[Leica] My 85-year-old mother is in love with this guy

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Holy Toledo!  Mardi Gras Balls?  Is there a cure for that?

Bob

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From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith342@cox.net> 

> The Mystic Krewes are the social and pleasure clubs (men!) who have Mardi 
> Gras balls and Mardi Gras parades. The Krewe of Endymion used to parade 
> through Mid-City, near where I work at the college. However, Katrina 
> devastated that area with 10-foot floodwaters, so it has been shifted over 
> to uptown. 
> 
> The Clooney-looking guy is Taylor Hicks, last year's winner of the 
> American 
> Idol contest (think of it as amateur hour....that goes on for 
> months......). 
> Despite all of the hype of American Idol, the winners seem to fall into 
> immediate obscurity. Ruben Studdard, the only African American to win, was 
> as fat as a house and his career has been sidetracked by health problems 
> (diabetes, I think). 
> 
> Part of Taylor Hicks' resemblance to George Clooney may stem from his 
> prematurely gray hair. He's only in his 20's but completely gray (started 
> going gray at age 13). 
> 
> Jeffery Smith 
> New Orleans, LA 
> http://www.400tx.com 
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+jsmith342=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of G 
> Hopkinson 
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 5:29 PM 
> To: 'Leica Users Group' 
> Subject: RE: [Leica] My 85-year-old mother is in love with this guy 
> 
> 
> Jeffery, on behalf of those non-US LUG folks, yes I have no clue who this 
> is. I certainly wasn't reminded of Sean Connery! He almost looks vaguely 
> like a Clooney. You'll also need to explain "Mystic Krewe of Endymion" 
> 
> Cheers 
> Puzzled Hoppy 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jeffery Smith 
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 07:53 
> To: 'Leica Users Group'; 'SeePhoto Mailing List'; 'A forum dedicated to 
> the 
> Picture-A-Week project' 
> Subject: [Leica] My 85-year-old mother is in love with this guy 
> 
> He was the Grand Marshall of the Mystic Krewe of Endymion, so I walked 
> about 
> a mile to get his picture before the parade started. 
> http://www.400tx.com/files/NOLABW/34.html 
> No, it's not Sean Connery. In fact, those of you in Europe and Australia 
> probably won't have a clue as to who he is. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith 
> New Orleans, LA 
> http://www.400tx.com 
> http://400tx.blogspot.com/ 
> 
> 
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