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Watch The Best Daggering Videos From The West Indian Day Parade
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 4, 2012
Modified Sep 4, 2012
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John Del Signore
Published Sep 4, 2012
Modified Sep 4, 2012
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Yesterday's West Indian American Day Parade has already given us several outstanding videos of dirty dancing and raucous revelry. But we'll be impressed if another video emerges to top this first one, which features gray-haired man dancing and grinding with an enthusiastic younger woman. Behold the crackling chemistry as the couple falls backward onto the street, continues grinding on the pavement—and then the unidentified male dancer rises with a [SPOILER ALERT] noticeable [REDACTED]:
And here we have some, uh, spirited female on female daggering:
No video of NYPD daggering has surfaced (yet), so for now content yourself with this hip-level video, which really makes you feel like you're immersed in the daggering action:
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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