PURE COONASS
( Let The Good Times Roll )
"Mais, Jamais-vie! Ah jus' got mahsef back from makin'
groceries an' buyin' me a new pair of "Air Boudreaux's"
(you know, dem white boot what I got on mah foots), an'
now I got to brought mahsef over to check out some of dat
cajun humor what da Wiz got cooked up in dat big
jambalaya pot o' his. It's not a good t'ing to show up too
early 'round dere, do'. Last time, da Wiz cook up some
'gator sauce piquante an' mah coozahn, Theophile, him, he
loss him a whole hind quarter to da pot. Dey been callin'
him "Tripod", and t'ings like dat ever since den. Oh, an'
can you tole me what a "Benjie-Bat" is, anh? He look mos'
like a lil rat wit' wings, dere, an' kep' screamin' sumtin 'bout his real name wasn't "t-Ben", an' da
Wiz would be lookin' for him, da hole time I was boiling him up for a snack. Mais, here come da
Wiz now... buuuurrrp..."
Click on Phideaux, my CKA (Cajun Kennel Association) registered Gator Bull-Terrier above, or
here to go to the Wizard's Cajun Humor Page. Uh, Phideaux, have you seen Benjie around
anywhere? You know, the little bat that I use for a tour guide for my other pages... and just what,
exactly, did you mean by "buuurrrp", Phideaux?
The seat of St. Landry Parish, Opelousas is located about 20 miles north of Lafayette at the
intersection of I-49 and Highway 190. The third oldest city in Louisiana, it was named after a local
Indian tribe and was originally called the Poste des Opelousas. The town served as temporary
capital of Louisiana after Baton Rouge fell to Union troops during the Civil War. Local attractions
include the International Cajun Joke Telling Contest in April, the St. Landry Parish Heritage Festival
in May, the Annual Beef Cook-Off in July, and the Louisiana Yambilee Festival in October.
Among its year-long attractions are the Jim Bowie Museum and Visitors Center, the Opelousas
Museum and Interpretive Center, the Michel Prudhomme Home (the oldest building in Opelousas
and former residence of chef Paul Prudhomme), the Historic District walking tour, and tours of the
Savoie’s Sausage and Food Products and Tony Chachere’s Creole Foods manufactories. The
town's population is 19,540 (1995).
Email: gmartin@centenary.edu
