SweetMelissa
Sweet Innocent Angel
A HAPPY FAT TUESDAY!!!
Melly
Melly
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Stoggie13
Make Peace or Die
Thank you Melissa, finally someone who cares :laugh:
uptown_isy
The Man Uptown
You too Melly. Have fun today!
IBQTEE1
Its All About Zen in 2010!!
Right back at ya...Melly!!!
jorel
New Member
I seem to live all the days like that.
SweetMelissa
Sweet Innocent Angel
I just wish I was down in Mobile today. It is a BLAST to be there and party all day in the streets.
Smokin'Sims
Gettin' my nerd on, Hopp Schwiez!
Happy Mardi Gras to you too. I wish I could seen, Bachus, Endymion, Zulu and Rex. One day I'll make it back.
I am enjoying my King Cake though. :laugh:
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I am enjoying my King Cake though. :laugh:
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sticksnstones
Member
Where I come from, it's a day for doughnuts. Happy day to all - whether it's pancakes or king cakes or whatever. And also a good Lent.
Bkatz87
New Member
That's funny. My GF (also named Melissa) wished me one just a few minutes ago.
cajunblaze
Member
Tahnks Melissas for dat happys hic up mesaages hic up. I am in New Awlins rite hic up nows.
Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!!!!!!
Rich
Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!!!!!!
Rich
in2xshp
Banned
Happy Fat Tuesday to you to Melly, I have been enjoying a few glasses of Patron tonight to celebrate properly.
NorCalCigarLover
The Wine Guy
Same to you Melissa .... time for a drink.
SweetMelissa
Sweet Innocent Angel
Just so you know Mr. Cajun that when Mardi Gras came to America it came to Mobile first 
...most do not know that...I am glad you are having a good time~~~!!! I gotta get my ashes tomorrow! Hopefully people know what that means!
Melly :blush:
...most do not know that...I am glad you are having a good time~~~!!! I gotta get my ashes tomorrow! Hopefully people know what that means!Melly :blush:
AVB
Jesus of Cool, I'm bad, I'm nationwide
Being so close to the Pennsylvania Dutch country (who are really Germans) Fastnachts are the rule.
stogieman
" Herf King "
Fastnacht / Karneval
Die fünfte Jahreszeit
Mardi Gras in Germany
With Fasching / Karneval vocabulary
An introduction to the “fifth season”
Germans call the pre-Lenten Carnival season die närrische Saison ("the foolish season") or die fünfte Jahreszeit ("the fifth season"). Except for Munich's Oktoberfest, it is the one time of year when many normally staid Germans (and Austrians and Swiss) loosen up and go a little crazy. Fastnacht or Karneval is a "movable feast" (ein beweglicher Festtag) that depends on the date of Easter (Ostern). In 2008 Fastnacht falls on February 5 (Faschingsdienstag). The official start of the Fasching season is either January 7 (the day after Ephiphany, Dreikönige) or the 11th day of the 11th month (Elfter im Elften, Nov. 11), depending on the region. That gives the Carnival guilds (Zünfte) three to four months to organize each year's events (Carnival balls, parades, royalty, etc.) leading up to the big bash in the week before Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch), when the Lenten season (die Fastenzeit) begins.
Masken sind beim
Karneval sehr wichtig.
Carnival in Rio is probably the world's most famous. In the U.S., New Orleans is well known for Mardi Gras. While that former French possession is one of the few cities in the United States with a major Carnival celebration, almost all of the Catholic regions and cities across the German-speaking world (and the rest of Europe) celebrate Mardi Gras in a big way. Only a few Protestant areas in northern and eastern Germany also observe Karneval. Some of Germany's best known celebrations are held in Cologne (Köln), Mainz, Munich (München) and Rottweil. But Cologne's Karneval is not really the same as Munich's Fasching. Germanic Carnival celebrations vary from region to region, sometimes even taking place at different times! (The Fasnacht event in Basel, Switzerland happens a week after most other Carnivals.) The main event of Karneval in Köln is the parade on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday). Further south in Bavaria and Austria, the culmination of Fasching takes place on Shrove Tuesday (Faschingsdienstag), like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These and other differences reflect the long history and local traditions of the celebration, and they are also seen in the language.
Also see the English-German
Karneval-Lexikon
Fastnacht is related to the Germanic word “fasten” (to fast, abstain from eating). Karneval is related to the Latin “carnem levare” (to remove meat).
Carnival or Mardi Gras goes by many names in German, depending on the region and dialect: Karneval (Rhineland, former Roman settlements), Fasching (Austria, Bavaria, Berlin), Fastnacht (Baden, Switzerland), Fosnat (Franconia) or Fasnet (Swabia). Whether it's Fasching or Karneval, it is a time to let off steam and live it up before the Lenten period that once called for fasting (die Fastenzeit). It is this fasting tradition that gave the celebration its Fastnacht name ("night before fasting"). In the 15th and 16th centuries, amusing plays known as Fastnachtspiele were performed during the pre-Lenten season. Today there are elaborate parades (Umzüge) in all the large and small communities where Fasching is celebrated. Floats and marchers displaying large caricature heads often lampoon regional and national politicians. Another part of the celebration involves Carnival royalty (princes, princesses) and a sort of "counter-government" during the season. The Rhineland Rosenmontagumzug is an event broadcast each year on German television, similar to the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York. It features colorful floats with caricatured figures mocking local and national politicians and other personalities or events.
