What New Orleans has that you do not

[Soggy in NOLA]

I moved away fo several years after college... I have a new appreciation for the city now though... and thank God NAGIN IS GONE!!!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

She has yet to clarify what makes British food better over the last ten years nor has she identified a quintessential British cuisine

Steak and Kidney Pie? Ughhh...

 

[Madeline]

Still can't think of anything, I see.

I'll make it easy on you. Name a restaurant or two that you frequent that has good British food and we'll take a look at the menu and see if they've moved beyond mushy peas.

Really California Girl, you simply must speak louder. Nobody **** hear you. Gheesh.

I liked Southern food when I lived there, mostly. Cuban was fabulous, though I don't know why every Cuban chick is not a whale...wow is that stuff fattening. The BBQ was heavenly. The deli food...omg, pastrami and kosher dill pickles....yum.

Alas, I cannot brag on Cleveland's food. Shocked aren't ya? I knew you would be.

Spiderman Tuba, sex for room and board? Huh? Just for a long weekend?

I'll bring my handcuffs with the fur on 'em...please o please??

Happily married.

Wow...what a man. *Sighs*

Got any brothers who are single? LOL.

*Wavies to Mrs Spiderman Tuba*

*Winks*

 

[Madeline]

Not that I give a flying fuck, but why would someone who claims to be a rabid UK-booster sign up for a message board using the nick "CaliforniaGirl"?

Was the nick "LondonTwatwaffle" already taken?

 

[Madeline]

She has yet to clarify what makes British food better over the last ten years nor has she identified a quintessential British cuisine

Steak and Kidney Pie? Ughhh...

Does sound like something you'd find in the Hannibal Lecter cookbook huh?

I guess then we shouldn't tell you what haggis is made from. The Scottish need some serious taste infusion, and I do not mean from "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy".

 

[editec]

I'm going to start off this post being fair...

by pointing out what NOLA does not have.

We don't have the best public school system ...
We don't have the lowest crime rate...
We don't have the Olive Garden...
We have less than 1 Starbucks per 100,000 residents...
We don't have pristine ski slopes...


Now I will tell you what we do have that you don't...

Freedom-
I can walk to the store, buy a beer, crack it open, and drink it on the way home - and I don't live in the boonies, I live in the city.

Brass Bands-
A couple of weeks ago on esplanade they had a triatholon going down one lane and a 2nd line parade going down the other. You may have a triatholon where you live, but you don't have 2nd line brass bands, and you certainly don't have 2nd line brass bands and a triatholon sharing the same street. And you won't get this kind of music anywhere else in the world - unless you're fortunate to have a New Orleans band coming through.


Jazz Funerals-
We have jazz funerals at any time in any place. I woke up a couple of weeks ago to one going down my street, a herse, a band, and 20 mourners, very small. They played funeral music on my street corner for 30 minutes. You will never wake up to something like that because they do not have them where you live.


Food-
If you want to go out for a good meal, you have to actually decide where you want to go. We can take the phone book, throw a dart at the restaurant section, and be guaranteed culinary delight.

No snow-
Though this may not apply so some of my fellow southerners - snow is not a problem here. You will never have to wake up in the morning, put on 58263 layers of clothes, and trudge out to the car, slipping on the ice cracking your head on the way, to get the snow off the windshield and pray she starts. Other New Orleanians may not appreciate the lack of snow - but having lived in places where it snows - I do. snow sucks.

Mardi Gras Indians-
You don't have Mardi Gras Indians. We do. They exist nowhere in the Universe but here. If you wanna see one, you'll have to get up early Mardi Gras day. Or check them out St. Joseph's day or Super Sunday. Or look at my avatar.

Mardi Gras-
Speaking of Mardi Gras Indians - if you're not in Louisiana, you don't have Mardi Gras. Unless you in Mobile, in which case, you have a sucky Mardi Gras (don't mean to rag on Mobile, its actually a great place, but their Mardi Gras pales in comparison). I'm sure you have plenty of holidays that act as pretenses to having a good time - 4th of July, Thanksgiving, etc. We have those, too. But we have a holiday that is dedicated to good times, without pretense or excuse - you don't.

Pride-
Most of the people where you live are trying as hard as fuck to move away - people where we live will do anything they can to stay here. Its called pride.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS

To those of you who just hate for hate's sake - fuck you , suck on it, we have more fun than you.

To the rest of you - if you want to see something UNIQUELY AMERICAN - that you will get nowhere else in the world - come to New Orleans. I can help you see it - provide advice on what to do in the city, and if the timing is right, I will be your personal guide. Email me at [email protected]

P.S. - my entire state has shit you will never see where you live. New Orleans is just the most prominent example. You won't see Mamou Mari Gras in New Orleans, and unless you live in Acadiana - you won't see it where you live, either.

Sounds like a fun place to live.

I often consider moving there to see if I could stand living anyplace that's so colorful as New Orleans.

I think the only thing really keeping me here in Maine now is inertia.

 

[skookerasbil]

Louisianna had its 15 minutes of fame back in February...................

