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Sports => Snyder's Electronic Cyber Space World => Topic started by: SkinnyBenny on August 03, 2009, 09:24:10 PM
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....Read this and take it to heart. I've posted this before in some buried thread, and I posted it on the boring old person board over at kstatefans.boring.com, but it bears repeating..........
All you people who are dreaming of going to the game in Lafayette on Saturday night, then going out and celebrating in New Orleans on Bourbon St. after the game, hear me now and believe me later. I'm going on my third year living in the blight known as the Pelican State, so pay attention.
New Orleans is 2 1/2 hours east of Lafayette (with Baton Rouge in between), and the K-State game starts at 6 pm. If anybody coming down is planning on going to New Orleans after the game Saturday night, you better change your plans and instead plan on going to New Orleans Friday night before the game. Especially because LSU, which is an hour east of Lafayette and right between Lafayette and New Orleans, has a game that night that happens to start (and will therefore let out)....an hour after KSU-LaLa, which is an hour away. i.e., Traffic from Baton Rouge will destroy any and all plans you had on getting to New Orleans.
So here's how it's going to go Saturday night if you're trying to get to New Orleans. Ready?
Noon to 6 in Lafayette: This tailgating is awesome! Mmmm, grilled crocodile eyeballs! Man. These people sure talk funny. I'm wasted, can't wait to party on Bourbon tonight!
6 to 9 or 9:30 pm: Game time, hoooo.
9:30 to 10:00 pm: Where did we leave our car? Oh, we found it. Hey NotreDameRulez, help me pack up all our tailgate ****. Slash, let's get OUT of this parking lot and onto the interstate, I wanna get to New Orleans!
11:15 pm: Yeah, SWEET, we're approaching Baton Rouge. FINALLY, that means we're nearing New Orleans, right? Because it's.....it's starting to get late, you guys. Did anybody else notice that it's already 11:15?
11:45 pm and only one mile past where you were at 11:15 pm: Why is this traffic in Baton Rouge so horrific? Oh wait, I think SkinnyBenny warned me of this. He told me that the LSU game -- which took place one hour east of Lafayette and on the way between us and New Orleans -- started one hour after the K-State game. ****. I forgot about that. But why is traffic so bad? I mean, it's not like Baton Rouge is now the biggest city in Louisiana population-wise but still with completely inadequate infrastructure....and it's not like Tiger Stadium just let out 92,000 people to make the problem even worse, right? Oh, wait, SkinnyBenny warned me of that.
Midnight: Hey, that Outback Steakhouse that we were talking about a half hour ago is now tiny in our rearview mirror! Sweet! Only 75 more miles to New Orleans!
1:15 am: Ahhhh, FINALLY. I see the Superdome! Awesome, we're close. How much further to the French Quarter?
2:00 am: God, that took forever to find a parking space. LET'S GO PARTY ALREADY.
3:00 am: We FINALLY made it to Bourbon, but where are all the other EMAWs? We've been looking everywhere and none of them are answering their phones. Oh, they're old, they went back to their hotels. **** it, I guess let's just head back to our hotel and go to sleep. Super glad we paid $200 for this Saturday night hotel in the French Quarter. Bummer we have to check out in 8 hours, this place would've been pretty nice.
3:01 am: Brush teeth, unless you're Rick Daris, in which case you just swig with some PBR and call it good.
3:02 - 3:16 am: FelixRex quietly wanks off and hopes it doesn't wake up/arouse Steve Dave.
3:17 am: Everybody falls asleep and wishes they'd heeded SkinnyBenny's advice and come to New Orleans on Friday night instead.
Seriously. Traffic in Baton Rouge is beyond horrendous. If you want to party in New Orleans on Saturday night after the game, I suggest you do three things:
1.) Suck it for not heeding my advice. I know what I'm talking about, and you deserve the traffic you're sitting in for not listening to me.
ii.) Look at a map and pinpoint the locations of Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans to further prove that I know what I'm talking about
C.) Finally decide I'm right, then change your plans and party in New Orleans Friday night instead.
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so are you suggesting party at SB's on Saturday night in BR?? Or lemon party...whatever you prefer.
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Going thursday (skipping friday classes :fatty: ) Going to Newyallins friday. EMAWING around Lafayette saturday.
