Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute. My friend caught a coconut - it was the highlight of his year.

FredaDeStilleto: Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute. My friend caught a coconut - it was the highlight of his year.

your friend needs to get a life

FredaDeStilleto: Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute. My friend caught a coconut - it was the highlight of his year.

Ya know, that's one of those things that will be on the Antique Road Show a hundred years from now.

A Zulu coconut is the most coveted item to catch from a Mardi Gras float.

One time a guy threw the cap to a bottle of liquor into the crowd. I caught it and threw it right back at his ass.

I have no Idea what a Zulu coconut looks like.

I've got a Zulu coconut last year. It was definitely a highlight!

The family in front of me wasn't familiar with Zulu, and had no idea what the coconuts meant. They had two small (cute) little boys - like 4 and 6. They got over a dozen coconuts between them, which totally pissed off the 30-somethings next to them who were jealous. It was awesome.

oh right, Zulu does this for every incoming President. i almost forgot.

This is bad news.....

Sue Dunham: I have no Idea what a Zulu coconut looks like.

GIS is your friend. They are all handpainted, so all a bit different.

To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

FredaDeStilleto: Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute.

Wrong. (new window)

They only mystery is if they will actually start on time. If history is any indication, Obama will be getting his coconut sometime in the beginning of February.

I went to New Orleans for the cheap waterfront housing...

/Ducks
//Already have my ticket

sidgoop: FredaDeStilleto: Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute.

Wrong. (new window)

They only mystery is if they will actually start on time. If history is any indication, Obama will be getting his coconut sometime in the beginning of February.

So true...

Zulu rocks, but Endymion is still my favorite.

schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

Get off Bourbon street for Mardi Gras. Stand on the other side of Canal Street to avoid the boobs and most of the frat boys. Go enjoy the family-friendly parades in Metairie.

Witchydiva: Sue Dunham: I have no Idea what a Zulu coconut looks like.

GIS is your friend. They are all handpainted, so all a bit different.

Are some as big as a head?.

SarahL: sidgoop: FredaDeStilleto: Zulu has the best Mardi Gras krew. For anyone unfamiliar with it, their route is never published in advance, so you have no idea where they'll show-up until the last minute.

Wrong. (new window)

They only mystery is if they will actually start on time. If history is any indication, Obama will be getting his coconut sometime in the beginning of February.

So true...

So very true.

=

Check the resemblance...

So he's not a secret Muslim, he's a secret voodoo-ist?

Okay, so a social club composed of the descendents of West Africans names itself after a South African tribe and then presents a solidarity gift to the incoming President, who's the son of an East African.

Glad we got that geographic confusion straightened out.

Why is it alright for this particular group to wear minstrel style blackface makeup, wear grass skirts, carry spears, and generally make fun of an indigenous African tribal culture of which their African ancestors probably weren't actually a part of in Africa? And, the last time I checked, there weren't any coconuts in Zulu land. I guess it is ok to perpetuate these negative stereotypes.

CygnusDarius: Zulu coconut

Are some as big as a head?.

See 40oz_A_Knight's post for the best answer. :)

/I recommend against giving them a twist a flick of the wrist

This was rather a dumb thread to get greenlit.

Non-Mardi Gras/New Orleans people don't understand, so they're gonna chime in with all sorts of ignorant comments.

X1's Here: This was rather a dumb thread to get greenlit.

Non-Mardi Gras/New Orleans people don't understand, so they're gonna chime in with all sorts of ignorant comments.

Then again - this is FARK, so that's actually not anything new.

/carry on

X1's Here: This was rather a dumb thread to get greenlit.

Non-Mardi Gras/New Orleans people don't understand, so they're gonna chime in with all sorts of ignorant comments.

I came here to post this...

Stoiclawyer: Why is it alright.....

Because PC hasn't infiltrated all levels of society. Thank gawd.

My family has quite a few of them. And really, does ANY parade start on time? My grandfather was and father is part of the Jefferson City Buzzards. This year, my son will be joining:)

santadog:
Ya know, that's one of those things that will be on the Antique Road Show a hundred years from now.

That show has made me look twice at junk before I send it to Agape.

No pics ! Didn't even bother to read it.

schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

You're doing it wrong.

If you want to see parades, go catch them around where they begin, or the middle of their routes. Most of the major parades in New Orleans start uptown, with the exception of Endymion, which has returned to my Midcity neighborhood. Thing is, it's families, so there's none of that flashing drunk frat boy business. In fact, for Endymion each year I make a 10-gallon pot of jambalaya. Friends and I collect along Canal St. about 30 blocks outside the French Quarter. After the parades, we go bar hopping in the neighborhood, as there are a few bars around that are well worth not even stepping foot in the Quarter. If it weren't for me working there, I probably wouldn't ever go.

