The proud Polish citizens of Buffalo did not appreciate being the source of Anderson Cooper’s giggle-fit on Tuesday night. Yesterday afternoon, despite Cooper’s effort to make amends, they rallied at Redlinski Meats in the Buffalo suburbs to make their umbrage known:
>Dyngus Day organizer Eddy Dobosiewicz said, “We will not sit back lightly and let the likes of Anderson Cooper have fun with us at our expense.” …
“Mr. Cooper, you can make all the jokes you want, but we take Dyngus Day very seriously here in Buffalo, New York,” said Dobosiewicz.
Nevertheless, in what appears to be a magnanimous act of cultural bridge-building, the Dyngus devotees are shipping a box of delicious Polish sausage to Cooper, along with an invitation to next year’s festivities:
And on CNN last night, Dobosiewicz extended the invite personally, and even offered to make Cooper Dyngus Day’s first ever Pussy Willow Prince:
We are convinced that this is an elaborate trap, and that when Cooper shows up to Dyngus Day 2013, he will be beaten mercilessly with pussy-willow branches.