tommy i know i am enabling you but you are disgusting you and your ilk are, leaving all religious and moral issues aside a biological dead end and unsound
On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy Mardi Gras! Laizzer Les Bon Temps Rouler! > > Go Here for Much More: > > http://www.nola.com/ > > > Get your Mardi Gras on: An editorial > > Maybe when you first woke up today, you thought, for a brief moment, > that you have already done your bit for Mardi Gras, that today it > would be nice to just take it easy. Maybe your feet are a little tired > from a weekend of standing on the parade route waiting for Bacchus or > Selene. > > > > They're ready for Mardi Gras. Are you? > Maybe your neck is sore from the 10 pounds of beads that you caught at > Muses. Maybe you caught a vicious head cold standing in the rain > during Endymion or Isis. Maybe beads are spilling out your front door, > and a month-long diet of king cake makes starting Lent a day early > sound like a great idea. > > Snap out of it! > > No matter how many parades you caught, no matter how much bling you > collected, no matter whether you rode in a parade or your dog did, you > can't say "mission accomplished'' until you do one final thing: mask. > > Mardi Gras wouldn't be Mardi Gras without people all over the metro > area out and about in outrageous, colorful and clever costumes. This > is our show, and becoming part of the moving spectacle is infinitely > better than just watching. > > Sure, a lot of those people have spent weeks and months creating their > Mardi Gras get-ups. Good for them. Take their picture and tweet it to > your friends who live in places where dress-up is something that only > children do. But don't let their creativity and hard work discourage > you. Even if you didn't decide to get your Carnival on until this > morning, you can still pull something together that will turn a few > heads. > > Make a cave man outfit -- a ragged bedsheet and felt-tipped markers > could create a quick Fred Flintstone look -- and go as Stone Age LLC. > > Dig out the hunting gear and hip waders and go as "Swamp People.'' > Don't forget the toy alligators -- and poster boards with subtitles. > > Don an apron and chef's toque, grab a spatula and go as one of our > great local chefs. If all you have is a frilly apron, add a frilly cap > and go as the "Downton Abbey" kitchen staff. > > In honor of Will Ferrell, wear a sweater vest and blazer and go as > "Old School.'' Or salute "Talladega Nights'' by gluing company logos > to a pair of coveralls. > > Take a plain white T-shirt and use a marker to write, "I sued BP, and > all I got was this crummy T-shirt'' on the front. > > Grab your camera, make a stop sign for your shirt and go as a walking > traffic camera. Or if you'd rather be popular, pass out traffic camera > waivers. > > Make a rotary dial out of poster board, attach an old receiver to a > hat and go as a not-very-smart phone. > > Give a nod to the film industry: a beret, a megaphone and a camera can > transform you into a director. Leave the lawn chairs at home and grab > director's chairs to make it more authentic. > > Dress in red from head-to-toe and go as the red carpet. Get a snarky > friend to dress as Joan Rivers and critique other people's costumes. > > Men, put on your Buddy D dress in anticipation of next year's Super Bowl. > > Get a shinier jacket, shorter shorts and a midriff-baring shirt and go > as the 6.1 Stompers, the upgraded version. > > Turn a shoebox into a miniature version of the Crescent City > Connection. Wear it as a hat and ask everyone who walks past you to > pay a toll. > > You get the idea. Now get busy. > > Go Here for Much More: > > http://www.nola.com/ > > > More: > > http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/02/get_your_carnival_on_an_editor.html > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
