When you live in New Orleans, tourists are a cinch to spot: they're the ones walking around the French Quarter wearing beads when it's not Carnival season. When there's a Mardi Gras parade happening, however, even locals have been known to appear in public with a strand or three or two dozen around their neck, so spotting the folks from out of town becomes a little more difficult: they're the ones sporting beads with breasts or penises or little bottles of Viagra on them. Good thing they're so useful—we'd just think they were really tacky otherwise.
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