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No trip to LA is complete without visiting Cafe du Monde
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No trip to LA is complete without visiting Cafe du Monde Rick's
FYP
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Going thursday (skipping friday classes :fatty: ) Going to Newyallins friday. EMAWING around Lafayette saturday.
:love:
:jeffy: <------- dlew on Bourbon Street
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FYI, I'm a screamer. Just a heads up.
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The idea that I would be asleep by 3:15am during a Pak'r is laughable
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No trip to LA is complete without visiting Cafe du Monde
And eating the beignets. :lick:
(http://www.cafedumonde.com/images/beignets_navNEW.gif)
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Note to self: Do not 'pak with dudes whose primary interest in New ORleans is fried dough.
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Note to self: Do not 'pak with dudes whose primary interest in New ORleans is fried dough.
Right next to Jackson Square. Watching homeless people beg for money is hilarious. (great pak'r locale)
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3:01 am: Brush teeth, unless you're Rick Daris, in which case you just swig with some PBR and call it good.
actual pic of me dj'ing at the last katpak'r...
(http://www.qkilpatrick.com/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images//indietard.jpg)
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Note to self: Do not 'pak with dudes whose primary interest in New ORleans is fried dough.
LSOC,
The feeling is mutual. Sure, the Vieux Carre has Bourbon Street and the bars, strip clubs and other adult entertainment. It is much more, though. Great restaurants, the Creole and Cajun culture, history. I wouldn't say my primary interest is in beignets, but Cafe du Monde and beignets are a part of the culture of the French Quarter.
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:cyclist:
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I just booked a helicopter. Plan to be on Bourbon Street Friday AND Saturday nights.
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I just booked a helicopter. Plan to be on Bourbon Street Friday AND Saturday nights.
hmmmmm. i'd be tempted to ask for a ride if some of us weren't already planning on bringing down our hoovercrafts. here's a pic of pete in his from a couple of years ago...
(http://www.trendhunter.com/images/phpthumbnails/8157_1_468.jpeg)
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3:00-3:16 sound too good to be true
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Leave the demolition of LL ( :woohoo: btw) 1/2 hour early? Beat LSU traffic?
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No true EMAW would ever leave a game early.
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No true EMAW would ever leave a game early.
Meh, miss part of the 4th quarter in a blowout ( :pray: ) over who I hope to be a nobody compared to us vs. livin' up the win on Bourbon Street. Seems acceptable in this scenario.
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You still wouldn't get to Bourbon until at least midnight, just because of the distance factor and how hard it is to find parking on a weekend.
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Leave the demolition of LL ( :woohoo: btw) 1/2 hour early? Beat LSU traffic?
First let me begin by saying if any of you come to Lafayette for the game you will have a blast. You will not find friendlier people anywhere, and having some of the best looking women you have ever seen never hurts. Last year we averaged 22,000 fans per home game and at least 10,000 more than that outside of the gates partying during the game.
No doubt New Orleans is a great place to party but if you don’t want to fight that headache, Lafayette has a great party seen. These are a few of the hot spots all located about 3 blocks from each other.
http://www.citybardowntown.com/
http://www.nitetowndowntown.com/
http://www.karmadowntown.com/gallery.php
http://www.stansdowntown.com/
just to name a few…
Also, I hope your football team is looking past us as much as you fans are. I know we lost 3 good players but that’s ALL we lost. If I remember correctly you guys lost a few studs also, should be fun…
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Leave the demolition of LL ( :woohoo: btw) 1/2 hour early? Beat LSU traffic?
First let me begin by saying if any of you come to Lafayette for the game you will have a blast. You will not find friendlier people anywhere, and having some of the best looking women you have ever seen never hurts. Last year we averaged 22,000 fans per home game and at least 10,000 more than that outside of the gates partying during the game.
No doubt New Orleans is a great place to party but if you don’t want to fight that headache, Lafayette has a great party seen. These are a few of the hot spots all located about 3 blocks from each other.
http://www.citybardowntown.com/
http://www.nitetowndowntown.com/
http://www.karmadowntown.com/gallery.php
http://www.stansdowntown.com/
just to name a few…
Also, I hope your football team is looking past us as much as you fans are. I know we lost 3 good players but that’s ALL we lost. If I remember correctly you guys lost a few studs also, should be fun…
thanks for the links. are there any plans in the works to move your school to D1 for football like connecticut did a few years ago? seems like a lot of schools have done it recently. thanks again.
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