Louisiana

Louisiana

          Louisiana has only two geographical features: the French Quarter and bayou country. Visitors can easily take them both in in one trip, as they border one another.

          Due to an anomalous fluctuation in space-time, it is always Mardi Gras in the Quarter. Those wishing to visit should wear a comically large fiber glass head, so as to blend in. Be warned, though, that there is always a seedy undercurrent of menace and everybody practices dark voodoo.

Above: The only residential building in the Quarter        

          The pace of life is slower in bayou country. This region is populated exclusively by French-speaking people whose only form of transportation is small boats.

 A view of downtown Baton Rouge, or maybe Lafayette. It also could be Alexandria

          Whether in the French Quarter or the bayou, the residents of Louisiana, called “Cajuns,” all speak English with the same accent, and refer to one another as “chere.”  There are only three family names in the entire state: Boudreaux, Arceneaux and Thibodeaux, although the African American population prefers to use colorful nicknames like “Shaky” or “Big Papa.”

Physics professor 'Ti Jean Arceneaux, posing with his "particle accelerator."

        

         The cuisine in Louisiana is delicious, and we recommend that visitors stop in at one of the many local eateries, where the menu consists exclusively of gumbo, crawfish and alligator.