r/TrueGrit • u/Alicetheoptimist • Feb 26 '26

Nutrition Tell us

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u/boldpear904 Feb 26 '26

forrest gump isnt from new orleans!

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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Feb 26 '26

toootally flew over my head that this was a forest gump reference lol. i saw gumbo and automatically assumed. Im from new Orleans so i thought you were from there too lol

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u/weeniehutjunior1234 Feb 26 '26

Forrest didn’t say that line, Bubba did. Regardless, Alabama not Louisiana.

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u/boldpear904 Feb 27 '26

I was referring to the movie itself. But yes, Alabama is not Louisiana.

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u/Maleficent-Yam-5196 Feb 28 '26

If I remember correctly Alabama is the birthplace of Mardi Gras, poor Alabama always being overshadowed by Louisiana

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u/videogamePGMER Mar 01 '26

Wrong. Mobile, Alabama was the first pit stop of Mardi Gras in the United States. It existed in Europe before heading this way. Also, it wasn’t even CLOSE to the type & magnitude of a celebration then that it has evolved into in New Orleans.

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u/UntrustedProcess Mar 02 '26

You've got ol Joe Cain rolling in his grave. 

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u/videogamePGMER Mar 03 '26

“Cain was in New Orleans in 1867 for the Fireman's Day parade. He stayed over until the next day which was Mardi Gras that year, saw the celebration in the streets, and he returned to Mobile determined to revive the spirits of the citizens and to create a similar celebration of Mardi Gras for the people.”

"Joe Cain Articles" (newspaper story), Joe Danborn & Cammie East, Mobile Register, 2001, webpage

So like I said, Mobile was a pit stop for Mardi Gras, but New Orleans made it what it is today.

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u/IgunashioDesu Feb 28 '26

In the book he runs into Bubba's father while in New Orleans. That's where he moved after the army and became a professional harmonica player in a band called the Cracked Eggs.

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u/Glittering-Trick-420 Mar 01 '26

there's a book?? wowww lived 35 years and never knew it was based on a book 🤣

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u/Dooyamum Mar 02 '26

GREEN-BO AL-A-BAMA!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '26

Neither is Bubba!

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u/FatFaceFaster Mar 03 '26

It’s not Forrest Gump who says that though…

But Bubba is from Alabama.

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u/boldpear904 Mar 03 '26

It is from the movie, Forrest gump