21.   The big round sandwich is almost as much a part of the French Quarter as wrought-iron balconies, naughty nightclubs and carriage horses with funny hats.

22.   The actors wear headsets with microphones and funny hats.

23.   The closest I came to a gaucho was the head waiter in a funny hat at La Estancia restaurant.

24.   The discarded funny hats by dawn seem like ancient relics, the sequined gowns as odd as the discarded styles of some justifiably forgotten decade.

25.   The program recognized his freely chosen word, pronounced it and painted a funny hat picture.

26.   The only thing on display were a bunch of politicians delivering carefully scripted speeches and lots of people in funny hats.

27.   Then, when the proverbial dust has cleared, the cleanup, with no perky teen-agers in funny hats around to help.

28.   There are Democratic delegates galore with banners and balloons, funny hats and confetti.

29.   There are no special handshakes or funny hats or oaths.

30.   There is the Governor and his funny plumed hat.