 Gig 'em and animal cruelty |
| Gig 'em and animal cruelty |
 Oct 11 2007, 12:02 AM
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One of my friends was writing a note on facebook which got me to thinking.
The media is all up in arms about the Vick 'Em shirts because it's about animal cruelty. Why don't they report on the original meaning of "Gig 'em?" http://aggietraditions.tamu.edu/gigem.shtml QUOTE At a yell practice before the 1930 TCU game, A&M board of regent Pinky Downs '06 shouted, "What are we going to do to those Horned Frogs?" His muse did not fail him as he improvised, borrowing a term from frog hunting. "Gig 'em, Aggies!" he said as he made a fist with his thumb extended straight up. So in fact, it comes from killing frogs. Not any frogs, but the horned frogs, which are in fact, a threatened species. Not to mention their "Saw 'em off" stickers they put on cars, which implies sawing off the horns of a longhorn. Isn't that also animal cruelty? This post has been edited by jonathan83: Oct 11 2007, 12:04 AM --------------------  |
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Oct 11 2007, 08:52 AM
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In other news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DhLU0FP8a8...eader%2Fview%2F
This makes me feel like I'm watching a Nazi youth rally. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Oct 11 2007, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE (Hartmann @ Oct 11 2007, 09:52 AM)  In other news: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DhLU0FP8a8...eader%2Fview%2F This makes me feel like I'm watching a Nazi youth rally. where did you find that clip? i just watched it last night and now i cant remember where i got it from..... oh and i love how the football players bend over like that 
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jonathan83 Gig 'em and animal cruelty Oct 11 2007, 12:02 AM
Oasis Good detective work.
The aggies being hypocritic... Oct 11 2007, 12:05 AM Black Bear QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 11 2007, 01:02 AM... Oct 11 2007, 12:22 AM Testm0nkey not to mention how tech has always had stuffed dog... Oct 11 2007, 12:24 AM
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jonathan83 QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Oct 11 2007, 01:24 AM... Oct 11 2007, 01:34 AM Black Bear QUOTE (Black Bear @ Oct 11 2007, 01:22 AM... Oct 11 2007, 01:45 AM blaarg QUOTE (Black Bear @ Oct 11 2007, 02:45 AM... Oct 11 2007, 01:58 AM impala454 this kind of negative press for tech would normall... Oct 11 2007, 07:46 AM Hartmann I've never seen a "Saw 'Em Off" ... Oct 11 2007, 08:11 AM Hartmann QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 11 2007, 12:36 PM... Oct 11 2007, 11:48 AM impala454 queue the gif someone made of those core dudes squ... Oct 11 2007, 12:58 PM lamont's lament i work directly with like 25-30 tech alums (old an... Oct 11 2007, 05:36 PM Epic i want a black guy to dress up like michael vick Oct 11 2007, 07:10 PM blaarg QUOTE (Epic @ Oct 11 2007, 08:10 PM) i wa... Oct 11 2007, 07:11 PM |
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