School Mascots
My kids' school mascot is the ferocious Panda, Clodfobble's the fearsome Geckos, Wolf used to be a Trojan :lol: and Shawnee has been a Polar Bear
What about you?
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I mailed them pandas to the school principal :D Panda is the mascot we're stuck with and we always end up with something that looks like the WWF panda on out team shirts etc, which doesn't exactly instil fear into the hearts of the opposition. damn hippy school -who the fuck picked a panda in the first place? :lol:
Our elementary school is the geckos. It's hard to avoid the Geico allusions.
The people who told your school they couldn't use the Red Indian who had been the mascot for 50 years prior to the panda.
My Junior High mascot was "Warriors." (injun in full headdress). I just went looking to see what the mascot situation was there, and according to the November Newsletter on the website voting was ongoing for some animal starting with "W." At least they weren't trying to choose something like "Wisteria."
My high school mascot - "Trojans." We took a lot of ribbing, but were stiff opponents.
In a strange twist of fate, I went to a college where we cheered the "Golden Rams."
I've been a Viking and a Polar Bear. :)
We'll be swimming against the Trojans :lol: I wonder what they use for swim caps? This merits a thread of it's own......
Coatesville is still the Red Raiders
who's gonna go there and argue with them though...
started here.....
http://www.cellar.org/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=528481My HS mascot was the Whippets. Not NO2 hits from whipped cream canisters, the dogs. Small, skinny, shivery little dogs...
Baby Tigers (grade school)
Little Tigers (high school)
Spartans (college)
Tigers (grad school)
Hmm, I don't remember any grad school mascot. It was St Patricks so it was probably a drunk leprachaun or something.
My HS mascot was the Whippets. Not NO2 hits from whipped cream canisters, the dogs. Small, skinny, shivery little dogs...
lol...whippets!
jr. high : Blue Demons
high: Blue Devils
college: Camels (Go Camels!)
Kids' school: Cardinals
lol...CAMELS?
What fun you could have with that!
HS- Tigers. And we played a school whose mascott was The Hens, Henrietta Hens, from Henretta, Oklahoma. Troy Aikman played ball there.
Oh, my high school mascot was especially retarded: it was Mr. Maroo, a personification of the school's colors (maroon and white,) because it was the sixties and I guess they'd already used all their brain cells that day just choosing the colors.
The Mr. Maroo Mascot was officially adopted by the Student
Council in 1965-66. He is a hairy, 1.1 meters tall mutant transmorph with extraterrestrial parents. He is the embodiment of the "spirit of the Austin High Maroons."
Mr Maroo. That is awesome.
My brother's college, Earlham, were The Fighting Quakers, the Hustlin' Quakers, and now just Quakers. Quakers fighting...get it?
UPenn has the fighting quakers -- I told badger that my tigers could take his quakers any day...
Mr. Maroo looks like the little furball guy we would get if we sold 5 magazine subscriptions in the 3rd grade fundraiser.
Mr Maroo has no arms or hands.
Was it a very... special school, Clod?
My kids' schools are the Faller Suns(for Theodore Faller, a navy pilot who stayed with his jet rather than eject so that he could steer it away from the school, and died before they could get him out of the burning plane), and the Monroe Tigers. The high school here is Sherman Burroughs High school, and the mascot is the Mighty Burros, which seems odd, becasue I never thought of a burro as mighty.
Ohhh, I just remembered that the elementary school I went to before we moved back to my 'rents home town in first grade was the Boone Station Bucking Broncos. It was in Ohio, though, not Kentucky.
"Mr. Maroo" is perilously close to "Mr. Magoo."
Then there's always
Mr. Celery.
JHS - Mules
HS - Vikings
College - Lumberjokes er, I mean Lumberjacks 'and we're OK; we sleep all night and work all day...'
now -- Jayhawks!
Elementary - Pelicans
Middle school - Cougars
High school #1 - Wildcats
High school #2 - Lightning
College - Bulls
I'm now teaching at a school who have the Fighting Hawks for their mascot.
I was in the first graduating class from Cypress Bay (high school #2) and it drove me crazy that my peers chose Lightning for our team name/ "mascot." You can't have somebody dressed up as a lightning bolt! I tried to convince administration that we should get someone to dress up as Zeus and walk around with lightning bolts in his hands but no one ever listened to me.
HS was the Mustangs
College was the Pioneers
Mr Maroo has no arms or hands.
Was it a very... special school, Clod?
Well, we weren't good at any sports, but our debate, music, and theatre departments were frequently state champions. We had a higher than normal nerd population, that's for sure.
I don't know if Brits have been exposed to old Bugs Bunny cartoons, but it was a common catchphrase back then to dismiss idiots with the expression, "What a bunch of maroons."