Nobody cares about Louisianna..........except to tune in to the Weather Channel to see if the Cat 5 is going to wreck the place...........

Having said that, Maine is even more irrelevant........particularly when the discussion turns to terrorism. I love the lefties from Maine chiming in with their opinion on how to deal with terrorism. NOBODY fcukking cares s0ns..........what are the terror bad guys plan to blow up in Maine? The local ice rink? The crab hatchery??

 

[Douger]

I'll show what they don't have.
Bicycle rush hour in Utrecht, Netherlands. [VIDEO]

 

[SpidermanTuba]

i moved away fo several years after college... I have a new appreciation for the city now though... And thank god nagin is gone!!!

i agree with this

 

[SpidermanTuba]

Not that I give a flying fuck, but why would someone who claims to be a rabid UK-booster sign up for a message board using the nick "CaliforniaGirl"?

Was the nick "LondonTwatwaffle" already taken?

Wait, Cali-girl helps raise money for University of Kentucky athletics? I hate here even more now.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

Nobody cares about Louisianna..........except to tune in to the Weather Channel to see if the Cat 5 is going to wreck the place...........

Now that New Orleans has its own drama series on HBO, I believe that makes it official - its on TV, so people care.



BTW, if Louisiana shut down tomorrow, 1/4th of the nation's energy supply would wind up stuck somewhere between the place in the ground it came out of and your gas tank and home.

 

[Ravi]

On the British food thing...I researched it a bit and it turns out that some British food has improved. Because they've made it more French.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

on the british food thing...i researched it a bit and it turns out that some british food has improved. Because they've made it more french.

rotflmao!!!!

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Looks like we now have C. Ray Nagin II..... a.k.a., Mitch Landreiu.

New director of Health has a suspended Medical license, new Director of Business & Econ. Development has experience in NEITHER.. but is his sister-in-law and new police chief's daughter is NOPD embroiled in civil rights litigation.

Way to go!

 

[SpidermanTuba]

Looks like we now have C. Ray Nagin II..... a.k.a., Mitch Landreiu.

New director of Health has a suspended Medical license, new Director of Business & Econ. Development has experience in NEITHER.. but is his sister-in-law and new police chief's daughter is NOPD embroiled in civil rights litigation.

Way to go!

Let's given him a year.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZotxuBQzryI]YouTube - Antoinette K-Doe funeral Feb 28, 2009 New Orleans[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlvVj7x_Ed4&feature=related]YouTube - Super Sunday Downtown 2008[/ame]

 

[007]

Now I will tell you what we do have that you don't...

No, I'll tell YOU ya fucking nipple head... WE don't have a JACKED OFF MORON like YOU living in our town, and for that, we are TRULY GRATEFUL.

Now shut the fuck up and quite your WHINING about your SINKING, FILTHY, CHOCOLATE, RACIST, SHIT HOLE of a SWAMP city.

 

[SpidermanTuba]

Now I will tell you what we do have that you don't...

No, I'll tell YOU ya fucking nipple head... WE don't have a JACKED OFF MORON like YOU living in our town, and for that, we are TRULY GRATEFUL.

Now shut the fuck up and quite your WHINING about your FILTHY, SINKING, CHOCOLATE, RACIST, SHIT HOLE of a SWAMP city.

Do they have medicinal marijuana in your area? If so, I'd highly recommend that. If not, try to get a scrip for some xanax or valium.

You know that stress causes heart attacks, right?

 

[007]

Now I will tell you what we do have that you don't...

No, I'll tell YOU ya fucking nipple head... WE don't have a JACKED OFF MORON like YOU living in our town, and for that, we are TRULY GRATEFUL.

Now shut the fuck up and quite your WHINING about your FILTHY, SINKING, CHOCOLATE, RACIST, SHIT HOLE of a SWAMP city.

Do they have medicinal marijuana in your area? If so, I'd highly recommend that. If not, try to get a scrip for some xanax or valium.

You know that stress causes heart attacks, right?

You're the one here CRYING and having a FIT about your SHIT HOLE TOWN jack, not me.

I really don't care for Vegas much anymore, but I'd live there again in a HEART BEAT over that RACIST, DUMP of N.O..

 

[SpidermanTuba]

No, I'll tell YOU ya fucking nipple head... WE don't have a JACKED OFF MORON like YOU living in our town, and for that, we are TRULY GRATEFUL.

Now shut the fuck up and quite your WHINING about your FILTHY, SINKING, CHOCOLATE, RACIST, SHIT HOLE of a SWAMP city.

Do they have medicinal marijuana in your area? If so, I'd highly recommend that. If not, try to get a scrip for some xanax or valium.

You know that stress causes heart attacks, right?

You're the one here CRYING and having a FIT about your SHIT HOLE TOWN jack, not me.

I really don't care for Vegas much anymore, but I'd live there again in a HEART BEAT over that RACIST, DUMP of N.O..

Uhh, OK. You seem to be the one experiencing a tantrum right now.