Get this -- the kids at the Merc are planning to go out tomorrow night and rip up the tape that people are using to mark their spots for Saturday's Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade. Last night, I half-kiddingly wrote that an official ban on reserving spaces for parade viewing would lead to violence.

But now I'm not kidding. Rightly or wrongly, somebody is going to get their a*s kicked out there tomorrow night when an angry SUV'er discovers that their tape's being ripped up. And wait until the unwitting "reservists" confront the people in "their" spots Saturday morning. How festive. Way to go, kids.

UPDATE, 5:16 p.m.: Currently, the city officially condones the taping. The official guidelines are here.