's make this happen. On April 14th, when the Tea Party Bus arrives at Boston Common, let's greet them with people having tea and cookies and little finger sandwiches, beautiful china, and frilly hats. Can we get hundreds of people on the common to drink tea in a deeply civilized and refined manner?

I want this to happen.

Who's with me? Who can take some time on April 14th? Who has access to nice china, good tea, and beautiful clothing and is willing to wear it in a good cause?

The suggestion has been made that we're going to need battery-powered boom boxes playing classical music, but I'd rather have real string quartets there.

Let's make this happen.

Comments

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

No permit is needed to have a picnic, of course.

A thermos of hot water is not at all an acceptable solution. This concept requires GOOD tea, and that requires enough hot water at a high enough temperature. For the teas that I tend to like, that means boiling water.

Still, I am convinced that this is a problem that can be solved.

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

:continues her devil's advocate work, in wondering whether someone might call boiling water a weapon:

I don't know of many battery operated teakettles, but I used to have a battery thing that could jump the car and also had a plug for short term otherstuff use. (I still have it but have somehow lost the charging cord.) Anyway, a bunch of those might let folk plug in electric kettles. The solar things that can charge a laptop -- are they strong enough to power a kettle? I'm sorta figuring not...

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[rosefox]

I think a Thermos of tea is a perfectly acceptable thing under the circumstances. This is theater.

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

For some, it may be theater.

For me, it's a chance to drink tea and wear nice clothes and eat sandwiches. Honestly, for me, the more I think about this, the more it's about having a tea party, and less about protesting The Tea Party Movement. Look at this! People I like, from my LJ and from b0st0n, are all talking about showing up to the Boston Common, dressed nicely, drinking tea, eating sandwiches.

At this point, the presence or absence of Sarah Palin is totally secondary to how much I'd enjoy myself there.

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[kiya]

Do you have one of those teapots that maintains heat with a tea candle? I don't think they go for brewing tea, but might do for a dignified way to restore it to decent temperature?

Re: satirists cannot work under these conditions

[redbird]

Good tea can be brewed at home and put into a thermos, then poured and served on the Common.