Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!orca!tekecs!waltt From: waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: Odd School Names Message-ID: <5609@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 19:29:10 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.5609 Posted: Fri Aug 16 19:29:10 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 21:32:11 EDT References: <622@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 42 > I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. > Here's a few I think are odd: > > 1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do > during off time?) > > 2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????) > > 3. Oregon Ducks > > 4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central > Illinois) > > Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those > strange school names!! I don't really think this is so strange, but everyone else does. The school team name of my high school was the "Astoria Fighting Fishermen" (the town is on the north Oregon coast). The "Oregon Ducks" in the above, reminds me of a bar story. Seems one year U of O was in about the bottom of the PAC10 conference (as usual), and the USC Trojans (there's another name for you) were about number 2. Well, after a grueling football game at Autzen stadium in Eugene, the final score ended in a tie, 7-7. Well, as far as the U of O people were concerned, this was as good as a win. Throughout the evening, as my group of friends and I walked around campus and hit the college bars, we would sit at a table and wait for a reletively quiet moment. Then, we (our group of 5) would start banging our mugs on the table and chant (rather loudly) "THE DUCKS! THE DUCKS!" Pretty soon, other patrons would join in, and within a minute, we would have the whole bar yelling "THE DUCKS! THE DUCKS!". After about 2 minutes of obnoxiousness, it would all subside. We would then wait about a half hour and do it again. The adrenaline was really flowing in Eugene that evening, and we proceded with this routine and half hour intervals at various establishments until closing time (2 AM in Oregon). We never failed to get other people to join in, nor did we ever get removed from anywhere. A good time was had by all. -- Walt Tucker Tektronix, Inc. -- Walt Tucker