If you desperately want to see parades but refuse to leave the confines of downtown, at least go deeper into the CBD, about where Poydras and St. Charles intersect. After that, take yourself to Frenchmen. Best bet though is to get out of the quarter, not even stay in the quarter, or be around it if you don't wanna see that type of stupidity.


Stoiclawyer: Why is it alright for this particular group to wear minstrel style blackface makeup, wear grass skirts, carry spears, and generally make fun of an indigenous African tribal culture of which their African ancestors probably weren't actually a part of in Africa? And, the last time I checked, there weren't any coconuts in Zulu land. I guess it is ok to perpetuate these negative stereotypes.



Go ahead and get that sand out.

schadenfreudian: But, did they follow Nilsson's advice and put lime in it?

You drink them both up

My dad has a zulu coconut from like 1976. I didn't even know they still did that.

schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

Is that when you pull your head out and breathe fresh air?

/your Mardi Gras is what you make it, frat boy

"Zulus... thousands of 'em..."

schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

You have no idea what the real Mardi Gras is.

annoyed_grunt: schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

You have no idea what the real Mardi Gras is.

Real Mardi Gras ended in the early 1980's when it became an event for out of towners to come to the city and show their collective asses and tits, and act like asses.

Mardi Gras was great when you had families lining the street, sharing food and drink, watching each others children. There was no fighting for beads.

I would say the best Mardi Gras I have been to in years was the first one Post Katrina. The majority were just locals happy to be back in the city.

People of all colors and creeds mixed and mingled.

I am a New Orleans native. For a local Mardi Gras means either get out of town, or enjoy the parties with family and friends. IT does not mean Bourbon Street.

/former manager of Pat O Briens, I know the quarter better than most.

theflatline: I would say the best Mardi Gras I have been to in years was the first one Post Katrina. The majority were just locals happy to be back in the city.

I totally agree with this.
Joy and tears and tears of joy.

X1's Here: theflatline: I would say the best Mardi Gras I have been to in years was the first one Post Katrina. The majority were just locals happy to be back in the city.

I totally agree with this.
Joy and tears and tears of joy.

I was walking down St. Charles with a buddy and were heading to Igors for drinks, and an old black man turned around and handed us to plates of food. BBQ, Jambalya, Potato salad, and french bread. Real Louisiana french bread.

He said "you look like you been gone awhile boy, welcome home"

I teared up, and I am one cynical some of a biatch.

so it's not because, like a coconut, he's brown on the outside and white on the inside?

\ducks

Stoiclawyer: Why is it alright for this particular group to wear minstrel style blackface makeup, wear grass skirts, carry spears, and generally make fun of an indigenous African tribal culture of which their African ancestors probably weren't actually a part of in Africa? And, the last time I checked, there weren't any coconuts in Zulu land. I guess it is ok to perpetuate these negative stereotypes.

You must be great fun at parties.

schadenfreudian: But, did they follow Nilsson's advice and put lime in it?

Drink a bowl up and call me in the morning.

theflatline: X1's Here: theflatline: I would say the best Mardi Gras I have been to in years was the first one Post Katrina. The majority were just locals happy to be back in the city.

I totally agree with this.
Joy and tears and tears of joy.

I was walking down St. Charles with a buddy and were heading to Igors for drinks, and an old black man turned around and handed us to plates of food. BBQ, Jambalya, Potato salad, and french bread. Real Louisiana french bread.

He said "you look like you been gone awhile boy, welcome home"

I teared up, and I am one cynical some of a biatch.

I was on the porch of Lucky's. I couldn't keep track of the homecoming greetings, and random people just hugging each other and crying.

I remember every single person, black and white, getting up and on their feet and standing in honor (except 2 ppl in wheelchairs) when the real Zulus (the ones that flew in from Africa) walked by - not a dry eye around.

Witchydiva: schattenteufel: To hell with Mardi Gras. Drunken frat boys & obnoxious chicks with low self esteem flashin' their boobs.
I go to New Orleans for the Jazz & Heritage Festival. Much better crowd, much more fun.

Get off Bourbon street for Mardi Gras. Stand on the other side of Canal Street to avoid the boobs and most of the frat boys. Go enjoy the family-friendly parades in Metairie.

Cleopatra FTW!

Have they obtained the swallows yet?