# Did you celebrate Mardi Gras this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884 "2014-03-05T01:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/1 "2014-03-05T01:01:24Z")
Me, not so much. I had one Krispy Creme ® glazed donut today. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/2 "2014-03-05T01:04:44Z")
I went with number 3 because I totally forgot about it this year. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/3 "2014-03-05T01:08:07Z")
I voted yes, but all we did was pull out some beads from Mardi Gras long ago and I probably should count as a no. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/4 "2014-03-05T01:21:34Z")
I was too late for the boss supplied paczkis ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/5 "2014-03-05T01:35:12Z")
I celebrated by having my oil changed today. I was off work; If I worked today, I’m sure a certain Polish guy would have provided me with a “Pushki”- pardon my spelling. Mardi Gras? Polish donuts? I love this country! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/6 "2014-03-05T01:36:00Z")
I ate a paczki - on Saturday. So no, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/7 "2014-03-05T02:32:56Z")
Weirdly I did. There was a little neighborhood parade on Sunday which we went to. One set of beads and two floats. Pretty small. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/8 "2014-03-05T02:41:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I went with number 3 because I totally forgot about it this year. same here. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/9 "2014-03-05T02:42:06Z")
Nope. I don’t think I ever have except the one year it coincided with a cruise I was on, and they handed out beads and party hats. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/10 "2014-03-05T02:48:50Z")
Was that today? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/11 "2014-03-05T04:07:15Z")
Growing up in the Bible Belt, I never understood what Mardi Gras was. I saw it every year on the calendar, but that was the only reference to it I would ever encounter. No one even mentioned it. Later I thought Mardi Gras was just some annual party in New Orleans. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/12 "2014-03-05T05:45:19Z")
Yes. I made a pot of jambalaya while we listened to two hours of Mardi Gras music on the local jazz station. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/13 "2014-03-05T15:53:28Z")
Paczkis for dinner. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/14 "2014-03-05T16:13:28Z")
I had one person asked if the store I work at sells bead necklaces. That’s about the extent of my exposure to Mardi Gras this year. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/15 "2014-03-05T16:44:54Z")
My wife brought a couple of paczki home for the kids. So they “celebrated.” Me? My arteries won’t let me celebrate anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/16 "2014-03-05T16:50:26Z")
We had pancakes with lemon and sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/17 "2014-03-05T17:06:51Z")
Shrove Tuesday pancake dinner at church yesterday, with a youth barbershop singing group afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/18 "2014-03-05T17:07:56Z")
What is a packzi, by the way? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/19 "2014-03-05T17:18:26Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > What is a packzi, by the way? [This.](https://www.google.com/search?q=paczki&oq=paczki&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l2j0j69i60j0l2.3716j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884/20 "2014-03-05T17:26:09Z")
Had to go with “none of these”. For scheduling reasons, we celebrated my bd two weeks late. I therefore decided to bump everything forward two weeks. So I _will_ celebrate Mardi Gras, but I haven’t yet. Laissez les bons temps rouler. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-celebrate-mardi-gras-this-year/682884.md?page=2)