Message-ID: <23528325.1075862020209.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:52:27 -0800 (PST) From: mhawkins@vyvos.com To: rrog20@msn.com, mike.tapp@energyspectrum.com, mgrigsb@ect.enron.com, kwallace@sterlinggrp.net, jknauth@reliant.com, ddanner@fnf.com, crowchristopher@hotmail.com, curtis.hutcheson@compaq.com, cbelew@assetms.com, chad@fcv.com, rcp@uwlaw.com, blkbenton@aol.com, bmccabe@dlj.com, aallgood@lehman.com, butterst@aol.com, chambers@metrowerks.com Subject: Fw: Ouch! Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Matt Hawkins X-To: Robert Rogers (E-mail) , Mike Tapp , Mike Grigsby (E-mail) , Kent Wallace , jknauth@reliant.com, ddanner@fnf.com, crowchristopher@hotmail.com, curtis.hutcheson@compaq.com, Chase Belew , chad@fcv.com, Chad Pierce , BlkBenton@aol.com, bmccabe@dlj.com, Alex Allgood , "\"Steve Butter (E-mail)\"" < , "\"Trey Chambers (E-mail)\"" < X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MGRIGSB (Non-Privileged)\Grigsby, Mike\Deleted Items X-Origin: Grigsby-M X-FileName: MGRIGSB (Non-Privileged).pst Great stuff below ----- Original Message ----- From: Macatee, Mark To: 'Stanzel, Mike' ; Andrew Hamilton McCaig (E-mail) ; Andrew Barton Bradford (E-mail) ; Joel Lawrence Bush (E-mail) ; John Harbin Robuck (E-mail) ; Shain R. McCaig Jr (E-mail) ; Mark Stevenson (E-mail) ; Jon Thomas Evans (E-mail) ; John E. Robles (E-mail) ; James Scott Mattei (E-mail) ; Hartnett Fred (E-mail) ; George Alfred Trenholm III (E-mail) ; Daniel James Durn (E-mail) ; Christopher Hegeman (E-mail) ; Bryan Brightman Kornegay (E-mail) ; Buddy Cramer (E-mail) ; Bob Feiner (E-mail) ; Matthew K. Hawkins (E Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:16 PM Subject: RE: Ouch! > Well, even though it wasn't 9/26/01, nor was it Jim Rome, it is nonetheless > true and warms my heart knowing that UT's (or perhaps TU is actually more > correct..."The University") margin of victory will be 30...on their home > turf. Hear me now, believe me later. Let's pool some $$$ together to keep > RC at atm... > > Happy Thanksgiving y'all. And to everyone I know on this email, I'm > thankful for our friendship. > > Hook 'em > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stanzel, Mike [mailto:MStanzel@icgcommerce.com] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 11:10 AM > To: Andrew Hamilton McCaig (E-mail); Andrew Barton Bradford (E-mail); Mark > McBride Macatee (E-mail); Joel Lawrence Bush (E-mail); John Harbin Robuck > (E-mail); Shain R. McCaig Jr (E-mail); Mark Stevenson (E-mail); Jon Thomas > Evans (E-mail); John E. Robles (E-mail); James Scott Mattei (E-mail); > Hartnett Fred (E-mail); George Alfred Trenholm III (E-mail); Daniel James > Durn (E-mail); Christopher Hegeman (E-mail); Bryan Brightman Kornegay > (E-mail); Buddy Cramer (E-mail); Bob Feiner (E-mail); Matthew K. Hawkins > (E-mail); Matthew N. Hudnall (E-mail); Rachel Marie Stanzel (E-mail); Todd > Johnathan Sanders (E-mail); William Darrell Willerson III (E-mail) > Subject: Ouch! > > Have a Happy Thanksgiving and enjoy Jim Rome's column below. Might as well > get this thing started early..... > > > This was heard on Jim Rome's radio show today (9-26-01). For those of you > who don't know who Rome is, he is a nationally syndicated sports talk show > personality based in California with no other connections to Texas. You > see, ESPN is spending the season following the A & M Football team for some > documentary. Well, I guess Rome has something to say about the Aggies & > College Station. > > Here is goes: > > "They won't shut up. They have to go on about spirit, and old army, and red > ass, and how bonfire represents the burning sensation they have in their > urine to beat UT, and blah blah blah. Shut up. You start to get the feeling > the entire school was built to spite UT. Forget the fact that when the > Texas Legislature back in the 1870's passed legislation to start a state > university they also decided to have a subsidiary branch of the main > school(University of Texas) that would teach agriculture and mechanics. > Aggies love to say their school is older, from where they get that I don't > now......the fact is, the State intended A&M to be a branch of UT. They are > like the afterbirth from the original creation. Like Danny Devito in > "Twins". > > So they apparently have this complex, so much so, that they must devote > their entire school to trying to prove to UT that they are just as good. > All the while, nobody at UT denies that A&M is a good school, yet they > won't shut up. So they write a fight song ...... about? ....Texas, and how > they want to beat them. They have a Fish Camp for freshman where they tell > them how bad Texas is and how good A&M and all its traditions are. It is > the world's largest known case of penis envy, and it is manifested in > everything A&M does. > > The people at A&M. Now we all have friends who went to A&M or are at A&M. > There are some nice people there. However...there is the Corp. East > Texas' answer to dreams of ROTC kids everywhere. For every boy scout who > never learned to stop playing with his GI Joe Toys, there is the Corp. Now, > forget the fact that A&M will actually let people with sub-par grades > enroll