Natty Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Desperatly need one, I wanna go to the mardi gras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pissed off Fazz Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 ??? what is that??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natty Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 Poofta Parade as I now refer to it as. The gay and lesbian mardi gras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM 2 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 This thread is as spamful as my threads. It's pointless, noone's gonna buy you a ticket. And even if they did, how are they gonna send it to you? They don't know you in real life. Sorry, but if my spam threads get closed, yours should too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feral Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Actually, I agree, but I'm going to let it run because it isn't insulting anyone, and besides, I'd kind of like to know what a mardi gras is myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 did none of you play Monkey island 2. Elain threw a Mardi Gras (although it was actually completely different to any other mardi gras in the history of mardi gras') it all started in 1699 A French nobleman and his crew of explorers conducts the first recorded Mardi Gras celebration on a small island in the Mississippi River just downstream from the site of modern New Orleans. He then continued upriver to found the site of the future city. 1700s New Orleans, under French rule, starts celebrating pre-Lenten balls Late 1700s Spain takes over and bans the balls. What do you expect from a country that started the Inquisition? 1803 United States assumes ownership of New Orleans as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The ban continues. 1823 Creoles finally get Americans to reinstate balls. 1827 Masking on the street becomes legal. 1837 A group of costumed revelers walk the street in the first documented "parade." 1857 The Mistick Krewe of Comus is formed by six upscale Orleanians. It's still a haven for local bluebloods, but had a lot to do with shaping Mardi Gras: The group coined the term "krewe" for its secret organization, presented a themed parade with floats and costumed riders and staged a tableau ball. 1872 The Russian Grand Duke Alexis Romanoff decides to come to the Mardi Gras, and a civic-minded group forms a krewe they call Rex at least partially in his honor. Soon, Rex becomes king of Carnival, and an international symbol of the holiday. Rex, too, shaped a lot of traditions, like organizing the first daytime parade and deciding that Carnival colors would be purple, green and gold. 1890 The first Carnival marching club, the Jefferson City Buzzards, is formed. 1895 The first black Mardi Gras organization, the Original Illinois Club, is formed. It's still going strong. 1897 The first female Mardi Gras organization, Les Mysterieuses, is formed. It's long gone. 1916 Zulu, which has been poking informal fun at Rex for almost a decade, is officially incorporated. The first king rules with a banana stalk scepter and a lard can crown. Rex arrives at the city via steamboat, Zulu via oyster lugger. 1934 Alla becomes the first group to parade on the West Bank. 1941 The Krewe of Venus becomes the first parade to have all-female riders. Crowds hurl refuse at the maskers on board. 1942-45 Carnival canceled during World War II 1949 Louis Armstrong rides as king of Zulu. 1950 Real royalty - the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - bow to mock royalty - the king and queen of Comus - at the Comus ball. 1969 The upstart new Krewe of Bacchus changes Carnival by naming a Hollywood celebrity - Danny Kaye - its king and launching its parade with the biggest floats ever to hit the streets. It proved instantly popular, and was copied by other new krewes. 1987 Rex resurrects the idea of Lundi Gras, an official arrival to the city on "Fat Monday," the day before Fat Tuesday, which the krewe had observed from 1874 to 1917. 1992 New Orleans enacts a city ordinance requiring all parading krewes to open their private membership. Comus, Momus and Proteus protest by canceling their parades (forever). Rex opens membership to blacks, as many other krewes already had done. 1994 Native son Harry Connick Jr. helps create Carnival's latest show-stopping organization, the Krewe of Orpheus. and natty, i'd love to send you the money, but i don't think you can pay in forum credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kjølen Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Viva la mardi gras! They gove out the nicest beads. And sorry Natsy, maybe if you wanna go so much you can drive? It would take time, but it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabez Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Yeah, I went to New Orleans once. And they were celebrating Mardi Gras. It was fantastic. To be honest anything else is just pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans in 1996. Wildest party I ever been to. Ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 you LIE! Groovy, you told me the wildest party you ever went to was with the Teletubbies and you and NOO NOO did a line of coke together and then you went outside and hurled rabbits at Tinky Wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 No that's just what I saw. But I still woke up in a pool of my own vommit in the back of a parking lot near Bourbon Street. Sometimes (only in New Orleans) things are not as they appear to be. Ask me about the Delta Vampires sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pissed off Fazz Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 na, keep it to yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 trust me, you don't want to know, groovy, you shouldn't have told me but you did, and now i'm telling you, you don't want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benihana14 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 *Cough* GIRLS GONE WILD *Cough* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pissed off Fazz Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 mmmm, i am scared now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Originally posted by Benihana14 *Cough* GIRLS GONE WILD *Cough* um, who are you refering to exactly. natty's the only girl here and she doesn't seem wild to me (well, okay, she is, but no more than usual) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNMax Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Can someone buy me a CD rom drive!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neonbutterfly Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Yeh and a lexus SC430 while your at it Nah the Mardi gras are great, spec the one that goes down in Australia. And its a real pitty that so many of thsoe hot guys are gay lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dath Maximus Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 could someone please explain to Neil Joshi, what girls gone wild is. anywho, ummm..... oh yeah, groovy, you didnt happen to hand out beads to any one if you know what i mean. he he he and judging from the response of the new person...could they be female? if so, then the numbers are growing....yes..... *walks out of room playing dueling banjos on a banjo* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 Originally posted by Dath Maximus could someone please explain to Neil Joshi, what girls gone wild is. yeah, i know perfectly well what Girls Gone Wild is, i was making a joke, get it jo-ke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dath Maximus Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 hmmm a joke? nope, us kansas folk dont know what them are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted March 9, 2003 Share Posted March 9, 2003 umm, now i;m confused, was that a dig at yourself. please don't think my last post was a dig at you or people from kansas, i didn't even know you were from there (i generally don't look at locations). of course your last post was a joke, i got it completely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat_X Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 ? Natty one thing I don't understand...I though you lived in Sydney, so why do you need a plane ticket to Sydney??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshi Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 nattylives in melbourne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadmeat_X Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 Owww...ok...that's sorted out...now we can all go bakc to spamming...j/k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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