# Bon Mardi Gras! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036 "2003-03-04T17:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/1 "2003-03-04T17:30:16Z")
Laisez les bon temps rouler! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/2 "2003-03-04T17:35:23Z")
Goodness! I was wondering when this was going to pop up! I want beads! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/3 "2003-03-04T17:36:25Z")
Look baby, these are really nice beads and I’m afraid that if you want them a simple flashing will not suffice. Nope I want a close encounter of the third kind. Yeah, what **Cajun Man** said. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/4 "2003-03-04T17:42:29Z")
. . . Right over me like a steamroller. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/5 "2003-03-04T18:50:30Z")
Happy fat to you, Tuesday. (Or something like that.) ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@CinnamonGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonGrrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/6 "2003-03-04T18:55:43Z")
Just wanna point out to all you merrymakers that contrary to popular opinion, Mardi Gras as an American carnival was started in MOBILE, ALABAMA, not New Orleans. Even New Orleans admits it, although very grudgingly. Alabama rules. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/7 "2003-03-05T00:00:13Z")
Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! Throw me something, mister! ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/8 "2003-03-05T00:47:42Z")
[brag] My stepdad got a Zulu coconut! 😃 [/brag] ---
**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/9 "2003-03-05T00:53:52Z")
I’ve been trying _all_ day to come up with something for me for me to regret tomorrow and the next 40 days. So far nothin. Stupid do-gooding panty-waste me. And time’s running out! ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/10 "2003-03-05T22:38:06Z")
Hah, I say. If you like de bacchanal, You want to see we CARNIVAL. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/11 "2003-03-05T23:15:39Z")
We wanna see pictures, **Jill**! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/12 "2003-03-05T23:19:28Z")
Did anyone get the doll yet? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/13 "2003-03-06T00:00:57Z")
The doll? I didn’t get any dolls, but I didn’t go to many parades, either, since I can’t handle crowds. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/14 "2003-03-06T19:19:25Z")
My grandfather has relatives in LA (Metarie, Opelousas, Jackson among other places). This was the first year I can remember that someone didn’t ship us a King Cake.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/15 "2003-03-06T19:47:46Z")
Someone brought a King cake back to our office from Mardi Gras. I told them to be careful not to bite the little plastic baby, and they all gave me That Look I get a lot. Sure enough, someone spit it out and said, “Jesus Christ—there’s a little plastic baby in this thing!” Maybe _next_ time, they’ll listen. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/16 "2003-03-06T21:56:13Z")
Oh, duh, THAT doll! I thought maybe you meant some sort of really EXCELLENT throw… We meant to get one, but didn’t. Maybe next year. We just got rid of our last houseguest today…I mean, she went home. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/17 "2003-03-06T23:11:24Z")
I brought home 2 bags full of beads…really freakin good ones. The only time I showed Thelma and Louise, I received the best beads EVER…they LIGHT UP. Give me about a week to sober up and I’m going to feel ridiculous and possibly find myself on Girls gone Wild again… ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/18 "2003-03-06T23:24:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > Someone brought a King cake back to our office from Mardi Gras. I told them to be careful not to bite the little plastic baby, and they all gave me That Look I get a lot. > > Sure enough, someone spit it out and said, “Jesus Christ—there’s a little plastic baby in this thing!” > > Maybe _next_ time, they’ll listen. I got the baby in the King Cake that was sent to my office this year! Hey, doesn’t taking the name of Jesus Christ in vain when discussing the Baby Jesus make the Baby Jesus cry (or at least get covered in saliva). ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/19 "2003-03-06T23:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BottledBlondJeanie \* > \*\*I brought home 2 bags full of beads…really freakin good ones. > > The only time I showed Thelma and Louise, I received the best beads EVER…they LIGHT UP. > > Give me about a week to sober up and I’m going to feel ridiculous and possibly find myself on Girls gone Wild again… \*\* Again? I think I can speak for the male DFW dopers in saying that they really, really hope you can make it to a dopefest soon! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036/20 "2003-03-07T02:27:58Z")
Here… ( . ) ( . ) now gimme some beads dammit! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bon-mardi-gras/159036.md?page=2)