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Post a pic of the mascot from a school you attended. (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 OP
This is a common "secret question" used for password reset in secure sites DBoon Apr 2021 #1
Really? Okay then! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #2
Oh Floyd, you hacker you. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #10
Busted! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #12
Lock you up!!! LakeArenal Apr 2021 #13
I'm a bad boy! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #15
Next you'll be asking for SS#'s! (n/t) PJMcK Apr 2021 #16
Not politically correct these days, but here it is. Arkansas Granny Apr 2021 #3
👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #4
My favorite: LakeArenal Apr 2021 #5
Bucky is awesome. Better than our Brutus! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #6
Thanks. I used to work a lot with UW atheletes LakeArenal Apr 2021 #9
Go Bucks! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #11
As a cheesehead, I approve! PJMcK Apr 2021 #17
wow. badger with 'tude Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #39
when I was in college the debate on campus raged over this... jcgoldie Apr 2021 #7
Great pic! Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #8
I was in the fifth class to graduate from my high school gratuitous Apr 2021 #14
neither of my schools have them, tho my jr college is thinking about it. mopinko Apr 2021 #18
I can't play this game :( PJMcK Apr 2021 #19
Mine: demmiblue Apr 2021 #20
Mine: Dickster Apr 2021 #21
Akron? idziak4ever1234 Apr 2021 #22
Kilowatts Dickster Apr 2021 #27
Clever! I like it! idziak4ever1234 Apr 2021 #28
That's Reddy Kilowatt! He was also the logo for the power company where my Dad worked: Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #35
The US Army Intelligence School has no mascot jmowreader Apr 2021 #23
The Wreckers for reasons I can't even begin to fathom cinematicdiversions Apr 2021 #24
Don't get scared now EYESORE 9001 Apr 2021 #25
Posted with no comment. Tikki Apr 2021 #26
Did they also have anyone dress up as the mascot? Captain Zero Apr 2021 #34
No Tikki Apr 2021 #38
Not politically correct, and has been changed to something bland, but when I went there ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2021 #29
Auburn University liberaltrucker Apr 2021 #30
The Yellow Jackets csziggy Apr 2021 #31
Don Kali Apr 2021 #32
The school where I was on a team, got my varsity letter :) Rhiannon12866 Apr 2021 #33
I always thought this was dumb rather than tough Captain Zero Apr 2021 #36
Posted for idziak4ever1234. Floyd R. Turbo Apr 2021 #37

DBoon

(22,284 posts)
1. This is a common "secret question" used for password reset in secure sites
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:19 PM
Apr 2021

"What high school did you attend?"

I would not answer this one.

LakeArenal

(28,713 posts)
9. Thanks. I used to work a lot with UW atheletes
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:36 PM
Apr 2021

It was weird cuz I always saw them as boys.

Then on Saturday these men would appear for the game with the same names. 🤷🏼?♀️

GO RED!!!!!

jcgoldie

(11,582 posts)
7. when I was in college the debate on campus raged over this...
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:33 PM
Apr 2021


At least twice a week you would see editorials pro and con in the student paper. They finally dumped him about 12 years later. 2007 I believe he gave the final halftime dance.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
14. I was in the fifth class to graduate from my high school
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:41 PM
Apr 2021

Brand new school, second high school in town, and our mascot was the Rebels. At the time (early 1970s) there was a multi-level relationship between the school and its mascot, which quickly resolved into a confederate soldier. A few years ago, the students decided a change was in order because the negative far outweighed the positive. A couple of alumni groups went back and forth on the issue, but I was totally in support of the present-day students. They have to live with the mascot (as opposed to me 45 years removed from the scene), and they wanted to change it. Good on them for making the change and ignoring the predictable carping about history, nostalgia, and circumstances that have changed a lot in the intervening years.

mopinko

(69,803 posts)
18. neither of my schools have them, tho my jr college is thinking about it.
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:52 PM
Apr 2021

they do have sports teams at waubonsee cc, but the art isntitute of chicago, sadly, no.
you would think that at some point one would evolve there, just as a- 100 monkeys w typewriters- thing, except at one of the the top art and design schools in the world.
i mean, statistically, after 100 yrs...

at wcc i found reference on a student life podcast that they were surveying to see if anyone cared. no further info, so i'm guessin no.
it's a commuter school, so student life has always been sad.
about half grown ups, too.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
19. I can't play this game :(
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 12:55 PM
Apr 2021

I went to Manhattan School of Music and we didn't have any teams or mascots.

Once, some of us from MSM challenged some friends at Juilliard to a softball game. It was all setup but Juilliard defaulted because their pitcher was a pianist and her teacher wouldn't let her risk her fingers!

My high school had a construction worker called "The Wrecker" but I don't remember a character actor during games.

jmowreader

(50,447 posts)
23. The US Army Intelligence School has no mascot
Thu Apr 15, 2021, 02:08 PM
Apr 2021

The first course I attended there, a mascot couldn't have competed with the battalion commander. Lieutenant Colonel Worth A. Sweet looked and sounded exactly like Andy Griffith, and acted pretty much the same way Andy did on those shows where he played a sheriff. Great guy. Everyone loved him, especially the permanent staff.

Tikki

(14,537 posts)
38. No
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 09:03 AM
Apr 2021

Not when we were students there.
Some had mushroom cloud symbols on clothing and accessories.

The Tikkis
We have not lived there since H S graduation.

Captain Zero

(6,713 posts)
36. I always thought this was dumb rather than tough
Fri Apr 16, 2021, 06:28 AM
Apr 2021

The Trojans brought on their own demise by allowing the Greek Gift of a wooden horse inside the walls of Troy. A special forces unit was hidden inside the horse and promptly jumped out at night and opened the gates to the city for the rest of the Greeks to enter. Go figure. Dumb tough guys.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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