Top Ten Reasons to Be Excited/Wary That Karneval is Coming to Town
Read Time:1 Minute, 15 Second

Top Ten Reasons to Be Excited/Wary That Karneval is Coming to Town

0 0

TOP TEN REASONS TO BE EXCITED THAT KARNEVAL IS COMING TO TOWN

-You’ve been waiting all year to see if the woman who walked around town with a wig made of rigatoni last year is going to use a different pasta this year.

-Ten straight days of booze.

IMG_3046

-You get to buy really weird shit in town

IMG_7011

-People walk around in costume and hats every day, for 10 days, like it’s normal.

IMG_2048

-Eventually, so do you.

-So.much.candy.

IMG_3052
-You can’t wait for all the little dwarf doors in town to open up for par-tay time and the bank to turn into a disco.

IMG_0883
-Parades going down your street.

-Children playing ball hockey and men playing tennis in the street whether the street is closed or open to traffic.

IMG_2093
-TEN STRAIGHT DAYS OF BOOZE.

TOP FIVE REASONS TO BE WARY THAT KARNEVAL IS COMING

-Thanks to Facebook and blogging, “What happens at Karneval stays at Karneval” doesn’t apply.
-You’ll be doing a lot more sidewalk sweeping and cleaning up plastic shotglasses from your front yard.

-You’re not looking forward to coming home with a mysterious cut that a relatively sober person really should remember getting.

IMG_3057
-You still have vivid memories of nearly getting run over by a float on Rosenmontag.

IMG_1611
-The port-a-potty going up across the street.  Because gross.

IMG_3038 - Version 2

About Post Author

Kari Martindale

Kari Martindale likes words, so she uses them a lot. Kari sits on the Board of Maryland Writers' Association and is involved with various nonprofits. She writes spoken word poetry, children's books, and other stuff, like whatever blog post you just read. Kari has visited over 35 countries and all 50 States, and is always planning her next road trip. She likes her family a lot; they tolerate her just fine.
Happy
Happy
0 %
Sad
Sad
0 %
Excited
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
Angry
0 %
Surprise
Surprise
0 %