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Happy Mardi Gras

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Johnny Dangerously, Feb 20, 2007.

  1. joe

    joe Active Member

    Went in 1999. Everthing was cool until that $9 hurricane. Then things went kinda sideways for the rest of the night.
     
  2. Sxysprtswrtr

    Sxysprtswrtr Active Member

    Don't have to go during Mardi Gras. You could go during Halloween, affectionately deemed the "Gay Mardi Gras"

    That is quite fun, too!
     
  3. I went to New Orleans a few years ago when I was 18. Me and my buddies walked into a bar, when a bouncer stopped me and asked for ID. Um, yeah, I don't have any. So I pretend to start looking for it, hoping to stall for a good excuse when he says "just hurry up and show me something so I can keep the line moving."

    I gave him my old Pittsburgh library card...
     
  4. MU_was_not_so_hard

    MU_was_not_so_hard Active Member

    That place gets so packed.
    They just need to put up ropes and motorized walkways -- "On the left, you'll see boobs. DRINK THIS HAND GRENADE!!! On the right, more boobs..."
     
  5. John

    John Well-Known Member

    You mean the pleasure of sitting next to me today at the state tournament wasn't enough to make you forget about missing Mardi Gras? That really hurts.

    Of course since your laptop died right after you got here, I don't even know why I'm typing this.
     
  6. Just_An_SID

    Just_An_SID Well-Known Member

    On one of my many visits to New Orleans, a cab driver imparted these wonderful words of wisdom:

    "Hurricanes are like women's breasts. One is not enough and three is too many."

    How right he was.
     
  7. Jesus_Muscatel

    Jesus_Muscatel Well-Known Member

    Better yet, go to New Orleans for the Jazz Fest. Final weekend in April. First weekend in May. Allman Brothers are coming back this year.
     
  8. The only place in the world this country where you can stroll by a cop while smoking a joint but don't you dare piss on a building or they will beat you down like a dog.
     
  9. busuncle

    busuncle Member

    It's NOPD, so the cops may beat you down like a dog for any reason they feel like. They can also shoot you repeatedly in the back, especially if you're mentally retarded.

    But having both smoked and pissed in N.O. (and having friends who have done the same), I can tell you that either is an arrestable offense that I would try to avoid it if at all possible.
     
  10. Sorry ... I was speaking from experience ...

    added: Well, at least about the part where I practically standing in front of a cop smoking on a doobie ... I didn't get the piss beat out of me for ... you know ... but a friend did ... the place needs bathrooms.
     
  11. FuerteJ

    FuerteJ Active Member

    I've seen it spelled both ways. I'll stick with what I've got.
     
  12. Del_B_Vista

    Del_B_Vista Active Member

    I rode on a Mardi Gras float for the first time yesterday. Granted, it was Biloxi, but it was still pretty neat. I needed to buy more beads to throw, however. The newspaper supplied a bunch, but it's addictive throwing that stuff out. Crowd estimates were 75,000 there, so I can't imagine what it's like to see a NOLA crowd from a float.
     
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