And I remember buying my K&B pencils for school!!!!

Asking “How’s ya momanthem?” was so common that I had no idea it was even an odd thing. I thought it was just something folks everywhere said. One day, my parents and I were watching the news and there was a local piece done by Frank Davis or the likes about the expression. And the three of us had a good laugh.

Well, a few days later I was visiting an aunt for the holidays. Soon enough, she was asking how was my momanthem. I chuckled and said, “Funny you should ask that! We just saw on the news a story about ‘ya momanthem!’” My aunt responded, “They were on the news? For what?” “No, no,” I said, “my parents weren’t on the news. The expression “ya momanthem” was on the news.” “What they’d say about them on the news?” she asked. I tried again, “No; they were not on the news. Just the way we say “how’s ya momanthem,” that was on the news.” My aunts brow was furrowing and I knew she still wasn’t following me. She asked again, “Are ya momanthem okay? What were they on the news for?” I gave up and responded, “Oh, they are fine. Just fine.”

Re: LSU and Mardi Gras and the color purple, that is no mistake. Apparently (LSU fans, correct me if I am wrong), LSU came to NOLA to play Tulane early in its life; it was close to Mardi Gras. Tulane’s color was Green (thus the Green Wave). LSU fans went to stores to buy things to back LSU. Being MG, only things purple, green and gold were really available in bulk. So LSU fans bought all the purple and gold. The rest, as they say, is history.