Meanwhile on the North Fork...........

[Maybenaut]

Out on the porch listening to an owl. The first one I have heard this year.

Temple, Rice, FAU, or Kennesaw State?

Sorry, spillover from a Sportsball Forum thread.

Or Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC?

(I know this because I go there every summer for music camp).

[Volkonski]

The local high school here are the Waves as in ocean waves. Not easy to dress up as a wave.

[Foggy]

The mighty Green Wave of Tulane.

[Volkonski]

Now that's just silly.

[Foggy]

Ain't it, though?

[northland10]

My high school was the mustangs. My college was the broncos.

I guess I am into horses.

[northland10]

That other school in Michigan (Central Michigan) is still the Chippewas. They have a NCAA waiver and the use is due to their long partnership with the next door Saginaw Chippewa tribe. The tribe controls the use by the school.

Obviously, their logo contains no symbols and they do not use demeaning mascots or behavior.

[Maybenaut]

My college was The Gaels (Saint Mary’s College of California). My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco).

[Foggy]

My college was the Hoyas.

The term hoya is an Ancient Greek word usually transliterated from οἵα as hoia from the word hoios (οἷος) meaning 'such' or 'what' as in 'what manner of,' and is used in certain biblical quotations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoya_Saxa

So to summarize, we're the Whats. Or possibly the Suches. And our full cheer is Hoya Saxa, baby! (What rocks!)

Edit: More

Saxa is Latin for 'rocks' or 'small stones.' It was used in the name of some Roman settlements, such as Saxa Rubra. Before 1900, students at Georgetown were required to study classical linguistics, and both words are in the neuter plural of their respective languages. The phrase together is generally translated into English as "what rocks!", though other translations have suggested "such rocks!" or "great rocks!" or even "what rocks?" as a question. It was also historically rendered as "Hoya, Hoya, Saxa!", a form that is used in "The Hoya Song" from 1930 which mocked the cheers of other universities, and was then included in the school fight song, "There Goes Old Georgetown".

[johnpcapitalist]

My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco).

Why would a law school name its football team after the leadership of a Mafia crime family?

[Maybenaut]

My Law School was The Dons (University of San Francisco).

Why would a law school name its football team after the leadership of a Mafia crime family?

Why would a law school even *have* a football team? And why weren’t we the Fighting Barratrists?

Anyhoo, the pep rallies were fun! Let’s Go, Ambulance Chasers, Let’s Go!

[sugar magnolia]

My son in law graduated from Delta State University, home of the Fighting Okra.

Yeah. Pugilistic slime.

[Foggy]

At least okra is semi-edible. Well, you won't actually die, anyway.

Try eating Such Rocks!

[sugar magnolia]

At least okra is semi-edible. Well, you won't actually die, anyway.

Try eating Such Rocks!

At least nobody gets hurt if you throw okra at them.

[Frater I*I]

My son in law graduated from Delta State University, home of the Fighting Okra.

Yeah. Pugilistic slime.

Hey now it's fairly tasty in vegetable beef soup now...

[sugar magnolia]

My son in law graduated from Delta State University, home of the Fighting Okra.

Yeah. Pugilistic slime.

Hey now it's fairly tasty in vegetable beef soup now...

And fried (had that for dinner today) and boiled, and pickled (jar in the fridge) and in gumbo. You haven't lived until you have a burning rash from whooping okra in the heat of the summer.

[MN-Skeptic]

Being from the Upper Midwest, I've never had okra. I've never seen okra. But they do like okra in crossword puzzles.

[Frater I*I]

And fried (had that for dinner today) and boiled, and pickled (jar in the fridge) and in gumbo. You haven't lived until you have a burning rash from whooping okra in the heat of the summer.

And here you show I'm just a northerner living in the SE for a long time, because I've only had the fried that you have mentioned. No worries thou, should you visit Philly one day in the future I'll tell you how to order a chess stake without being sent to the back of the line for improper ordering

[Volkonski]

Being from the Upper Midwest, I've never had okra. I've never seen okra. But they do like okra in crossword puzzles.

Do you like pickles? Order some pickled okra online.

[Estiveo]

I like spicy pickled okra instead of an olive in a martini.

[bill_g]

We don't have long enough, hot enough seasons around here to grow it. But, I use it in stews as a thickener. Just cook em til their gone. The stew meat will be done too.

[sugar magnolia]

And fried (had that for dinner today) and boiled, and pickled (jar in the fridge) and in gumbo. You haven't lived until you have a burning rash from whooping okra in the heat of the summer.

And here you show I'm just a northerner living in the SE for a long time, because I've only had the fried that you have mentioned. No worries thou, should you visit Philly one day in the future I'll tell you how to order a chess stake without being sent to the back of the line for improper ordering

I love chess pie, especially lemon, but I'm not familiar with chess "stake" at all. Does it come with Swiss cheese? Does it have Blue Plate on it? But I'll return the favor by telling you how to order a 'half and half, dressed' po-boy.

[northland10]

While scarfing down a cheesesteak (with provolone , not Cheese Whiz as this is Chicago not Philly) I sometimes wonder,

Is a cheesesteak just Italian beef that knows somebody?

[neonzx]

While scarfing down a cheesesteak (with provolone , not Cheese Whiz as this is Chicago not Philly) I sometimes wonder,

Is a cheesesteak just Italian beef that knows somebody?

Never understood the common Philly version with cheese whiz. Take a perfectly awesome samich and then pour/squirt that on top?

[bill_g]

When we get done with chess stake, can someone tell me who General Tso is? TIA!