Krewe Du Vieux Shocks FQ Crowd with a Tasteful Display of Clever Political Commentary

Carnival Knowlege

FRENCH QUARTER—On Saturday New Orleanians enjoyed its first parade of the 2010 Carnival Season by watching the Krewe du Vieux parade downs its traditional French Quarter  route.

Locals anticipated the event as the heralding the beginning of a two week series of  Mardi Gras events.

This season, however, the particularly raunchy club shocked even the most enthusiastic parade watcher.

The Krewe, whose horse drawn floats commented on Louisiana’s current political landscape, made great use of high brow humor, puns and clever innuendo.

The crowd was stunned.

“Where are all the dicks?” said Trudy Landry. “My sister told me this was a penis parade. In fact, I left my kids at home with my old man.”

Dr. John, the King of the Krewe De Vieux, flew in from New York City to ride. “I was honored to be a part of this parade, but this year they went and got rid of all the jokes. This p-rade used to be a real laugh”

Krewe De Vieux Captain Peter Johnson had this to say. “We’ve outgrown the cock and balls. We really tried to be clever.”