 Gig 'em and animal cruelty |
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| 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, 12:05 AM
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Good detective work.
The aggies being hypocritical jackasses? Who'da thunk!? --------------------   |
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Oct 11 2007, 12:22 AM
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QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 11 2007, 01:02 AM)  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? You mean the same stickers Tech has "borrowed"? I mean its like Tech is so hard up for anything they can call a tradition that they'll outright steal anything they can. -------------------- QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Aug 1 2009, 06:17 PM) REAL MEN DO NOT NEED INSTRUCTIONS YOU WERE BEING PUNISHED BY GOD FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT READING THE INSTRUCTIONS HAD YOU JUST THROWN THEM AWAY LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE GOD WOULD NOT HAVE KILLED YOUR TV :) |
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Oct 11 2007, 12:24 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
not to mention how tech has always had stuffed dogs hung up on nooses/sticks at pep rallies and games. i never go to games and i remember seeing those around my freshman year
shit like that happens and its ALL tasteless what the hell is frog hunting? what is the purpose of that -------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Oct 11 2007, 12:59 AM
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QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Oct 11 2007, 01:24 AM) what the hell is frog hunting? what is the purpose of that Oh wiki, how I love thee... QUOTE Frog gigging (commonly " frog giggin' ") in North America is the practice of hunting frogs with a spear.[1] The spear is called a gig and usually has at least three tines, like a trident. Flashlights are sometimes used to daze the frogs, for easier capture. A fishing license will be required in some jurisdictions roffles = fishing license to hunt frogs --------------------  |
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Oct 11 2007, 01:34 AM
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QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Oct 11 2007, 01:24 AM) what the hell is frog hunting? what is the purpose of that to kill the frogs and have frog legs for dinner. -------------------- |
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Oct 11 2007, 01:45 AM
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QUOTE (Black Bear @ Oct 11 2007, 01:22 AM) You mean the same stickers Tech has "borrowed"? I mean its like Tech is so hard up for anything they can call a tradition that they'll outright steal anything they can. I need to apologize for the bitterness in this previous post. It's just I truly believe Tech has a lot to offer, a lot that can be uniquely Tech, but some asshat does something asinine--like the vick 'em shirt--or steals something from another university. I remember when I first got here I saw people doing the wrecking crew sign. I though wtf? God damn it! Tech can be something so great if we can keep it from being knocked down every time something grand occurs. People should be talking about how Tech will win the Big 12 south and have a good chance of upsetting for the Big 12 title instead of the classless vick 'em shirt. -------------------- QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Aug 1 2009, 06:17 PM) REAL MEN DO NOT NEED INSTRUCTIONS YOU WERE BEING PUNISHED BY GOD FOR EVEN THINKING ABOUT READING THE INSTRUCTIONS HAD YOU JUST THROWN THEM AWAY LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE GOD WOULD NOT HAVE KILLED YOUR TV :) |
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Oct 11 2007, 01:58 AM
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QUOTE (Black Bear @ Oct 11 2007, 02:45 AM) People should be talking about how Tech will win the Big 12 south and have a good chance of upsetting for the Big 12 title instead of the classless vick 'em shirt. Yeah, someone said that a Crabtree story got bumped off to make room for the shirt-story. /lame -------------------- |
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Oct 11 2007, 07:46 AM
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this kind of negative press for tech would normally bother me, but most news programs I've seen it on show it, and try to talk about it seriously, but end up laughing and basically saying the aggies are a bunch of prudes and that it's a joke. even here in Houston the radio peeps were laughin their asses off. rush mentioned it on his show the other day and couldn't stop laughing either. and conan o'brien did a mascot thing last night, and had a "texas tech cheerleader w/tourettes" (even though it was completely the wrong color)
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Oct 11 2007, 08:11 AM
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I've never seen a "Saw 'Em Off" sticker while in Lubbock. Except when the Aggies are in town.
Anyone remember the Reveille effigy a few years ago? -------------------- "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, 08:52 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
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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Oct 11 2007, 11:48 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 3,403 Joined: 23-February 06 From: PDX/TXL Member No.: 35 |
QUOTE (jonathan83 @ Oct 11 2007, 12:36 PM) 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 Classless Clowns blog. -------------------- "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, 12:58 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
queue the gif someone made of those core dudes squeezing their own balls
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Oct 11 2007, 05:36 PM
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 monogamous gays & stem cells Group: Members Posts: 3,789 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 8 |
i work directly with like 25-30 tech alums (old and young) and they all think the shirt is hilarious.
everybody needs to dress up like a clown for the game on saturday |
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