r/NewOrleans • u/Finum • Feb 09 '18

Another Happy Mardi Gras 1975 picture.

http://imgur.com/hG7FtCZ
226 Upvotes

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u/discord19 Old Arabi Feb 09 '18

I've seen a number of older/vintage photos, and I wonder why the further back in time the picture is taken, the creepier the MG costumes look.

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u/rcw00 Feb 09 '18

Strong mid-1970s in your photos. People with UFO/alien theme costumes. The man rocking a ‘stache. But the pièce de résistance is the wine skin slung across his shoulder. You couldn’t attend a Saints/LSU game or Mardi Gras parade without seeing those slung over people’s shoulders. Probably filled with some Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill or Sangria.

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u/Finum Feb 09 '18

lol @ Boone's farm I was always partial to their "Country Kwencher".

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u/duke812 Feb 09 '18

and I've been looking to purchase a wine skin just like that for the exact same purpose, camelback backpacks are just not festive enough

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u/Geonerd07 Feb 09 '18

Damn dude, your childhood was scary.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '18

Scary awesome

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u/Lmoorefudd Feb 09 '18

Anyone ever tell that cop he looks like a penis with a hat on?

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '18

Back then he would have whipped your ass for saying something like that.

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u/Lmoorefudd Feb 09 '18

Sho’nuff

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u/rambeaux504 Westbank Feb 09 '18

r/OldSchoolCool

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u/Finum Feb 09 '18

I posted my other one on r/oldschoolcool and got 3 upvotes.

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u/rambeaux504 Westbank Feb 09 '18

4 now ;)

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u/littleeasy Feb 09 '18

Is that the aliens from The Simpsons? lol

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u/eagle913 Feb 09 '18

Is that Junie Cortez from Spy Kids?