SONG CHALLENGE WINNER!

The Challenge:  The 'song subject' for the great Easter Bonnet(?) Special Challenge was this news story -- DATELINE: GRETNA, Louisiana -- The debate was serious.  The vote unanimous.  The Gretna City Council says it's now legal in Louisiana to throw women's underwear from Carnival floats.  "So we're pro-panties -- it's on the record," joked one city councilman.  However, it is still illegal to throw anything that is ". . . lewd or lascivious and includes, but is not limited to, condoms and inflatable paraphernalia."   The panty-throwing issue was pushed by protesting parade organizers.  "If panties are . . . vulgar, why are they exposed in every department store in the nation?" asked one of the captains of the Elks Krewe of Gretna.  Another Mardi Gras group captain firmly agreed.  "Panties have been a legitimate throw for Mardi Gras for years," he said.!


The Scotsman's Mardi Gras by Bradypus
(Tune: Clementine) 

I'm a Scotsman, a humble Scotsman
Mardi Gras-ing I long to go
But a problem I've been given
Cos I'll have nothing to throw.

Tossing cabers, throwing hammers, 
There are times I've done my share
But what is the world coming to
When they're tossing underwear?

Throwing stuff just don't come easy 
Scots are used to holding tight
But parading without tossing
Nowadays just don't seem right.

There's an answer to the problem
I'll parade along the road
Others toss their bras and panties
I just spray the crowd with woad! 

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