Funny things about New Orleans

Funny things about New Orleans:

If you get a traffic ticket, go to the traffic court's excuse for an office and ask to speak court lawyer. You can negotiate the fee, he doesn't care about what happened or why you were speeding. They're going to get some cash from you, so you'd better offer them something reasonable but don't assume you have to pay the ticket in full. Just tell them you've only have 100 dollars on your person and you didn't bring your ATM card. They take your cash and put it in a drawer. That's it.

If you see a puddle of water in the road, DON'T DRIVE THROUGH IT! It's likely to be a 4 ft deep pothole and your tire will burst.

Go to the Voodoo Museum off of Royal street and take a small tour through the decrepit rooms with a man who sports a goiter the size of a large grapefruit off the side of his neck. Ask him to point out the decayed cat that is nailed to the wall.

Read this article about how one small town in Louisiana dealt with a black man elected to mayor: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7133943

If you bite down on a small, naked baby made of plastic in your cake during Mardi Gras, you have to buy another cake for the next party. Who made up this rule??

Alligators like to eat marshmallows. Go on a tour with the Swamp Boat Tours and see for yourself.

Another funny news story. But not that odd considering what we see in the paper on a regular basis. http://www.wtlv.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=92934 In fact, red traffic lights in New Orleans are really optional.

My favorite haunted house is called the "Castle" on 4th street in the lower Garden District. A woman who calls herself the Black Queen Annie is the housekeeper and she spins Oldies on vinyl at a nightclub on the weekends. She doesn't go upstairs because she doesn't mess with ghosts, but she's extremely friendly and will tell you all sorts of stories, even some about her experience at the superdome during the flood if you stay and talk with her a while.