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Postby Candy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:00 pm

New Orleans Celebrates With Super-Parades
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The weather was sunny and mild Sunday as revelers in this fun-starved city gathered for a day-long extravaganza of Carnival season parades, including two of the biggest and glitziest.

The two big processions ordinarily are held on separate days in the big pre-Mardi Gras weekend, but a threat of thunderstorms on Saturday prompted the Krewe of Endymion to postpone its parade by a day.

That put Endymion in line to follow the Krewe of Bacchus through the Uptown neighborhood on Sunday night.

Crowds were being warmed up by three afternoon parades, by the krewes of Okeanos, Thoth and Mid-City.

The sunny weather and party atmosphere provided a sense of optimism for New Orleans six months after Hurricane Katrina flooded 80 percent of the city and dispersed more than two-thirds of the population.

:glp-cheer-mirror: You go, New Orleans! :glp-cheer:
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Postby Lance » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:06 pm

So Candy, what would you do for some beads?
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Postby Candy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:12 pm

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Postby Candy » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:45 pm

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Postby Lonewulf » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:28 am

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Postby Bill EE » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:33 pm

Out of curosity - how many people here have actually gone to Mardi Gras?
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Postby Lance » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:36 pm

Bill EE wrote:Out of curosity - how many people here have actually gone to Mardi Gras?

I've been to the French Quarter a couple of months after Mardi Gras. It's a party then, too.
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Postby Candy » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:48 pm

I've never been to New Orleans.
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Postby Мастер » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:17 pm

Been to New Orleans, but never during Madi Gras
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Postby Lonewulf » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:13 pm

Bill EE wrote:Out of curosity - how many people here have actually gone to Mardi Gras?


I haven't. I've been at the SCA event, man. Go figure.

But still.

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Postby Animal » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:23 pm

Bill EE wrote:Out of curosity - how many people here have actually gone to Mardi Gras?


moi times two.
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Postby teri tait » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:00 am

What's with the baby in the Mardi Gra cake?
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Postby Bill EE » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:35 pm

The baby in the cake - that brings up memories. Don't know why it started but you bring the cake to a party. The person who gets the piece with the baby has to bring the cake next time.

I would have asked why women bare their assets for cheap plastic beads but I never question good fortune.

I went to Tulane and had the pleasure to go to four Mardi Gras - I am able to remember three of them.
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Postby Candy » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:20 pm

I'd go, if I could go to a private party where there is no crowd. I just don't care for crowds. 8-[
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Postby teri tait » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:24 pm

Bill EE wrote:The baby in the cake - that brings up memories. Don't know why it started but you bring the cake to a party. The person who gets the piece with the baby has to bring the cake next time.

I would have asked why women bare their assets for cheap plastic beads but I never question good fortune.

I went to Tulane and had the pleasure to go to four Mardi Gras - I am able to remember three of them.


Thanks for the answer to the baby question, I always wondered.
Nowadays women need only to whip their shirt up on Springer and get plenty of beads any time of year :)
I bet Mardi Gra in the Big Easy is going to be one to remember. I almost wish I was there to enjoy it and I hate wild parties.
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Postby Animal » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:31 pm

Candy wrote:I'd go, if I could go to a private party where there is no crowd. I just don't care for crowds. 8-[


Defeats the whole point. That'd be like an Amish dude going to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
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Postby Enzo » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:15 am

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I threatened my wife with tickets to Jerry Springer, just to give her a scare. Gotta keep these broads in line.

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Postby Candy » Wed Mar 01, 2006 6:13 am

Animal wrote:
Candy wrote:I'd go, if I could go to a private party where there is no crowd. I just don't care for crowds. 8-[


Defeats the whole point. That'd be like an Amish dude going to the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas.
I've seen footage of private parties, so I know they exist. I'll wait until I get invited to one of those. 8)
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Postby Bill EE » Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:52 pm

Yes - there are several private parties at Mardi Gras run by the Krewes (a Krewe is the organization that operate a parade such as the Krewe of Zulu). The most famous (and most difficult to get into) is the Grand Ball of the Krewe of Rex (king of Mardi Gras) - it closes Mardi Gras. All of these parties are costumed affairs and several are televisied (or were when I lived there). Never been to one myself but I have heard they are fun.
"Mars" is also a chocolate bar found on Earth. These are highly concentrated sources of carbohydrates, which are of vital importance to many carbon based life forms. Mars bars are slightly rippled with a flat underside. They are sometimes used in English courtship rituals in which the female performs various allegorical oral acts with the chocolate bar, which is donated by the male as part payment for this spectacle.
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