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Lisa Mount right, and M.K. Wegmann second from right, wear costumes about Super Tuesday on Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Carnival revelers were greeted with warm weather for Fat Tuesday Straight from the Mardi Gras parade, 'Glo' Gloria Cunningham signs into the Democratic Caucus at the Town Hall in Crested Butte, Colo. with her costume on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008. Two revelers wear costumes like senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Mardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 R.M. Elfer left, and Judy Weaver wear...

This Tuesday is Shrove Tuesday otherwise known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday and if you come from Britain Pancake Day. Though all of these names are completely different celebrations and events they also signal one thing the next day is the start of lent. Many years ago in countries considered as Christian countries this meant 40 days of fasting and praying so the day before was the time to eat up all the rich fatty foods before this time of obstaying. Pancakes are ideal foods to be consumed on Shrove Tuesday as they contain fat and eggs which were forbidden...

Three Fresno police officers and a woman bystander were shot and wounded during a Fat Tuesday celebration and the gunman was shot dead after leading officers on a cross-city shooting spree. None of the injuries appeared to be life - threatening, Chief Jerry Dyer said. But a Central District sergeant was grazed by a bullet to the head. Despite his wound, the same officer continued the chase, eventually ramming the suspect ' s car.

Alright, who's going out tonight? Where are you going? What will you be doing? Does your mother know? Remember, Allahtm hates costumes like this, so Bedazzle your bikini, celebrate Catholicism, and flip the bird in a generally eastward direction! According to internet sources:In the Christian calendar, Shrove Tuesday is the English name for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, which in turn marks the beginning of Lent. In many solidly Roman Catholic countries in Europe and the Americas, this is the last day of Carnival. In some historically Francophone places it is Mardi Gras, French for Fat Tuesday; the most...

Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, is the last hurrah before the Catholic season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. It also has links to the Christmas season through the period known as Carnival.Mardi Gras' Catholic Roots Mardi Gras, literally "Fat Tuesday," has grown in popularity in recent years as a raucous, sometimes hedonistic event. But its roots lie in the Christian calendar, as the "last hurrah" before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. That's why the enormous party in New Orleans, for example, ends abruptly at midnight on Tuesday, with battalions of streetsweepers pushing the crowds out of the French...

Tradidion declares that this race first run in the year 1445, pancakes at the time being a popular dish and recieving the royal favour.It was run on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent, and the whole day was given over to a festival of celebrations and pastimes, which formed a part of the 'last fling' celebrations. (Mardi Gras)One story tells us of a harrassed housewife, hearing the shriving bell, dashing off to the Church still clutching her frying pan containing a pancake. (and the international race was born)Since then Olney has been invaded every Shrove Tuesday by an ever increasing...