GO ABBA GO!!!

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Mavericks is less ridiculous (in the context) than Rebels? Does it have another meaning?

Maybe y'all are motherless/unbranded animals? Is the new name all about not getting tattoos or brands?

1: an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf
2: an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

I assumed definition 1, cuz lord knows that individualism at that school isn't exactly the norm. Plus, a lot of the kids there seem to be lost and wandering around aimlessly.

Maverick-->Top Gun-->RT's segue

I knew a lot of people from the Naval Academy class of 93 and 94, and they told me that a good 70 to 80 percent of their class went in wanting to be fighter pilots because of Top Gun. Most of them got booted from consideration because of their vision, but they said that movie was one of the best recruiting efforts the Navy ever did during peacetime.

[dtb]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, Cornell is said to be the Texas A&M of the North.

Who hasn't heard that 1,000 times?!?

I think you are correct that the Ivy Feeders play their high school "big game" at Rice Stadium with all the fancy trimmings. Do you think those Ivy-Fed kids are disappointed when they land at the Texas A&M of Ithaca to find that their dreams of eternal fancy-livin' in the Rice parking lot are but a cruel taunt?

[notcasesensitive]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Mavericks is less ridiculous (in the context) than Rebels? Does it have another meaning?

Maybe y'all are motherless/unbranded animals? Is the new name all about not getting tattoos or brands?

1: an unbranded range animal; especially : a motherless calf
2: an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

3: the pilot nickname of Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun

Most ridiculous of all, my high school's mascot was the Eagles. There were rarely any eagles in our county!!! Hawks, sure, but eagles? Not so much. Craziness.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My high school got rid of the Johnny Reb mascot, but kept the name Rebels (which was ridiculous name for the exclusive private school that was a feed directly to the Ivys, but that's another story) for about a decade before finally changing entirely to the Mavericks.

I went to the Big Game last year (against the other Ivy feeder school, tailgating at Rice Stadium before that game usually features brie and chardonnay out of the back of an X5 or a fully loaded Suburban), and it was very odd to cheer for the Mavericks.

Kids didn't seem to care, though, and we won, so I guess that's the only important part.

My high school mascot is the Patriot. Our colors are red, black and blue. It was originally red, white and blue, but the year Abraham Lincoln was shot, they changed the white stripe to black, and then never changed it back.

Our football rivals are the Quakers. The school was not, however, Quaker. It's the oldest continuous high school football rivalry. I think this year is the 121st year.

My brother went to one of the many local Friends schools. Their mascot was the Kangaroo, which may be the weirdest mascot ever.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by dtb
Who hasn't heard that 1,000 times?!?

I think you are correct that the Ivy Feeders play their high school "big game" at Rice Stadium with all the fancy trimmings. Do you think those Ivy-Fed kids are disappointed when they land at the Texas A&M of Ithaca to find that their dreams of eternal fancy-livin' in the Rice parking lot are but a cruel taunt?

My brother went to Cornell. He promptly returned to civilized weather after his five year sentence was up.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I assumed definition 1, cuz lord knows that individualism at that school isn't exactly the norm. Plus, a lot of the kids there seem to be lost and wandering around aimlessly.

Maverick-->Top Gun-->RT's segue

I knew a lot of people from the Naval Academy class of 93 and 94, and they told me that a good 70 to 80 percent of their class went in wanting to be fighter pilots because of Top Gun. Most of them got booted from consideration because of their vision, but they said that movie was one of the best recruiting efforts the Navy ever did during peacetime.

Woooo Hoooo. Rock n' Roll.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Mavericks is less ridiculous (in the context) than Rebels? Does it have another meaning?

Nah, that's pretty much it. My HS were Mavericks. With our steer mascot, orange colors, and desultory performance on the field, we were a poor SC high school imitation of the pre-Mack Brown UT.

[bold_n_brazen]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My brother went to Cornell. He promptly returned to civilized weather after his five year sentence was up.

I was maybe 5 years old when I learned the following song at Penn games.

"High above Cayuga's waters
there's an awful smell.
some say it's Cayuga's waters,
others say Cornell."

I also learned "Drink a highball, for Penn-syl-vain-eye-ay".

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by dtb
Do you think those Ivy-Fed kids are disappointed when they land at the Texas A&M of Ithaca to find that their dreams of eternal fancy-livin' in the Rice parking lot are but a cruel taunt?

Yes. But, still, Ithaca is gorges.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
3: the pilot nickname of Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun

Most ridiculous of all, my high school's mascot was the Eagles. There were rarely any eagles in our county!!! Hawks, sure, but eagles? Not so much. Craziness.

Hornets. I'm sure there were hornets all over the place. They seem kind of omnipresent, but anyone should feel free to prove me wrong with some map that shows hornets have a really limited range or something.

Ithaca isgorges. In the summer.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My brother went to Cornell. He promptly returned to civilized weather after his five year sentence was up.

"We gotta go to the Hot Truck!"

"Dude, it's like 30 below and the wind is wicked."

"Hot Truck! Hot Truck! Hot Truck!"

"Dude, I can no longer feel my face."

"Hot Truck is so fucking awesome! Hot Truck!"

"Dude, my core temperature is rapidly dropping."

"Nothing that a B, B, F & D, extra blah blah, hold the F and T can't fix! Hot Truck rules!"

"Dude, this sub is fine, but it would be better without the hypothermia."

"You have experienced the Hot Truck! It is the Hot Truck!"



Fuck the Hot Truck.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
3: the pilot nickname of Tom Cruise's character in Top Gun

I'm disappointed that Not Bob hasn't chimed in with definition no. 4:

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)

Isn't that the Jerry's uncle Pecos, who kept plucking Tom's whiskers for guitar strings? "Crambone"

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
Isn't that the Jerry's uncle Pecos, who kept plucking Tom's whiskers for guitar strings? "Crambone"

U. Miss. should hire you for PR.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Pretty Little Flower

"Dude, it's like 30 below and the wind is wicked."

"Dude, I can no longer feel my face."


"Dude, my core temperature is rapidly dropping."

"Dude, this sub is fine, but it would be better without the hypothermia."

How do you survive in Minnesota?