Elementary school: bisons
Middle school: mustangs
High school: stallions
But I grew up with
Brutus Buckeye, who appears to be closely related to Mr. Maroo! :D
"Mr. Maroo" is perilously close to "Mr. Magoo."
My first thought too. :D
the elementary schools are a bit lame, in general, aren't they?
My brother's elementary school mascot was an Otter. Cute, but by no means intimidating.
I think the winner for lame mascot might go to Key West High School -- "Home of the Conchs!" Really? A giant sea snail?
lmao...watch out...here comes the giant shell.
But, it's just sitting there.
My brother's elementary school mascot was an Otter. Cute, but by no means intimidating.
I think the winner for lame mascot might go to Key West High School -- "Home of the Conchs!" Really? A giant sea snail?
Otter at least bite. Better than being pecked to death by a hen. :lol2:
I remember riding a bus through WV and seeing a sign that same "Welcome to Poca, home of the Poca Dots!" - just checked, and yes, they are still there!
I will now reveal my shame. I was once a... meteor? wtf?
Found this old cheer (circa 1979) from the Fighting Quakers cheerleaders:
Fight exuberantly!
Fight exuberantly!
Compel them to relinquish the ball!
In college I was a "golden flash". wtf.
football cheer: menopause menopause get hot flashes!
I will now reveal my shame. I was once a... meatball? wtf?
fixed that for you
In college I was a "golden flash". wtf.
football cheer: menopause menopause get hot flashes!
better than a golden shower...
I think the winner for lame mascot might go to Key West High School -- "Home of the Conchs!" Really? A giant sea snail?
They make a mean fritter though.... mmmmm
fixed that for you
lol...if there's a meatball mascot I have to see that.
Oh, I found Mr Meatball...from
here.lol...if there's a meatball mascot I have to see that.
he posted the pic of it....
this thing.....
God I'm dense...I just went back thinking wtf?
lmao...it IS a meatball.
he posted the pic of it....
this thing.....
Ouch!
Mr Maroo. That is awesome.
My brother's college, Earlham, were The Fighting Quakers, the Hustlin' Quakers, and now just Quakers. Quakers fighting...get it?
Wow, my grandmother and my cousin went there. My dad and I give them shit for it.
It's funny how people want to give you crap for something completely out of your control and a name you did not assign.
Wow, my grandmother and my cousin went there. My dad and I give them shit for it.
heehee...it's a very "different" school. My brother is a total conservative, so it was quite an experience. It is also a very good school (good biology program, his major)and he played football...then he was grad asst coach while they paid for his masters at Ball State.
I loved visiting (I was 2 grades younger so I got to spend a couple weekends while I was in HS at a college...it was fun.)
HS: Golden Wave
College: Rebels
HS: Golden Wave
that sounds like a golden shower only worse....
My high school and college mascots were blue collar burly types...
lol...if there's a meatball mascot I have to see that.
he posted the pic of it....
this thing.....
How dare you all make fun of the sacred meatball which was the spark of all humanity! It was hurled to the Earth by the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!
HS: Golden Wave
There are just so many inappropriate things I could say about that.
So many.
Oh come on, you're all thinking of them too!
My high school and college mascots were blue collar burly types...
They're what, bricklayers and ball-peeners?
The Brickies and Purdue Pete, who is a 'boilermaker'
How dare you all make fun of the sacred meatball which was the spark of all humanity! It was hurled to the Earth by the Flying Spaghetti Monster!!
Ramen, I say to you. Thank you for so effectively defending the indefensible. Unfortunately, the sacred Meatball being mascot for a public school has opened a whole other can of worms!
Ramen, I say to you. Thank you for so effectively defending the indefensible. Unfortunately, the sacred Meatball being mascot for a public school has opened a whole other can of worms!
Shame the ACLU doesn't wear the blue helmets too, makes 'em easier to aim at ...
Shame the ACLU doesn't wear the blue helmets too, makes 'em easier to aim at ...
You can still aim at the white spot on the helmet. Really, it is pretty easy to see in a scope.
Arizona Wildcats. Sometimes seen wearing a mortarboard.
I would have thought your mascot was "God"
:)
But I didn't go to seminary!:3_eyes: :3eye:
We were the Lambkins. While in high school, our mascot actually showed up on Letterman's list of top ten wimpiest mascots. That was a high point.
We were the Lambkins. While in high school, our mascot actually showed up on Letterman's list of top ten wimpiest mascots. That was a high point.
Lambkins? Was your rallying cry "Baaaaaa"?
Elementary thru HS I was a panther.
Our rival school was the Farmers, the Farmersville Fightin' Farmers.
My college's mascot is a cougar.
Walking across the huge open field in the center of all the dorms, in the middle of the night, I discovered that our college mascot was a scary pirate with a giant head. A "Marauder". Almost had to use my rape whistle...
