#Mardi

This year's Carnival resulted in a record 1.4 tons of beads, beer cans, and other trash. It's the weight of more than 1 million king cakes.

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We decided to start with a lot of talk about pooping and peeing. Sorry. Don't let go of my hand while we dance under this clear zydeco music. Brett's Mardi Gras expertise including housing a king cake and how to get beads.…