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re: Who else hates Mardi Gras?
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:05 am to LSUdm21
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:05 am to LSUdm21
quote:Lol at comparing standing in a crowd of drunks begging for someone to throw you shitty plastics beads to hunting and fishing.
Same can be said for fishing and hunting
This post was edited on 3/2/14 at 8:12 am
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:09 am to KingRanch
Nah I'm too old to start drinking at 6 am
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:11 am to yellowfin
Where you chasing chickens? Is there fried chicken involved after?
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:12 am to KingRanch
I'd like to make a chickwn chasin Mamou before I die.
In Gheens they whoop you with sticks...... my kids don't like to go.
In Gheens they whoop you with sticks...... my kids don't like to go.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:17 am to KingRanch
I don't care for it. I liked it when I was a kid but as I've grown up, I've come to realise that its not about the kids anymore so I try to avoid going to parades.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 8:49 am to CHEDBALLZ
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Mamou
Speaking of trashy Mardi Gras
Posted on 3/2/14 at 9:52 am to KingRanch
this year i have won mardi gras. set up shop with 8-10 friends on the barricade in front of desi vega on st charles. free bathroom awesome "parade" food and plenty of space to sit back and hang out for the afternoon parades. got crowded for Endymion but still was able to keep our buffer zone with the ice chests and chairs. after its all done, walked 2 blocks drove down Barone and was home to metairie in less than 20 min.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 10:36 am to KingRanch
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Who else hates Mardi Gras?
With a fricking passion
Posted on 3/2/14 at 11:33 am to Got Blaze
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as a teenager growing up in Metry in the early 80's , MG was an excuse to drink, smoke, and eat psychedelics
This. Once I reached legal drinking age, I quit going.
I don't get it.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 11:37 am to CE Tiger
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this year i have won mardi gras. set up shop with 8-10 friends on the barricade in front of desi vega on st charles. free bathroom awesome "parade" food and plenty of space to sit back and hang out for the afternoon parades. got crowded for Endymion but still was able to keep our buffer zone with the ice chests and chairs. after its all done, walked 2 blocks drove down Barone and was home to metairie in less than 20 min.
Last year we did today's parades the right way too. We were on Magazine (close to Napoleon) at a tattoo shop that the owner's wife is a nurse that I work with. Bathrooms, food, space to set up that was only a 2-3 people deep and MOONSHINE!
Posted on 3/2/14 at 12:09 pm to KingRanch
Back in the day (starting in undergrad - over 25 years ago), I was pretty hard core about it. Hit the major NO parades (Sunday Night and MG day). Partied hard, fought for beads, lots of self-debasement.
Had kids...focus changed. Stayed sober and went to more "family friendly" parades (Metairie, Houma) when we've gone to parades (we've also gone on some vacations - Disney once [never again at MG]).
I suspect that once the kids are gone, may trend back to my original approach, with some maturity and a better bankroll.
Had kids...focus changed. Stayed sober and went to more "family friendly" parades (Metairie, Houma) when we've gone to parades (we've also gone on some vacations - Disney once [never again at MG]).
I suspect that once the kids are gone, may trend back to my original approach, with some maturity and a better bankroll.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 12:14 pm to Pintail
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Pintail
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Can't stand it
I'll bet you're just loads of fun to be around. And you probably really think you are.
If a person can't enjoy a little Mardi Gras and let their hair down every few years then they - and those who must tolerate them day in and day out - have my sympathies.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 12:24 pm to Slinky
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I like to people watch.
I think it's the thing I think I enjoy the most. Mardi Gras is the people-watching Super Bowl.
Posted on 3/2/14 at 12:27 pm to wallowinit
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I like to people watch.
did the balcony thing on bourbon for 7-8 years, that was the best part was people watching.... you see shite you've never seen.... many of nights i wanted to wash my eyes out bc of what i had seen....
The different mardigras balls are the best tho.... could care less about the parades
Posted on 3/2/14 at 4:50 pm to sonoma8
I like Mardi Gras, especially if you have a good set-up (i.e. friend with a house or apartment along the route, parking spots, reserved space, bathrooms, etc.) It's a great celebration and tradition that distinguishes south Louisiana from other parts of the country. We should work to preserve it as much as possible.
There are some things that annoy me about it:
-You find a lot of people who get really excited about it but are just there for the party and have no idea what it actually celebrates, nor do they care.
-People who make a big deal about being in parade and being named queen or king of some podunk parade like it is some kind of significant life accomplishment.
-Nolatards who look down on anything Mardi Gras that doesn't involve New Orleans, like New Orleans invented Mardi Gras or something (some people do think this).
There are some things that annoy me about it:
-You find a lot of people who get really excited about it but are just there for the party and have no idea what it actually celebrates, nor do they care.
-People who make a big deal about being in parade and being named queen or king of some podunk parade like it is some kind of significant life accomplishment.
-Nolatards who look down on anything Mardi Gras that doesn't involve New Orleans, like New Orleans invented Mardi Gras or something (some people do think this).
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