Jaguars
Vikings
Tigers
Tartans (yes, the fabric pattern) I think the actual running-around-during-games guy was a Scottie dog, though.
I had a Leprechaun in 1st thru 8th, Wolf from 9th thru 12th grade, Artie the Artichoke my college Freshman and sophomore, and finally Sparky the Sun Devil college junior and senior year.
The Artichoke mascot was because the students were forced to choose a mascot and did it to spite the administration of Scottsdale Community College.
I have a plush Artie the Artichoke magnet on my fridge that is pretty neat.
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Gawddamn straight I was a KNIGHT! (In HS)
In "college" (UT and I use the term lightly for where I attend) I am a "Raider" but our mascot is a wolf - ? I thought Raiders would be Vikings. Maybe we're the "Rapists". Juniper, can you verify?
(Heh, I don't know anything about your school, including which one it is! I was just going for something quirky/funny when I wrote that.)
(Heh, I don't know anything about your school, including which one it is! I was just going for something quirky/funny when I wrote that.)
Well, you were perfectly right about it! :) it IS indeed osulite!!
Junior High: Bobcats and Panthers
High School: Falcons, Bulldogs, Thunderbirds.
all y'all know we don't do this sort of thing in the UK, right....?
but my kids are currently pandas, otters, flying fish and firebolts.
when they get to high school, the may be river rats or eagles or hippy dropouts
We never had mascots, I have a recollection that our primary school was in some way connected to a ship. We had some kind of connection with HMS Dido. So Dido, was kind of like a mascot/symbolic embodiment of the school.
I think that was fairly common until recent decades. We never quite lost our naval identity over here. Even up in the hinterlands of the industrial North West.
We had some kind of connection with HMS Dildo. So Dildo, was kind of like a mascot/symbolic embodiment of the school.
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I love Dido!
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My high school mascot was the Minuteman. You know, the guy back during the revolution with his 3 cornered hat and his musket ready to kick the Brits back over the pond. Our football team was the Patriots.
My school was turned into a middle school some years ago and then it was slated to be torn down for a new campus so some of us went back for a tour; we all graduated in 1974. Low and behold, on the gym wall was the Minuteman without any rifle!!! When we asked about it we were told by the principal that the school district had adopted a zero policy on weapons on school grounds so the our beloved Patriot had to turn in his musket.
This world is gettng fucking crazier by the minute!
A cardinal twice--that's what I get for going to Catholic school for kindergarten and college.
Also a bobcat, "jet," bulldog, and lobo (wolf!) for one year.
Montgomery, Alabama: Sidney Lanier HS - Poets
Los Olivos, California: Dunn HS - Earwigs
Yuba City, California - Honkers
Fort Collins, Colorado - Lambkins
Avon, Connecticut: Avon Old Farms - Winged Beavers
Tarpon Springs, Florida - Spongers
Centralia, Illinios - Orphans/ Orphan Annies
Cobden, Illinois - Appleknockers
Fisher, Illinois - Bunnies
Freeburg, Illinois - Midgets
New Berlin, Illinois - Pretzels
Frankfort, Indiana - Hot Dogs (hmmm... the Frankfort Hot Dogs)
Vincennes, Indiana: Lincoln - Alices
Watersmeet, Michagan - Nimrods
Chinook, Montana - Sugar Beeters
Fairbury, Nebraska - Jeffs
Johnstown, Ohio: Johnstown-Monroe - Johnnies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: St. Hubert - Bambies
Houston, Texas: Morris Academy - Praying Hands
San Antonio, Texas: Central Catholic - Buttons
Poca, West Virginia - Dots (yup, they are the Poca Dots)
Geez...I don't even remember my high school's mascot. Shows how much I cared for the school, huh.
Montgomery, Alabama: Sidney Lanier HS - Poets
Los Olivos, California: Dunn HS - Earwigs
Yuba City, California - Honkers
Fort Collins, Colorado - Lambkins
Avon, Connecticut: Avon Old Farms - Winged Beavers
Tarpon Springs, Florida - Spongers
Centralia, Illinios - Orphans/ Orphan Annies
Cobden, Illinois - Appleknockers
Fisher, Illinois - Bunnies
Freeburg, Illinois - Midgets
New Berlin, Illinois - Pretzels
Frankfort, Indiana - Hot Dogs (hmmm... the Frankfort Hot Dogs)
Vincennes, Indiana: Lincoln - Alices
Watersmeet, Michagan - Nimrods
Chinook, Montana - Sugar Beeters
Fairbury, Nebraska - Jeffs
Johnstown, Ohio: Johnstown-Monroe - Johnnies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: St. Hubert - Bambies
Houston, Texas: Morris Academy - Praying Hands
San Antonio, Texas: Central Catholic - Buttons
Poca, West Virginia - Dots (yup, they are the Poca Dots)
Them's us.
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