Posted on 01/21/2005 7:25:35 AM PST by tmp02
Satin maybe, but not Satan.
I think you mean typical Aggie IQ.
Can we just make this the "Official Friday Silliness" thread?
Reveille
Reveille, the first lady of Aggieland, is the official mascot of Texas A&M University. She is the highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets, and she is a Five-Star General.
Reveille I came to Texas A&M in January 1931. A group of cadets hit a small black and white dog on their way back from Navasota. They picked up the dog and brought her back to school so they could care for her. The next morning, when "Reveille" was blown by a bugler, she started barking. She was named after this morning wakeup call. The following football season she was named the official mascot when she led the band onto the field during their half-time performance. When Reveille I died on January 18, 1944, she was given a formal military funeral on the gridiron of Kyle Field. She was then buried at the north entrance to the field, as all Reveilles are, facing the scoreboard so that she can always watch the Aggies outscore their opponent.
Before naming Reveille II, there were several other unofficial mascots, such as Tripod, Spot, and Ranger. It was not until a later Reveille that she was a full-blood Collie. The most current Reveille is Reveille VII who was inducted during Parents Weekend in April 2001.
Reveille is the most revered dog on campus. Company E-2 has the privilege of taking care of Reveille. If she is sleeping on a cadet's bed, that cadet must sleep on the floor. Cadets address Reveille as "Miss Rev, ma'am." If she is in class and barks while the professor is teaching, the class is to be immediately dismissed.
Reveille is a highly cherished mascot and receives only the best.
That's a really great thing. Teaching sign language, though non-verbal, is still good for general language skills. And learning another way to say "I Love You" is always a plus!
:)
It's funny because I'm from NJ and we used to frequently refer to Staten Island as Satan Island or Static Island as a goof...
Or even Stagnant Island...
That's "shaka", the Hawaiian salute.
As I said in another post, I've seen what they're doing as a variant on the real sign, and I think that is what they meant.
"Malocchio" = Evil Eye.
My good friends from North Jersey are constantly using the horns to jinx each other as a goof...I'ts actually pretty funny...
It's on the internet, it has to be true.
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The Masked Rider is the oldest and most popular mascot of Texas Tech University that still exists today. Originally the Masked Rider started as a dare in 1936 and was then called the ghost rider, because no one knew the rider's identity. These ghost riders circled the field at home football games and then disappeared. The Masked Rider did not become an official mascot until 1954, when Joe Kirk Fulton led the team out onto the field at the Gator Bowl. Fulton, wearing levis, red shirt, a black cape and mounted on a black horse awed the crowd as the team made one of the most sensational entrances ever. Today the Masked Rider, with his or her guns up, leads the team out onto the field for all of the home games. The Masked Rider is one of the most visible figures at Tech. sources: Texas Tech's First Red Raider |
He's waving "hello" to Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy rocks!
Can't be...the Left said the Gipper was the Antichrist and we can only have one Antichrist per lifetime.
FReegards...MUD
HUMMMM, I LIKE THAT ONE, COOOOOOL.
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