if they agree to join the Corp. Forget the fact that the Corps > looked like a Gestapo hate rally while beating down students on Kyle Field > in 1995. Forget the fact that along with the numerous hazing charges that > have been filed against them, and swept under the rug over the years, they > just this past month have had one Corps member bring charges against > another Corps member who apparently had been propositioning others for a > little actual sodomy. > > Not only could I go on with more instances of idiocracy by these > Khaki-clad-shaven-headed-dorks, I am sure each of you have your own > stories. The point is: We all respect West Point, Annapolis, The Air Force > Academy; however, nobody respects the Corp. I imagine they are kind of the > laughing stock of the military world. Just because you dress like the Army, > and try and act like the Army, does not make you the Army. People at A&M > don't even respect these clowns. It is not cool to shave your head and > dress up. Halloween is only supposed to be one day of the year. If you > want to carry guns and beat up civilians, move to Israel. > > It is even less cool to slobber on somebody's daughter on national > television and call it a tradition. Dry humping 18 year old girls in the > stands at football games is not cool. Not only is it not cool, it should be > against the law. I know that in College Station, students are just prone to > mount each other on the campus lawn, or in the middle of class, or anytime > anything good happens you can just grab the girl sitting next to you and > start sucking on her face. But everywhere else in the world, it is looked > down upon. Especially if you are doing it on my TV. That is why we have > moved the game from Thanksgiving. Because people across the nation were > gagging on their turkey when in the middle of watching a football game, > some boy scout is tongue thrashing some overweight co-ed during somebody's > Thanksgiving dinner. We do not need to see burly women engaged in a > suckfest every time your woeful offense manages to put points on the board. > Some of these girls are in desperate need of a trip to the Clinique > counter. Screw that, forget make-up, it is too late for that, just give > them a veil. "t.u." is not funny. It is NOT insulting. It is dumb. Just > imagine if folks from Texas kept talking about M&A and giggling. That would > not be funny. In fact, it would be retarded. That's why UT fans don't do > it.Please learn. > > You want to lose the image of country bumpkins, of a people fond of sheep, > of people that aren't stupid? Then quit building things that fall down. > Quit chasing cheerleaders around with swords on national TV. Quit whooping > in church. Quit whooping period. Quit putting up scoreboardsfor the > enjoyment of dead mammals. Quit spending your Friday nights practicing how > to yell. Quit telling rape jokes to reporters when you're running for > Governor. When you are filling out season ticket renewals, and the form > asks for your phone #, H & W, quit putting 258-3999, Height 6'3", Weight > 185. Just, collectively, stop making asses of yourselves. Go to East Texas, > tour every small town, and ask every red neck with a 5th grade education > whythey cheer for A&M and wear maroon. That is your fan base. This is why > you are perceived by the educated masses as stupid. > > Nobody cares if you think your band is better. They might be louder, they > might march in neat little zig zags, but they have no musical ability. The > point is, nobody cares who wins halftime. Quit getting geeked up about > marching bands. I find it hard to believe you stood through your high > school band's entire halftime performance. And why? Cause nobody cared then > and nobody cares now. Plus, you can hear them fine sitting down even if you > do care. Why is it cool all of a sudden now that you're in college? > > Men should never let out high pitched whooping sounds. Perhaps the only > justifiable situation in which this can be tolerated is perhaps during an > anal probe. Oh wait...I understand now. > > Dogs are not ladies. They don't look or smell like ladies. Dogs eat their > own feces and should be treated accordingly. > > Finally, College Station is an arm-pit of a town. Quit pretending that it > is a great college town. It is a town and there is a college there. That > should be the end of this comparison. If you feel that life doesn't get any > better than the Dixie Chicken, and enjoy being stuck in a never ending > "Dukes of Hazard" episode, then move there. More importantly, don't move to > Austin.....they are trying to create an educated, technological, and open > minded population base. Austin is, and will continue to be, the birthplace > and final resting place of all that is cool. As my friend Stephen Johnson > once said: "If the world were ever to get an enema, College Station is > where you would connect the hose." If you go to school at A&M, please don't > be an Aggie. God Bless the Great State of Texas. > > > > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the mail administrator at postmaster@icgcommerce.com. > > www.icgcommerce.com > > ********************************************************************** >