Every year, our crack team of Best of Polling Technicians gather around the ole Gambit Water Cooler in preparation for the coming season of trying to figure out exactly what it is y’all are voting for. Turns out that despite our editor’s pleas, some of you may be drinking a wee bit while filling out the form! Also, a lot of y’all got jokes.
Unfortunately for our top Best of Polling Technicians, Clare “Dad Jokes Are My Life” Brierre and Shawn “I’m Not Befuddled, You’re Just A Clown” Thomas, this potent combination of the New Orleans school system, imbibing a few too many and your funny bones can make deciphering what is happening in your answers a challenge. Case in point, “your mom’s.” Turns out pretty much everyone in New Orleans loves them a chance to use “your mom’s” as an answer. Clare “had to google various version of ‘your mom’s’ at least a dozen times to make sure it wasn’t an actual business.”
So, in honor of you, the hilarious, wonderful weirdos you are, here are some of the best, most random answers y’all gave us.
Best thrift store
NOPE, you can't make me give up me secrets
Best bar for day drinking
My house
Costco, where everybody knows your name
Best 24-hour bar
Costco
Best Mardi Gras parade
All of them except for Nyx
Best escape room
My job
The French Quarter
The IRS is really good about getting into all those hard to reach places
Best place to get waxed
The IRS
Best live music venue (large)
Your mom’s house
Best art gallery
Hooters
Best lawncare/ landscaping
My husband
Best place for mental health care
MY DADDY HOUSE
Snake and Jake’s
Best dentist
The dentist will see me in hell
Best vape shop
This is a house of god
Mmmmm, meat
Best restaurant for vegans/ vegetarians
I love meat
We also got quite a few suggestions for new categories to include in our Best Of poll, which is super nice, since our editor is always looking for new and creative ways to break Clare and Shawn’s brains.