I had the TV on a week or so ago while I was working on some stuff on my iPad.  NCIS – New Orleans was on, but it was really just making noise in the background.  At some point, I aimed the remote at the TV to try to find something else, but paused when they started showing crowd scenes of what was apparently supposed to be Mardi Gras.  I doubt it was the real thing, because the sidewalks weren’t absolutely full with stumbling drunks and you could still hear the actors talk.  While I’ve never been to Mardi Gras, it doesn’t really match the footage they play every year on TV.  What made me pause, was a very brief – like one second brief – shot that showed a woman walking down the street with strings of beads around her neck, holding a giant Mardi Gras themed “pimp cup”.  My immediate thought was, “I wonder how that would look on a wig stand”?

Purple, green, and gold are the signature colors of Mardi Gras (representing justice, faith, and power) and from what I’ve seen, any time these three colors are put together, it has something to do with Mardi Gras.  Kinda like anything painted red and green suddenly looks all Christmassy.  Below is the creation.  Not sure this will appeal to everyone, but maybe someone who lived there or who liked to be one of the stumbling drunks will get a kick out of it.

Oh, and the beads came from the dollar store.  There were not “awarded” to anyone for specific Mardi Gras related actions…