A Cajun is "...a member of an ethnic group mainly living in Louisiana, consisting of the descendents of Acadian exiles (French-speaking settlers from the maritime provinces of what is now Canada.)

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Coonass: Reference to a person of Cajun ethnicity. Some Cajuns see it as an ethnic slur, others as a badge of ethnic pride.

Me? I'd never repeat the word aloud, but it's part of this bit of humor.

Wikipedia entry for Coonass

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From the parish where drunk driving is considered a sport comes this true story.

Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a bar in Houma, Louisiana.

After last call, the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk.

The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing.

After what seemed an eternity in which he tried his keys on five different vehicles, the man managed to find his car and fall into it.

He sat there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally, he started the car, switched the wipers on and off-it was a fine summer night-, flicked the blinkers on and off a couple of times, honked the horn, and then switched on the lights.

He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained still for a few more minutes as some more of the 20 other patron's vehicles left.

At last, when his was the only car in the parking lot, he pulled out and drove slowly down the road.

The police officer, having waited patiently all this time, now started up his patrol car,put on the flashing lights, pulled the man over, and administered a breathalyzer test. To his amazement, the breathalyzer indicated no evidence that the man had consumed any alcohol at all!

Dumbfounded, the officer said, "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."

"I doubt it,' said the truly proud Coonass. Tonight I'm the designated decoy."