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa020501a.htm
I hope everyone has a good Lent season and has their share of fish today and on Fridays........ :thumbs:
Die fünfte Jahreszeit
Mardi Gras in Germany
With Fasching / Karneval vocabulary
An introduction to the “fifth season”
Germans call the pre-Lenten Carnival season die närrische Saison ("the foolish season") or die fünfte Jahreszeit ("the fifth season"). Except for Munich's Oktoberfest, it is the one time of year when many normally staid Germans (and Austrians and Swiss) loosen up and go a little crazy. Fastnacht or Karneval is a "movable feast" (ein beweglicher Festtag) that depends on the date of Easter (Ostern). In 2008 Fastnacht falls on February 5 (Faschingsdienstag). The official start of the Fasching season is either January 7 (the day after Ephiphany, Dreikönige) or the 11th day of the 11th month (Elfter im Elften, Nov. 11), depending on the region. That gives the Carnival guilds (Zünfte) three to four months to organize each year's events (Carnival balls, parades, royalty, etc.) leading up to the big bash in the week before Ash Wednesday (Aschermittwoch), when the Lenten season (die Fastenzeit) begins.
Masken sind beim
Karneval sehr wichtig.
Carnival in Rio is probably the world's most famous. In the U.S., New Orleans is well known for Mardi Gras. While that former French possession is one of the few cities in the United States with a major Carnival celebration, almost all of the Catholic regions and cities across the German-speaking world (and the rest of Europe) celebrate Mardi Gras in a big way. Only a few Protestant areas in northern and eastern Germany also observe Karneval. Some of Germany's best known celebrations are held in Cologne (Köln), Mainz, Munich (München) and Rottweil. But Cologne's Karneval is not really the same as Munich's Fasching. Germanic Carnival celebrations vary from region to region, sometimes even taking place at different times! (The Fasnacht event in Basel, Switzerland happens a week after most other Carnivals.) The main event of Karneval in Köln is the parade on Rosenmontag (Rose Monday). Further south in Bavaria and Austria, the culmination of Fasching takes place on Shrove Tuesday (Faschingsdienstag), like Mardi Gras in New Orleans. These and other differences reflect the long history and local traditions of the celebration, and they are also seen in the language.
Also see the English-German
Karneval-Lexikon
Fastnacht is related to the Germanic word “fasten” (to fast, abstain from eating). Karneval is related to the Latin “carnem levare” (to remove meat).
Carnival or Mardi Gras goes by many names in German, depending on the region and dialect: Karneval (Rhineland, former Roman settlements), Fasching (Austria, Bavaria, Berlin), Fastnacht (Baden, Switzerland), Fosnat (Franconia) or Fasnet (Swabia). Whether it's Fasching or Karneval, it is a time to let off steam and live it up before the Lenten period that once called for fasting (die Fastenzeit). It is this fasting tradition that gave the celebration its Fastnacht name ("night before fasting"). In the 15th and 16th centuries, amusing plays known as Fastnachtspiele were performed during the pre-Lenten season. Today there are elaborate parades (Umzüge) in all the large and small communities where Fasching is celebrated. Floats and marchers displaying large caricature heads often lampoon regional and national politicians. Another part of the celebration involves Carnival royalty (princes, princesses) and a sort of "counter-government" during the season. The Rhineland Rosenmontagumzug is an event broadcast each year on German television, similar to the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York. It features colorful floats with caricatured figures mocking local and national politicians and other personalities or events.
http://german.about.com/library/weekly/aa020501a.htm
I hope everyone has a good Lent season and has their share of fish today and on Fridays........
:thumbs: 
Mr Peat
Rich Perelman, "Loren you have a Godlike Presence.
Unfortunately it wasn't that good of a day in New Orleans. 
But I hope everyone else had a good day. I figured it would be good around this area after spotting a Bald Eagle and very rare for these parts. I smoked a Boli GM which had a nasty channel in it and kicked off the CFCF Fun box reviews once again. Its a shame about what happened in New Orleans.
But I hope everyone else had a good day. I figured it would be good around this area after spotting a Bald Eagle and very rare for these parts. I smoked a Boli GM which had a nasty channel in it and kicked off the CFCF Fun box reviews once again. Its a shame about what happened in New Orleans.
Carbonless
Member
Unfortunately it wasn't that good of a day in New Orleans.
But I hope everyone else had a good day. I figured it would be good around this area after spotting a Bald Eagle and very rare for these parts. I smoked a Boli GM which had a nasty channel in it and kicked off the CFCF Fun box reviews once again. Its a shame about what happened in New Orleans.
Just saw that on the news...what a terrible thing to happen. I might reconsider my plans to go to New Orleans in March
StatHaldol
Well-Known Member
Laissez le bon temps roulette!!
SweetMelissa
Sweet Innocent Angel
One reason I always go to Mobile Mardi Gras is that it is still a blast but not quite as unruly and nuts as NOLA. That, and being from Mobile where Mardi started in the US, I just feel it's important to support it there first. I just have never wanted to go to NOLA during that time of year...perhaps at a different time, just not then. I haven't been there since I was 16...wow.
Melly
Melly
punk_lawyer
Habeas Punkus
I went to Mardi Gras in New Orleans three years in a row (pre-Katrina) and I have to say that your characterization of it is accurate. You need to be on your A game for that event.