You’re lucky you caught the coconuts. Back in the day you could get rendered unconscious if you weren’t looking the right way when they threw those things.
It has been years since they threw the coconuts. Most are handed to people from the side of the float. It helps if you know someone.
Once in a while one gets tossed bet never thrown. I can’t Imagine how I would feel if were on a four day bender only to be nailed in the head with a coconut at 8:00 Mardi Gras morning.