Four Parades in Half as Many Days

1. ‘tit R∂x

My original assumption that this parade would have something to do with dinosaurs (since ‘tit is pronounced is tee. French. I will never comprehend you.) was misguided. In fact, ‘tit means small. (There’s actually a whole story behind why it’s an ∂ in the parade’s name, and not an e, as well. Apparently Rex is the king of the Mardi Gras parades and they, quite literally, sued the little guy to protect their “brand”. You can read all about it if you’re so inclined. Am I being biased in giving you ‘tit R∂x’s account, maybe, but like I said, they’re the little guy. Who doesn’t root for the underdogs? Anyway, this parade’s name is obviously very complicated in a lot of ways.) So, ‘tit means small and this is a small parade. The floats are built on shoeboxes and pulled down the street. The parade got started a hour late because the patrol car that was supposed to escort them didn’t show up. Eventually they got sick of waiting and paraded along in the bike lane while cars continued to drive past them. Shortly after they set off their escort vehicle pulled up behind them and no one was quite sure how to proceed.