re: Who else hates Mardi Gras?

You going to church point?

Where you chasing chickens? Is there fried chicken involved after?

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.

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.

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Who else hates Mardi Gras?

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With a fricking passion

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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.

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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!

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Pintail

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Can't stand it

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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.

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I like to people watch.

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I think it's the thing I think I enjoy the most. Mardi Gras is the people-watching Super Bowl.

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).