Mardi Gras seasons begins today!

#11 · January 6, 2011, 6:01 pm

Last Year's Winner

Fun Times!

#12 · January 6, 2011, 7:05 pm

The "ultimate" of worthless Mardi Gras junk

The Krewe of Zulu for decades has had hand-painted coconuts as the "ultimate" prize for Mardi Gras junk afficionados. Some years ago, a local ordinance was passed that outlawed throwing the things from the floats as some people were badly injured when not successfully caught.

A late spouse of mine possessed several coconuts given to her by our maid, but her goal was to actually "catch" one herself. One year she had the maid arrange to get a Zulu Krewe member to keep one specifically for her and to get it to her during the Mardi Gras morning Parade of Zulu.

We got up the children early that morning, and got down to South Claiborne Avenue near Louisiana Avenue a little after sunrise to meet the Parade of Zulu. The particular float finally passed by, she went forward to the base of the float when it paused in the parade, the gentleman carefully bend down to place the coconut into her hands, but she was too short to reach up high enough. She then pleaded to the fellow to please let it just slip out of his hands so that she could catch it as it fell.

It fell. It fell between her hands and bonked her on her forehead directly above one eyebrow. It split her scalp, she caught it as it bounced off of her hard head, and she was absolutely delighted to finally possess her objective. When I brought her to the Emergency Room with our bemused children, by that time her face was covered with blood, she was laughing, and instructed the Physician that she wanted BIG sutures so that she could show off her "Zulu coconut scar" for the rest of her life. Indeed she did for the rest of her life, and delighted in explaining to others the origin of the tiny scar on her forehead.

#13 · January 6, 2011, 10:18 pm

Go ahead and throw me into the raffle!!

Carl

#14 · January 6, 2011, 10:33 pm

Last Year's Winner

I want your palm tree Dan!!! 🙂

Ok I will pick the winner. Me!! LOL J/K That wouldn't be fair. But what I can do is also toss in some Beerleg decals to the bounty. Should I just mail them to you Dan or??

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