{"id":3091,"date":"2010-02-11T16:28:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T23:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcu.onlinebootycall.com\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2010-02-16T14:47:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T21:47:56","slug":"mardi-gras-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/mardi-gras-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Dos and Don&#8217;ts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3092\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3092\" title=\"mardi gras\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mardi-gras-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mardi-gras-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mardi-gras-340x250.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/mardi-gras.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">img @ mnijm.wordpress<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Happy Fat Tuesday, BCU readers! Break out your beads, gentlemen, because Mardi Gras, code word for indulgence, is finally here. San Diego&#8217;s celebration is set to tear up the streets of the Gaslamp, but before heading out to make a fools of ourselves, we figured we&#8217;d set some groundrules. Here are BCU&#8217;s Mardi Gras regulations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. DO train before the big day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Although a week long detox in preparation may sound like a good idea, you have to compare your liver to your stomach for this event- you can&#8217;t let it get lazy and\/or shrink. Prepare by drinking copious amounts of liquor in the days preceding Fat Tuesday, so you can get used to the inevitable wrath of the spins and mind-numbing hangovers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. DON&#8217;T pee on the streets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe back in the early 1980s this was considered a funny, celebratory aspect of Mardi Gras. However, with stringent new laws on &#8220;exposing yourself,&#8221; peeing on the street will only lead to either an expensive citation or a one way ticket out of the party. Find a bathroom, you streetrat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0DO dress the part.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you show up in something boring, say a suit, or any type of pant with the word &#8220;cargo&#8221; in the name, you will feel out of place, if not flat out ashamed. This is the one day out of the year that it is okay to rock a sparkly mask and crazy shirt. If you&#8217;re planning to get lucky, though, keep the glitter to your mask. Your shirt should not shine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. DON&#8217;T yell &#8220;show us your boobs!&#8221; anywhere outside the party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At least in San Diego, Mardi Gras is confined to an 8 block radius, presumably to keep the booze-fueled miscreants away from the general public. Once you leave the gates of the party though, pull your self-control out back out of your ass and do NOT shout that refrain at elderly French-Catholic women out for dinner. However, on that note&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Ladies, DO take all degrading shouts with a grain of salt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Fat Tuesday, you will likely witness the most disturbing acts of male debauchery that you have or will ever see. But let&#8217;s be honest, this holiday has evolved from a religious tradition into a holiday based on giving women plastic beads to expose themselves. This is the one day this happens (assuming you don&#8217;t spend spring break in Mexico), so just drop it. Don&#8217;t flash dudes if you don&#8217;t want, but don&#8217;t complain. It&#8217;s not worth it.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got less than 5 hours to gear up for this day of ultimate debauchery. 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