You Know You're From Lafayette If ...

[CajunNation]

Remember when Lafayette's newspaper was a Lafayette newspaper and not just aniother national chain rag!!!!

Yep.

The larger Acadiana gets, the worse and smaller our paper gets.

However, I do have to give Mr. Parrot some praise. He has given us quite a bit of UL and SBC stuff lately, during the dead season no less.

Still, the paper is a shell of what it used to be even just 15 years ago.

[HelmutVII]

_ Who was the "Cochise of St Mary Parish"? _

I don't remember but it must have been the sheriff over there. He probably had a run in with him doing his PI work. He had names for other people but I can't remember them.

Puggy ran for governor in the early 70's and got about 6000 or 7000 votes(he must have had something on them). During a debate he accused Edwin Edwards of being a homosexual. Edwin walked over and planted a big juicy one on his cheek. That left "Ole Puggy" speechless.


Anyhow you know you are from Lafayette if you are sick and tired of River Ranch and the Ranch Davidians that populate the place. You have to wonder what it is that makes people pay $2.50 for something that is worth $1.00. I dunno.

[reddot]

Puggy ran for governor in the early 70's and got about 6000 or 7000 votes(he must have had something on them). During a debate he accused Edwin Edwards of being a homosexual. Edwin walked over and planted a big juicy one on his cheek. That left "Ole Puggy" speechless.
_

On one show he said he had proof and whipped out a copy of the National Enquirer.

And the nicknames he threw out...."Hamburger Head" Louie Michot
Snowballin' Sherman Bernard

Classic stuff.....great TV

[reddot]

There's no red light camera at the busiest intersection in town just a drive thru
dacquri shop.

[RaginCajun77]

..... a 5 mile trip from Kaliste Saloom to Downtown Lafayette takes 30 minutes.

[snote]

However, I do have to give Mr. Parrot some praise. He has given us quite a bit of UL and SBC stuff lately, during the dead season no less.

AMEN !!

[CRAWFISH61]

You know you are from Lafayette if there is a weekly newspaper that has never written a positive word about UL.
You know you are from Lafayette if there is a weekly newpaper that goes out of its way to praise LSU, its athletic teams, its fans, and never ever finds fault with the flagship.

[Cajunbander]

You drive in all the cardinal directions to get to a point three miles away.

That's great, I was complaining about the way our streets are (un)arragend.

Like everyone else, I thought it was very entertaining, I didn't get some things cause I'm a little young (21), and the LSU A&M stuff got me a little peeved.

[DestinCajun]

I don't remember but it must have been the sheriff over there. He probably had a run in with him doing his PI work. He had names for other people but I can't remember them.

Puggy ran for governor in the early 70's and got about 6000 or 7000 votes(he must have had something on them). During a debate he accused Edwin Edwards of being a homosexual. Edwin walked over and planted a big juicy one on his cheek. That left "Ole Puggy" speechless.

Another name I recall was the Wyatt Earp (of someplace or another).

I tried never to miss his show. It was truly one of a kind and hilarious.

I also enjoyed the old local Canal Gazoleen commercials that featured Cody Dupre. Giveways included Fiesta Children's Chairs and ladies pantahose.

JC Politz did a stint in Lafayette TV as a sportscaster for a short while back then and he had a character he used from time to time in his shows. He called him the "crazy professor" or the "nutty professor" or something like that. I recall maybe a connection to "UPI", the University of Pecan Island.

[Rebel02]

_ Another name I recall was the Wyatt Earp (of someplace or another).

I tried never to miss his show. It was truly one of a kind and hilarious.

I also enjoyed the old local Canal Gazoleen commercials that featured Cody Dupre. Giveways included Fiesta Children's Chairs and ladies pantahose.

JC Politz did a stint in Lafayette TV as a sportscaster for a short while back then and he had a character he used from time to time in his shows. He called him the "crazy professor" or the "nutty professor" or something like that. I recall maybe a connection to "UPI", the University of Pecan Island. _

I hear that they are a sister school of our great "flagship" institution.

[Cajunmole]

"Mavis" at Dwyer's? I noticed that this article was written by "the staff at the independent", probably a "bunch of Yankees from north of Ville Platte" I'm from Lafayette, and can't relate to most of this article.

I do remember getting busted by Dan Tucker, one of my geology instructors, while at U(S)L for missing a morning class after a late Wed. night at Bon Temp. I very seldem ever missed (neither class or Bon Temp). I went into his office late that afternoon to get some material that he had handed out and let him know that I was not feeling good, a virus or something. He was very sympathetic, gave me what I needed, then said,..."Oh, next time you're not feeling well and come to visit after you missed my class for being ill, don't forget to wash off the "Bon Temp" stamp on your hand." He smiled and I walked out of there with my tail between my legs!!

By the way, You know you're from Lafayette if "Myrtis" from Dwyer's told you that she could not wait to get off of work to go home and drink a carton of Schitz (sp) on her front porch!!

[HelmutVII]

_ Another name I recall was the Wyatt Earp (of someplace or another).

I tried never to miss his show. It was truly one of a kind and hilarious.

I also enjoyed the old local Canal Gazoleen commercials that featured Cody Dupre. Giveways included Fiesta Children's Chairs and ladies pantahose.

JC Politz did a stint in Lafayette TV as a sportscaster for a short while back then and he had a character he used from time to time in his shows. He called him the "crazy professor" or the "nutty professor" or something like that. I recall maybe a connection to "UPI", the University of Pecan Island. _

Wyatt Earp must have been a sheriff or police chief that he had a run in with. Louie Michot was the owner of Burger Chef and a State representative at the time. He was not liked by Ole Puggy because Louie was a Republican.

Canal Gazolene from Church Pointe.

JC Politz had a great TV presence and a very good relationship with Russ Faulkinberry. He would have the weekly football predictions for all the state schools like TwoLane and AL-SU. JC was strange.