folklore has it that a number of intoxicated revelers taking part in simpatia é quase amor's march (another block formed ten years before que merda é essa and translated as 'friendliness is almost love') unwittingly split from the main group after becoming disorientated.

after staggering waywardly in the opposite direction for a while some more sober participants from simpatia é quase amor noticed what had happened and shouted 'what s@*t is this? the march is going that way!'