Mardi Gras Scrooge – Politickles

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Carnival Cornucopia

F.R. February 12, 2013 February 14, 2013 UncategorizedLeave a comment

MARDI GRAS QUEEN I came to New Orleans on a Banana boat To see if it’s true What my cousin wrote: He wrote to me About the Mardi Gras And all the pretty ladies That he saw. MORE MARDI GRAS SCROOGE Many native New Orleanians, and even transplanted veterans of …

Throw Me Something, Mister!

F.R. February 10, 2009 February 11, 2009 UncategorizedLeave a comment

Many native New Orleanians, and even transplanted veterans of more than three carnival seasons, have become jaded by the fortnight of festivities culminating on Fat Tuesday. . . . — “The Mardi Gras Scrooge,” F.R. Duplantier, 1979 I was surprised when I first learned, as a teenager, that many New …