Whoop!
Posted by Daniel on the 19th of April, 2004 at 11:28 pm under Uncategorized. This post has 2 comments.What’s that sound? Why, it’s the traditions of A&M steamrolling by! In all seriousness, do you ever wonder as you wander about the traditions of schools; where they come from, what they mean, do they smell when the expire? Wonder (and/or wander) no more! During my recent visit to College Station, TX, USA, Earth, Universe to see my brother (who rocks more faces off than I could ever dream of) kick absolute Maroon BUTT in A&M annual Maroon and White scrimmage, I visited with the super-secret paladin of tradition who shared with me the inner workings of all ancient traditions.
For instance, did you know that all college “signs” are derived from one sign? Back in 1345, in Bologna, France, at the prestigious Oscare Myere University, waiving your hand at passers signaled them to hook you up with a lift in their pimped out ox-cart. You know, the one with the 35″ spokes. Word.
Not only that, did you know that “hollering” or “whooping” at someone was once a sign that your ox-cart was stuck. In fact, most all the traditions the paladin tole me involved ox-carts in one way or another. Dude has something for oxes. Or carts.
The one tradition that remains a mystery to me to this day is graduation. I know it’s an obvious mystery, but there’s just so much to it. Walking down the isle…in a robe…getting a “diploma”…punching the president in the face. Or maybe not that last part. In any case, there’s some serious stuff going on here. If only I had a paladin of gradituation to go to…
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