Word: mascot
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...quarter brings on the "Toast to Dear Old Penn" as Quaker fans are actually throwing pieces of bread at the Quaker mascot while the band plays the alma mater. There are some weird traditions out there and there is now a lot of bread on the track that someone's going to have to clean...
...Harvard fans, when Yale comes into town for The Game next week, before starting your chants of “Safety School” and plotting sinister plans to steal the Bulldogs ironically named mascot Handsome Dan, remember that first you owe Yale a hearty standing ovation...
...Ohio's white males, meanwhile, Obama appears to be falling faster: they now favor McCain by a 14-point margin, 56% to 42%. Just a week earlier, Obama was 10 points behind with this group. Joe Wurzelbacher (a.k.a. Joe the Plumber), who has come to represent something of a mascot or rallying cry for the McCain campaign, hails from a suburb of Toledo, Ohio...
Wurzelbacher, who had questioned Obama on his tax policy, quickly ran into revelations that he'd probably get a tax cut under Obama, that he owed back taxes and that his first name was actually Samuel. But you can see why he made such an attractive campaign mascot. Joe the Software Consultant or Joe the Staples Manager would not tick off nearly as many populist boxes as Joe the Plumber: beefy, hails from the heartland, works with his hands. The kind of guy Chris Matthews, Bill O'Reilly and Joe Scarborough lionize as "regular" and "real...
...Columbia win…save it. But if you really must, Week 6 against Dartmouth looks promising.”I stand by that statement wholeheartedly. While Columbia has fought hard all season to at least look respectable in losing efforts, Dartmouth has apparently been replacing its unofficial mascot, Keggy the Keg, on the sideline with the real deal. The Big Green has to be playing drunk, right? A team can’t be this bad, can it?While I’m in a self-indulgent mood, let me bring up another quote of mine, this one from...