Spanishtown Parade: A lesson in Begging

I promised you guys some info of what went down at the parade, but since I was sidelined with a strange cold that felt more like a flue, I wasn't able to really say what. For that, I apologize.

But I am better now! At least I think so. Anyway, to the parade:

Imagine being surrounded by hundreds, if not thousands of people. You wait and wait for something, anything, to give evidence that the parade has begun. It begins. At first, it starts as a trickle of floats, some here, some there..and a whole lotta dead space. During the dead space you dart to and fro in order to gather beads. The whole ones you keep, the dead(meaning broken) ones you leave unless you use the dead beads for other things. You might flirt with people if you are near a cluster of hotties, or just talk to your own friends, like I did.
Some background on my friend M.L. She just happens to have the same first name as I, so in order to keep the sanity, we ask others to call us by the initial of the last name. It works. Anyway, as I was saying! She's a feisty girl, always ever speaking her mind and wanting a good time. And when I mean good time, I mean good clean fun. No dirty thoughts out there, okay?
But I digress.
She informed me that in order to get the "prize", meaning the large beads, I had to beg for them. Heck, to get any of worth, you have to beg for them. Now that I have given a little bit of the back story, here are the begging rules during Mardi Gras:

1. Beg Loudly:
If you are intending for the person on the float to hear you, you must scream. It may seem uncouth, but trust me, you'll be even more embarrassed if you get snubbed.

2. Beg Often:
If you are loud, but only say "please can I have that" only once, you usually are snubbed.

3. Make a damn fool of yourself:
Anything goes, to an extent. If it is a family parade, do not flash. That being said, you can dance, jump, scream, and shimmy all you want if it gets you the beads you want.

4. Don't be ashamed to flirt:
The men(or women if you are male) appreciate a bit of flirting when throwing beads. Yes, I said that. They may look all impervious to baser thoughts, but they are human.

5. Go with friends:
Don't go by yourself, you'll just get depressed. That and you would miss all the good beads because you don't have people standing beside you going "if you want that you need to get that".

Before I go, let me tell you something funny. The amount of beads you have are a show of sexual prowess. If the person beside you is starting to resemble a Maoi woman...maybe you should tap that.