# Doing anything for Mardi Gras?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201 "2009-02-24T15:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201/21 "2009-02-24T22:45:33Z")

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We had some pancakes in the office yesterday for Shrove Tuesday.

I went to mass this morning for Ash Wednesday.

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**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201/22 "2009-02-24T23:35:34Z")

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Veggie burgers and a parade downtown St. Louis with my brother and his two kids (4 and 2.) Parades are a lot more fun if you’re with kids, pets or drunk people.

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201/23 "2009-02-25T00:54:16Z")

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> [@Duckster](#):
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> Since Mardi Gras began a while ago, ends today, and I haven’t done anything to begin with, I probably won’t do much, if at all.

😕 Mardi Gras = Fat Tuesday…it began today. I think the OP meant what are you doing today, not for all Carnival season.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201/24 "2009-02-25T01:49:54Z")

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I used to make a King Cake from scratch, every year, complete with gold, purple, and green frosting and sprinkles. Trouble was, it tasted identical to the cheap-o version you can pick up at any grocery store anywhere. For all the effort, the results weren’t worth it. … So today I had pancakes (pecan oatmeal, to be precise).

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**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doing-anything-for-mardi-gras/487201/25 "2009-02-25T02:14:53Z")

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Asking girls to show me their tits.

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