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| Smarter than the average bear |
Listing in a local classified ad: "Want to trade; ammunition for Mardi Gras beads" | ||
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Cynic |
Might get a lot of ammo for those Lee's Circle beads they had on the news last night. _______________________________________________________ And no, junior not being able to hold still for 5 seconds is not a disability. | |||
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Devil's Advocate |
Damn, send them my way -- I've got buckets and a whole wheelbarrow full. ________ Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
When I saw the title, I thought to myself: people are so geocentric, they think their place is so unique. Then I saw the OP and said, “He’s right. Only in Louisiana. “ Carry on. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Smarter than the average bear |
For those who don't know, they pulled 46 tons of beads from the storm drains: https://www.reuters.com/articl...drains-idUSKBN1FF2KJ | |||
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| Devil's Advocate |
My old man always got a kick out of the fact that they measured the success of Mardi Gras from the tonnage of trash left behind. ________ Homo sum: humani nil a me alienum puto | |||
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| Member |
For those that are uninformed, Mobile Ala. has a Mardi Gras every years also. It is a bit more contained, and has elegant Mardi Gras formal balls with the correct attire being worn. | |||
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Member |
So no beads? 
...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV | |||
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| Member |
Oh yes, they throw candy and beads from the floats, but not all of the drunks, etc. It is much more of a formal beginning of Lent. If I remember correctly, the Mardi Gras in Mobile came before the one in New Orleans. Mobile is a true southern city. | |||
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