Posted by Jersey_Boy on 3/15/07 8:45am
Msg #180036

OT: Et Tu, Brute?

It's the Ides of March.....

I checked with my personal soothsayer and was told that it would be a busy notary day.
Hope your day is busy too....

Reply by Signing_Doc on 3/15/07 9:21am
Msg #180045

I wasn't that hungry...only et one....but thanks for the offer guy

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 9:26am
Msg #180049

Re: OT: Et Tu, Brute? "Beware of the Ides of March!!!

There's fluorides, bromides, chlorides...just to name a few..."

Ha. I remembered all that from a line in my jr. high play on 3/15/1972. I wore a toga.

I know, I know...TMI.

Reply by Art_MD on 3/15/07 12:14pm
Msg #180063

Re: Ithought it was "the ides of texas are upon you ? n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 12:23pm
Msg #180066

Re: Ithought it was "the ides of texas are upon you ?

Cute, Art!

I think I'll go back from lunch and sing that around the office. NOT.

"The Eyes of Texas are upon you" is an attention getter. It is the song from the rival Texas school in these parts. Every single one of the members of our office staff sans one is either an Aggie by birth, by attending or graduate from college, from being married to an Aggie graduate or mothering an Aggie. Some of us have as many as three of those traits.

Today we have the office TVs tuned in to the Aggies vs. Penn.
http://www.aggieathletics.com/mhoops/

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 12:40pm
Msg #180068

You DO Realize, Brenda...

...that I still have a wounded gut from the punch to the solar plexis Acie Law delivered to my beloved Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse several weeks ago. If anyone desires to view a REAL web site for NCAA college basketball go to http://www.kuathletics.com/. I'll be glued to the TV Friday evening when KU plays Niagra @ 6:10PM CST at the United Center in Chicago. Rock Chalk, Jayhawks!

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 12:51pm
Msg #180072

Re: You DO Realize, LOL, Dennis...

Is "Rock Chalk" Jayhawks like "Gig 'em Aggies?"

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 1:13pm
Msg #180076

Yes, It Is & I'm Glad You Asked...

...as I just happen to have at my fingertips an explanation of its origin.

"World's Greatest College Cheer

The University Science Club officially adopted the famous 'Rock Chalk' chant in 1886. A chemistry professor, E.H.S. Bailey, and some of his associates were returning from a conference by train to Lawrence. As they traveled, they talked of the need for a good, rousing yell. The click-clack of the train wheels passing over the rail joints suggested a rhythm, and a cadence to them.

At first, their version was 'Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU' repeated three times. Later, in place of the rahs, an English professor suggested 'Rock Chalk' a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus.

The cheer became known worldwide. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he'd ever heard. It was used by Kansas troops fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU's Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty."

To hear the chant itself click on this link & press the play button: http://www.ur.ku.edu/A_V/rockchalk.mp3

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 1:47pm
Msg #180081

Re: Yes, It Is & I'm Glad You Asked...Nice! n/m

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 2:18pm
Msg #180086

Texas A&M 31 - Penn 18 @ the Half n/m

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 2:33pm
Msg #180091

Re: Texas A&M 31 - Penn 18 @ the Half --thx

Dennis...Exciting!

I am having a hard time staying in my seat...I actually have a few things I need to stay on and get done...my cohorts are going back and forth.

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 2:36pm
Msg #180093

Don't Look Now...

...but it's TIED 37-37!

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 2:42pm
Msg #180097

Re: Don't Look Now...I know...I looked. :( n/m

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 2:51pm
Msg #180098

Texas A&M is Starting to...

..."lay down the Law".

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 3:22pm
Msg #180102

Re: Texas A&M is Starting to...WHEW and they pulled it out!

67-52

Whoop!

Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/15/07 3:28pm
Msg #180103

Congrats!

I'll pull for a fellow Big 12 school as long as they're not playing my Jayhawks. Texas Tech (Bobby Knight) took it on the chin today.

Reply by BrendaTx on 3/15/07 4:59pm
Msg #180115

Re: Congrats! - Thanks! Appreciate your support. n/m