Too Many Beads at Mardi Gras?

Article at NOLA dot com, by way of the Darling Daughter.

It is an interesting conundrum.  On one hand, c'mon, it's Mardi Gras.  It's all about the excess.  OTOH, when it's not fun anymore, when it's just clogging the storm drains.... yeah, it's time to dial it back in favor of quality over quantity.  And face it, even a tenth the quantity is still pretty overwhelming.

Interesting though that this whole business is less than a century old.  Anyway, read the article and find out.