The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.

nfldraftman

nfldraftman

Officer_Charon;414819][QUOTE=Wasabi Poptart;414519][QUOTE=Officer_Charon said:
The urge to make a University of Alabama joke is strong...
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Sorry, sorry... my wife's an Auburn fan. Me? I really don't care, but you gotta admit, it's a goony name for a team. And what's with the elephant?[/QUOTE]

The elephant's association with Alabama dates back to the 1930 football season when the Crimson Tide was led by Coach Wallace Wade. There are two stories about how Alabama became associated with the elephant.
Officially, following the 1930 game versus Ole Miss, Atlanta Journal sports writer Everett Strupper wrote:
"At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, 'Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity. It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they had nearly doubled in size."
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Sports writers continued to refer to Alabama as the "Red Elephants" afterwards, referring to their crimson jerseys. The 1930 team shut out eight of ten opponents, allowing a total of only 13 points all season. The "Red Elephants" rolled up 217 points that season, including a 24-0 victory over Washington State in the Rose Bowl.
Another account attributes the Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk Company for the elephant association. Alabama used the Birmingham Trunk Company's luggage to travel to the 1930 Rose Bowl. The luggage company's trademark was a red elephant standing on a trunk. When the football team arrived in Pasadena, the reporters greeting them associated their large size with the elephants on their luggage.


Despite these early associations of the elephant to the University of Alabama, the university did not officially accept the elephant as university mascot until 1979. [1]
Alabama's elephant mascot is known as "Big Al."
 
Rob King

Rob King

At Montanna's (a restaurant) the other night, we observed the regular ritual where the servers all file out to somebody's table carrying a ridiculous hat with antlers. There they placed the hat upon the head of a celebrant, and sang happy birthday. Perhaps you have seen this ritual, or one like it.

At my table it sparked a conversation about how, when one hears the clapping, one immediately searches for the procession in order to discover who is being so embarrassed. Among my family, it is a regular occurrence for someone (normally my father) to claim falsely that someone in our party is celebrating a birthday, so there is always the looming threat that the procession is heading for our table, even if there is no conceivable reason that they should.

All of these things on my heart, it inspired me to conspire with John Donne. We composed this poem.

For Whom the Antlers Come
by John Donne & Rob King

No man is an island,
Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be embarassed by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manner of thine one
Or of thine friends' were.
Each man's shame diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the antlers come.
They come for thee.
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John Donne did most of the work, I will admit. But I feel that it appropriately encapsulates my feeling on the birthday antler ritual.
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

Staff member
Teehee. I was making calls to students, and I got the voicemail of this kid who left his outgoing message with a Shatner voice. So I left him a Shatner-y message right back. :laugh: That was fun.
 
Calleja

Calleja

Dude, be careful, nerdy types tend to instantly fall in love with girls who show such nerdy characteristics, if he calls back all panting into the phone and shit RUN!!
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

Staff member
Calleja said:
Dude, be careful, nerdy types tend to instantly fall in love with girls who show such nerdy characteristics, if he calls back all panting into the phone and shit RUN!!
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Uh oh, I didn't think of that. Well, luckily, we're a in a call center separate from the main office, so I don't think he could find me, at least :p
 
Rob King

Rob King

The more the teeny-boppers drink, the more intoxicated they become. The more intoxicated they become, the more of their drink they spill over me, preventing them from drinking it, essentially putting an upper cap on how drunk they can become. I don't know how this self-defense mechanism evolved, but as incredible as it is, I'd still prefer smelling less like coconut rum.
 
David

David

I always wondered... why to teachers always lick their fingers when handing back papers? It's never bothered me before, but now that I'm thinking about it it's like they're personally licking my essay before handing it back to me...
 
Rob King

Rob King

I am at the low-on-groceries part of the cycle. Today I've eaten nothing but Doritos and almost a full carton of eggs. Oh, and Pad Thai which I grabbed while I was at the mall. But 10 eggs, that's the important part.
 
Baerdog

Baerdog

David said:
I always wondered... why to teachers always lick their fingers when handing back papers? It's never bothered me before, but now that I'm thinking about it it's like they're personally licking my essay before handing it back to me...
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It makes it easier to grab individual papers from the top of a stack.
 
P

Philosopher B.

I went to a book sale! :D








They even had records for 10 cents!



I own four whole records now! :eek:

Maxwell Edison stops by to interrupt my book-counting and rub up against things!






His face is fuzzy. :eek:
 
P

Philosopher B.

figmentPez said:
You got some good ones there. Especially Watterson, Zelazny, Asprin and Turtledove.
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I was fairly pleased with my haul. :eek:

I dunno how I got God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater twice, though! Must've accidentally thrown the duplicate into my box.
 
S

Soliloquy

One of my life goals is to get a speeding ticket in a delorian for going 88 mph. I will frame it.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Gave the baby some cheezies today while I was getting us ready to go. I went to pick him up whilst declaring "Alright! Time to go in the car!"

He gave me a queer look the pulled me by the belt loops closer to him while he was still sitting in the high chair then used his finger to widen one of my pockets...and promptly started dropping cheezies in there.

That's right. He can't even talk yet but he know how to pack a lunch.
 
Silver Jelly

Silver Jelly

LittleSin said:
Gave the baby some cheezies today while I was getting us ready to go. I went to pick him up whilst declaring "Alright! Time to go in the car!"

He gave me a queer look the pulled me by the belt loops closer to him while he was still sitting in the high chair then used his finger to widen one of my pockets...and promptly started dropping cheezies in there.

That's right. He can't even talk yet but he know how to pack a lunch.
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XD
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

I had a terrible night mare last night. Jet turned into a zombie and we needed to..."do something" about it. I asked my husband to do it because I couldn't and he ran off and left me. So I was left alone with a zombie baby, a shadow of what he was anda hammer and....

*shivers* I scare myself. I woke up feeling nauseous and sick. I'm wondering if this is a rant but it seems odd to rant about something my twisted mind decided to enact.
 
Fun Size

Fun Size

I'd give it a day or so and see how you feel. I've dreamt of doing things that made me sick, and a day or two later I realized it was nothing but a mind fuck. Other times, my brain was trying to tell me something I didn't want to know in a really over-the-top way.
 
Morphine

Morphine

Just called Gusto from work and discussed very important things such as Calgary's deep fried oreos and whisky from a boot. n_n
 
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