Illy Man’s Up, Named King
For the first time in the history of Mardi Gras, a female should be named King. Ileana deserves the crown after MVP performances on the football field and at the controls of the grill. Torres also won the biggest poker game of the week.
Other Notable Performances
Lisa: Her overall domination in the Mardi Gras Bowl—albeit in a 27-0 drubbing—was one of legends. Without question, Lisa will be the No. 1 pick in next year’s draft.
Thomas: Danced and howled down Bourbon Street with a rubber rooster coming out of his pants. Sadly, the rooster was abducted by Bourbon Street, leaving Thomas without a cock.
Kosters disappoint
Chuck and Brent, the loveably goofy brothers from Omaha, put up little resistance in losing both the football game and two-on-two basketball challenge against the cousins, David and Jason.
There are plenty of excuses for the brothers’ performances—Chuck drank bird flu and Brent is an idiot—but they definitely fell short of expectations.
Meanwhile, Brent’s wife, Mardi Gras rookie Chelsey, found time in between naps to do a jello shot at 8 a.m. on Fat Tuesday. She lost points after putting something gross on Dave’s head.
Dave Pukes, Retires
Seasoned-veteran David Purdum didn’t act like one. Purdum, who has attended 12 straight Mardi Gras, sent shock waves reverberating throughout the party when he inexcusably vomited all over the bathroom floor on Friday night. To make things worse, the 32-year-old couldn’t pull himself together enough to clean up the puke, leaving it all over the bathroom floor for unsuspecting Catherine to clean up.
Purdum later retired, citing physical and mental personal problems.
“It’s been a great run,†he said, “and I’m hoping to be remembered for all my good performances at Mardi Gras and not just this year’s struggles. Papa Grows Funk rules.â€
Leslie also puked, according to Kent.
Austin represents
Sara, BJ, Mitch and the lovely young lady formerly known as Lola were all unexpected and fun surprises — although they ditched Thomas and Dave on Bourbon Street. (For the record, so did John and Illy). With nine participants, Atlanta likes New Orleans more than all the other cities represented combined. In your face, other cities.
Poopy craps out
John, noted poker pro, did not finish in the money in any of the card tournaments. Poopy did, however, cash in at the casino, hauling in $125 on his way out of town.
Jack and Marnie are really cool
Few people have more fun then these two New Orleans veterans. From red beans and rice to gumbo to scrubs and jello shots, Jack and Marnie continue to teach participants what Mardi Gras is all about. They’ll always be my MVPs of Mardi Gras.
I wasn’t at MG07 so i have to live vicariously through the posts on elbuzzard.com. Never one to shy away from expressing my opinion on things I don’t know anything about, i would like to chime in on the whole mardi gras experience this year.
Illy – that’s my girl
poops – how are you going to support the 5 babies on the way
Jack and marnie – you could give Zateran a run for their money if you started a business and had a cute logo
kent – if Barack obama can stop smoking so can you
dave – don’t make out like this is unusual behavior for you. name me one mardi gras where you have not vomitted, peed on yourself, wandered off, got lost, or passed out on a threshold.
kosterplings – shame on you. omaha has made y’all soft
okay, that’s all. 2 more cents – get the pics up and running again, you get a prize if you can count the number of misspelled words in this post, and go Saints!
I think I deserve points for getting horribly ill the minute I got back to Omaha. Also, I took no naps during Mardi Gras, which I think is worth something.
Brent, we must have caught the same bug. I would have to die to feel better right now.
I got it too. I blame the fat man in the truck parade.
I feel fine. Must have been all that napping.
And kudos to Amber for summing up Dave’s Mardi Gras behavior in 30 words or so.
Dave, Can’t believe I did not make your post. So much for the Hurricane we shot down together. Hopefully, next year you will not hide on Mardi Gras day. By the way your friends had no problem shooting Jello-shots at 8:00am. Where were YOU……….
BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR IF YOU COME OUT OF RETIREMENT.
Susan, you rock! I would much rather have been left out of the post than have been mentioned as the one who cleaned up after Dave! I agree with Leslie that the naps (especially those with a half-time) were essential. Jack and Marnie – if you open a restaurant, I hope you ship to Atlanta?
As many of you noticed, I took LOTS of pictures over the week – there are 800 of them on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/gp/54788523@N00/0l5ui7 if you’re interested. And you can search for Joe Horn, Kevin Houser, Mark Simoneau, Michael Lewis, Devery Henderson, or our names.
Susan … Remember that pubic hair comment … that’s why you didn’t make the post.
Leslie … Exactly what is “Mardi Gras behavior” supposed to look like … taking lots of naps … if so, good work.
Cat … I have your tennis raquet … yes, the same one that I waxed the court with you with.
Amber … Attend the Mardi Gras or zip it.
Brent, Kent, Marnie … Love you guys … hope you feel better soon
Oh! Dave, Sorry my fault. GET OVER IT…. I just call them like I see it. Sorry you could not take the harsh comment about your hair.
I will see what I can do to make the post next year. But I can promise It will not be because I cleaned your puke.
To deny that that wig looked like pubic hair is like denying that the sun is going to rise tomorrow.
Catherine! You took so many great pictures. I can’t wait to look through all of them.
I am so glad I am “cool.” That is all I have to say. I can’t wait to see your pictures, Catherine. I sure enjoyed meeting you. Now I think I will put my head down and die.
Dave, you’ll just have to give me a rematch!
Marnie, Kent, Brent – I hope you feel great soon.