How lame am I, letting Mardi Gras sneak up on me again without getting Moon Pies to throw at people?
I would do it safely, of course. The city of Mobile has guidelines (or more accuarately, an ordinance):
Sec. 49. Public conduct during parades
(a) Improper ThrowsIt shall be unlawful for any person to throw the following items from Mardi Gras floats or during Mardi Gras parades: Rubber balls, hard balls such as baseballs, wooden handled objects, condoms or similar items, dolls of any construction with explicit sexual organs, candy apples, ice cream or food products requiring freezing or refrigeration, any food stuff in cans, whole boxes of any food, trinkets, etc. All Moon Pies, trinkets and other throws shall be thrown individually or in small numbers.
(b) Throwing Boxes off of Floats
It shall be unlawful for any person to throw boxes of any type off of Mardi Gras floats or any other parading vehicle during Mardi Gras parades and other parades conducted in the City of Mobile. This includes full boxes of trinkets, throws, Moon Pies, etc., and crushed or empty boxes. All empty boxes shall remain on the floats and be removed by the parading organization off of the parade route.
...because it's all fun and games until somebody gets clocked in the head with a frozen half gallon of ice cream.
(Yeah, I admit it. One day a year, I miss living down there.)
Posted by Nic at February 28, 2006 05:24 PM | TrackBack