TIL Popular hotels in New Orleans put grease on balcony support poles during Mardi Gras so drunks can't climb in.

http://www.gonola.com/2012/01/23/mardi-gras-lubrication-the-greasing-of-the-poles.html



Submitted February 14, 2015 at 01:42AM by Chamrox http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vstqt/til_popular_hotels_in_new_orleans_put_grease_on/