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16 Things You Only See In Louisiana

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posted on Feb. 8, 2013, at 11:09 a.m.

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1. Gator rides (fun if you don’t get eaten)

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2. A three-day mud festival

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3. Complete with jumping in puddles.

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4. This Ron Swanson look-a-like who also woodworks

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5. A stadium with bad timing

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6. The best pork sausage

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7. Mailboxes bigger than NYC apartments

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8. Cauliflower that likes Mardi Gras

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9. (and people, too)

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10. Babies hanging out in cakes

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11. A driver that’s proud to be an American

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12. Airboats faster than your car

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13. More voodoo than you could shake a medicine stick at

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14. Their own spelling of “Go”

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15. Fans who dress up like superheroes

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16. And cajun food that dreams are made of

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