Tsuga Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I thought it was the Stanford Tree. (I mention that only because it was the topic of a dinner conversation w/ my dad recently.) (from wikipedia): The tree does seem aggressive & out of control though. :lol: https://youtu.be/VE1ic3kXmjo OMG. That cracks me up. That tree. He has something to prove. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 We have a school near that that call themselves the - Blue Hoses. INAPPROPRIATE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Evergreen State's Geoduck http://evergreen.edu/geoduck/home.htm (Spoiler Alert: It's not a duck; it's a clam.) I have been to the geoduck festival. Spoiler alert: it tastes like turkey clam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 There is a high school in Washington that is called the Spudders. The elementary school, is the Tater Tots. ( It was a potato farming community in generations past. ) Holy crap. I went to that elementary school for a year. I was a tater tot. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Also--while I am taking multiquote and ignoring it into the ground here--what IS it with WA and OR and our freakishly ridiculous mascots? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 My mom founded a private school when I entered 7th grade, and we voted on school colors and mascot that year. One girl lobbied hard for The Squirrels, but the teachers were going to exercise their veto power if it passed. Considering our student body was eight 7th-8th graders, I think the squirrel would have been fitting :). We settled on eagles and the colors teal and purple (it was 1994 ;)). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Roller derby teams don't need to intimidate with the name. The skaters are intimidating enough. :p Yeah, I agree - though they do tend to go for the intimidating names too, for the players as well as the teams. OUr local team has an unitimidating name - X City Rollers, but the skaters include Punchie Brusier and Carnage Patch Kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Carnegie Mellon is the Tartans, with a mascot of a Scottie dog with a plaid bandana and are escorted on the field by a bagpiper. I still think they should build a robot to play the bagpipes-that would be quintessentially CMU. Eastern New Mexico University is the greyhounds. I'd imagine that they'd be good at track :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 INAPPROPRIATE. Apparently, it was shortened from blue stockings over time. A sports writer coined it after seeing their- wait for it- blue stockings! 😂😂😂😂😂😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 "Hurley Midgets." (They're in Wisconsin, near where my husband grew up as a "Speedboy.") I was astounded when I heard of the Midget mascot. I thought it was a bad joke, but it's not. I was a Colorado Buffalo in college. It's misnamed. We should be the Colorado Bison, but it's too late to correct it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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