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dionysius
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:51am
triskele wrote:
Traditional Mardi Gras tunes both. Just a form of applause and recognition? That's all I can think of.
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:43am
dionysius wrote:
aiko-aiko and brother john, especially
dionysius
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:42am
triskele wrote: hey, does anyone know why people in new orleans wave their napkins/handkerchiefs in the air during certain songs?
What songs?
Coaxial
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:38am
triskele wrote: hey, does anyone know why people in new orleans wave their napkins/handkerchiefs in the air during certain songs?
Skeeters?
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:31am
hey, does anyone know why people in new orleans wave their napkins/handkerchiefs in the air during certain songs?
Hairfarmer
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:29am
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:18am
dionysius wrote: Respect for Fess on the Mardi Gras day. Professor Longhair
and the Meters play New Orleans' national anthem on Dr. John's TV show from way back.
FUN! thanks!!
dionysius
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 9:15am
Respect for Fess on the Mardi Gras day. Professor Longhair
and the Meters play New Orleans' national anthem on Dr. John's TV show from way back.
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 7:27am
Hairfarmer wrote:
Hairfarmer
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 7:19am
triskele wrote:
You're soverywelcome.
It's after 5:00 all day on Fat Tuesday.
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 6:49am
Hairfarmer wrote: THANK.
YOU! (i wanna hurricane, but it's only 8:48 am)
Hairfarmer
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 6:00am
rosedraws
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:51am
Joyeux Mardi Gras!
samiyam
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:40am
triskele wrote: i grew up in the episcopal church (what some refer to as "anglican light"), and there was always a pancake dinner on shrove tuesday, or pancake tuesday...
We had our pancakes on Sunday... Today, however, I'm going to have a nice big steak for lunch. I'm giving up meat for lent.
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:29am
i made purple smoothies for breakfast to celebrate....wheee.
Hairfarmer
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:26am
marko86 wrote:
A
little self-control works wonders.
marko86
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:24am
Hairfarmer wrote: after all the drinking is over. They help soak-up the alchohol before you go to bed.
My vague recollections of Mardi Gras attended in Nawlins' was that the drinking was over when you passed out.
Hairfarmer
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:21am
MrsHobieJoe wrote:
We have our pancakes
after all the drinking is over. They help soak-up the alchohol before you go to bed.
triskele
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:12am
MrsHobieJoe wrote:
i grew up in the episcopal church (what some refer to as "anglican light"), and there was always a pancake dinner on shrove tuesday, or pancake tuesday...
MrsHobieJoe
Posted:
Feb 16, 2010 - 5:11am
triskele wrote: AIEEEEEE! ( ...to quote other RPeeps)
Pancake Day as it is known over here.
i grew up in the episcopal church (what some refer to as "anglican light"), and there was always a pancake dinner on shrove tuesday, or pancake tuesday... 
