Me: Happy Mardi Gras, Candie!
Candie: It's not Mardi Gras. It's Fat Tuesday.
Me: That's what Mardi Gras means in French.
Me: Happy Mardi Gras, Ginjur!
Ginjur: What are you talking about? It's Fat Tuesday.
Me: Yeah, I know. That's what Mardi Gras means in French.
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wow! your co-workers are making me feel so cultured and worldly!
I had the very same conversation with my wife last night; it was like a bad "Who's on first?" routine.
Me: Tomorrow is Mardi Gras.
Wife: No, tomorrow is the start of Mardi Gras; it's called "Fat Tuesday."
Me: The start of Mardi Gras? It's not like Passover, you know. It's really only one day, and that day is MARDI GRAS!
Wife: No, everyone calls it "FAT TUESDAY!"
Me: You fool! Mardi Gras MEANS "Fat Tuesday" in French!
Wife: No way . . .
I wonder if tomorrow should be known as Mercredi Mince? (Thin Wednesday) And then maybe Jeudi Vieux (Old Thursday) and Vendredi Laid (Ugly Friday). I can't wait for Samedi Promiscueux (Slutty Saturday)!
Isn't Mardi Gras actually the END of the Mardi Gras "season" (you know...the time of debauchery and drunken revelry leading up to "the big day") and the beginning of the Lenten season?
Beats me. I'm a Baptist and we don't keep up with all that liturgical mumbo-jumbo. Why don't you go buy some chicken bones and some brick dust, you primitive heathen.
In other words, you just do what your all-powerful preacher tells you? If he told you to drink poison so you could hitch a ride on a passing comet, would you do it?
Everyone observes Lent to SOME degree, even Chick Tract reading Baptists!
No, we just do what our own interpretation of the Bible tells us to. The only preacher that matters to me is yours truly. It's that whole "priesthood of the believer" thing, don't you know. All we do for Lent is stop eating chocolate for 40 days. (And most of us don't make it.)
Anyway, yes, Mardi Gras is the end of Carnival. I used to think Mardi Gras and Carnival were synonymous, but have been corrected by my Cajun husband. They used to get a school holiday for their big Mardi Gras celebration. (In Lafayette, it's much more family-friendly.)
From what I understand, it wasn't all that long ago that a bunch of idiot tourists invented flashing their boobs at parade floats to get beads. It's a fairly new thing, but it took hold and everybody thinks it's an old Mardi Gras tradition. It's supposed to be more like Fiesta than Sodom and Gomorrah. You know, something families and decent folks can enjoy without being consumed by fire and brimstone.
Why do you think God Struck down New Orleans. It wasn't for Mardi Gras (a.k.a. Fat Tuesday, a.k.a. The day to drink and be merry before the holy 40 day fast called lent) It was for the whole boob thing...Wait if I say God struck down the Big Easy then I sound like Pat Robertson. I need to stop watching Comedy Central...I mean TBN.
Let's not kid ourselves, shall we? Even before the boob-flashing began, we weren't really dealing with a wholesome family holiday that was good for the kiddies. Take a gander at the history of this "abandonment to Venus and Bacchus" that was sanctioned by the Church back in the days of early Christian Rome.
(www.novareinna.com/festive/mardi.html)
Lupercalia looked like a cupcake-walk compared to the debauchery of Obese Mars-day.
I just need to say that I'm Baptist and I observe the lenten season. Last year I gave up coffee. The year before that I gave up spending money on my credit cards (believe me - that was a hard one!). Anyway, I think I'll give up something far more difficult this year. Does anyone want to guess what it is?!
No more rhinestone-studded thongs? :^D
I recently became aware that Carnival actually starts on 12th night (Jan. 6), and goes till Mardi Gras... making for a rather longish party, I would think.
(12th night, is supposedly when the wise men showed up)
No more marzipan babies, queenie?
No, Lucky's Mom--Twelfth Night is a play you left at intermission! Don't think I've forgotten about that, MISSY!
Well, forky and bibb leo, I'm a little offended that you haven't noticed that I've already given those things up! Keep guessing.
I love you for being THE person in Texas who recognizes Mardi Gras.
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