Man from Silver Mountain checks in from an unnamed golf resort in the Deep South:
It is true. Mardi Gras originated in Mobile, Alabama. Enjoyed a round of golf today, then the Fat Tuesday parade. The best parade was Sunday, which is called Joe Cain day down here. Joe Cain was the man who restarted the Mardi Gras tradition in the Mobile area after the Civil War. He dressed up like an Indian chief and drove through the town streets flipping obscene gestures to the Union troops occupying the area. Today he is regarded as a hero.
The Mobile Register is everything the Star Tribune is not. They celebrated the Joe Cain parade with a write-up, including awards. The "best throw" went to a guy on a motorcycle who tossed Winston cigarettes to the crowd. It gave a hustle award to two men in their forties who beat two ten year-olds to teddy bears that were thrown from a float for them.
I love the South. Imagine a whole geographic region full of people who make JB Doubtless look open minded.
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