Weird TraditionsTalking with a friend yesterday about school dinners, she suddenly said, "We had to march into the dining room behind the School Band... except on Thursdays." Since all of us were now staring, she qualified this with, "...on Thursdays there was no wind section. It was a tradition."
What weird stuff have you been made to do "because it's a tradition."
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chthonic, Thu 28 Jul 2005, 11:11)
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The buggies...It appears many people are missing half of the punch buggy tradition: if you see a beetle, you say "Punch buggy [color of buggy]". The punchee can then reply with a rhyme to mitigate the puncher's ardor. A prime example:
-Punch buggy black!
-Punch you back!
Off course, to add some spice, it is set that the reply must come within 0.06 seconds of the buggy announcement or the puncher has full authority on the punch's effects and/or side-effects.
Here's another tradition that my entire family has entertained for as long as recorded history has been recorded: whenever one of us is visiting Loughborough, we go "Pardon me, but where's Loogabarooga?" It makes the locals feel good about themsleves seeing them yanks are sooo focking stewpid... My family is a kind bunch.
And my family's length is bigger than your family's length.
(, Sun 31 Jul 2005, 0:20, Reply)
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