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Whalehead King
Nov 17, 2025
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For those of you who have been wanting to catch some Bourbon Street magic when you are at home, I have some good news for you. Fresh from the pages of the Wall Street Journal:

IV Waste is going to stay in the French Quarter for another two years!

IV doesn’t stand for “intravenous.” It’s a Roman numeral 4.

Say what you will about Sidney Torres IV, but you have to admit he is an excellent trash man.

Buried at the end of the article:

Not only is he an excellent trash man, he is a savvy businessman. He got it from his parents, scions of St. Bernard Parish.

You, too, can smell like the lemon water they use to hose down French Quarter streets after a night of debauchery. It’s the lemon soap the trucks use to hose down the streets that make mornings in New Orleans smell so fresh.

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