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!'