Reason No. 827 why we live here in New Orleans. Last night, we went to see Krewe de Vieux, I consider this the first Mardi Gras parade even though it is not. The theme for this year’s KdV was STIMULUS PACKAGE that includes substantial “Investments in Stocks & Bondage” and a bailout plan for “D&D Cock Market Investment Spankers.” In a “Salute to Trickle Down Economics” Krewe du Vieux’s crack economic team, advised by the investment firm of “Schmeckel and Shekel’s Foreskins and Foreclosures,” promises to “Extend the Guard” and “Go Down With Uncle Sam.”
Let me put it to you this way, there ain’t nothing like it. While the world watches their 401Ks and dreams of a cushiony retirement dwindle into a but a dream, we’re dancing to our graves and watching lewd floats with giant women with strap-ons giving it to Uncle Sam from the rear.
New Orleans, in a tee shirt in February, in the streets of the Marigny, little children on the shoulders of their parents, brass bands marching, beads flying – Mardi Gras begins in earnest.
Sounds like a lot of fun!