I left work on Thursday feeling like they’d given me a deep massage with a poultry mallet. But that’s okay, because nothing scrambles my pixels. When I got home, the weeds were undisturbed in the yard, but there was a quickly scrawled note under the door. “Got a lead in Bayou—someone is taming gators. Please check it out.” I heaved on my galoshes, feeling mighty indignant. Trained gators? Do I look like I have a leg to spare?
I paddled over to the swamp warily. The signs was unmissable: “Click for Free Ridable Gator!” and “Danger, Do Not Feed or Molest.”
Curling my toes, I clicked for a delivery of said rideable gator and tried it on. Sure enough, it was tame as a kitten and took to the water just fine, mouth agape and seemingly ready for a juicy hunk of something delicious. But it obeys just fine and looks pretty spectacular.
You too can get a free rideable gator, courtesy of Miz Monnett, at Blue Bayou.
[The following open invitation arrived in our mailbox yesterday. —Ed.]
If you love gators and if you love Mardi Gras floats, you might want to join our group. Learn how to decorate your rideable gator in your own personal style! Let the spirit of Mardi Gras and the crazy humor of New Toulouse haunt the bayou in the form of the Rough Riders and their gators! Laissez les bons temps rouler! Contact me if you want to join up.
Maria Monnett
Bayou Rough Riders
Gator Krewe
RMarie Beedit is the proprietor of Argonaut Travel on Shotgun Row.