what is your job

[mountainchick]

At least you weren't a poet...striking fear into hearts of many with our mighty pen.

Yeah. And in high school I was a Lambkin. Nice. Embarassed on both accounts.

[Fredwina]

an institution that was the site of one of my attempts at Grad School (Southeast Missouri State) changed the name of its athletic Teams about 2 years back (They were the Indians). among the name under consideration was the Fried Okra (im not how serious). They wound being the Redhawks i was pulling for the Riverboat Gamblers,. myself
To really go OT, some fun HS team names i've run across
Columbia(MO) Hickman Kewpie Dolls
Freeburg (IL) Midgets
Coben (IL) Appleknockers
Cario(GA) syrupmakers not to be confused with the Cario(IL) Pilots
Boiling Spring (PA) Bubblers
Steelton- Highspire(PA) Rollers

[roguedog]

Hey.. at least you all know what your mascots are..

What the heck is an Aggie anyway???

[RoadRaven]

I am a lawyer and cat waitress too.

A cat waitress?

[crazycanuck]

Dogs have masters, cats have staff.

However if you're my dog, it appears to be both!

An Aggie is a person who attended A & M uni(tech?) in texas. AggieAmma went there. (Yes, i am paying attention!)

-Coben (IL) Appleknockers- umm oh dear..

C

[Aggie_Ama]

What is an Aggie? ME!

An Aggie is term for people who attend agricultural schools. The A&M in Texas A&M University stands for Agricultural and Mechanical. I guess it is kind of like a farmer, at A&M we have a yell (kind of like a cheer) called "Farmers Fight".

Not all land grant or A&M schools are Aggies, NM State is a Land Grant School (same as Texas A&M) and they are Aggies too. OK State is a land grant and they are the Cowboys. VT Tech is a land grant and they are Hokies. I could go on if I kept googling.

CC- You are paying attention.

[Hub]

Are you serious?!? How well do vegetables fight? You must instill fear into the hearts of opposing teams (not).

Hey, Okra is spiny, sticky icky when raw, slimy when boiled & tasty when fried! We do okay for a small state university. Last fall we beat my sister's much larger university (Stephen F. Austin State in Nacogdoches, TX, the lumberjacks- their mascot is Ax-some Jack. Their enrollment is about 12K, ours is 4K).

Look at that face-GRRR

[roguedog]

Aggie_Ama, ya.. I'm an Aggie too but I hail from UC Davis.

[Hub]

Wow, everybody.

I am a lawyer in a small town private practice. Indy I do a fair amount of bankruptcy here.

Hub, I have been to your Ms town! I went to college in Columbus MS.

I am also a cat waitress.

SO you went to THE W? cool! Law School at Ole Miss?

[Hub]

And to Fultzie, My sister at Stephen F. Austin, she teaches Anthropology- to those fighting lumberjacks.

[HillSlugger]

Hey, Okra is spiny, sticky icky when raw, slimy when boiled & tasty when fried! We do okay for a small state university. Last fall we beat my sister's much larger university (Stephen F. Austin State in Nacogdoches, TX, the lumberjacks- their mascot is Ax-some Jack. Their enrollment is about 12K, ours is 4K).

Look at that face-GRRR

A vegetable with boxing gloves and a mean look on its face. It is scary. I stand corrected

I suppose they are all better than the Harvard Crimson. The mascot is a color?

[DrBee]

I am a secretary at a small state university in Mississippi, (Delta State, home of the FIghting Okra)

Hey Hub - I didn't see this post when I posted my reply. What dept are you in? I just moved from Cleveland to Baton Rouge. Too bad we didn't get together when I was up there - I was always looking someone to ride with.

[DrBee]

A vegetable with boxing gloves and a mean look on its face. It is scary. I stand corrected

I suppose they are all better than the Harvard Crimson. The mascot is a color?

The Delta State Mascot even appeared on one of the Good Eats episodes on okra.

[CyclaSutra]

I know about those okra... get 'em fried at The Hollywood in Robinsonville, Miss. Remember Marc Cohn singing about that place? It really is great.

Grew up in the Miss Delta, from Memphis down to Arkabutla and eventually Greenville. Still got "kin" in all three places. Escaped to the Wild West of Wyoming and it's hard to imagine going back (heat, mosquitoes, a wee bit of a crazy class system )

I'm the features editor at a small (but sorta famous in the industry) weekly newspaper. The best part of my job is writing, editing and publishing great features. But I also am the traditional "society editor" writing about whose kids made the honor roll, what those cute lil' cub scouts are up to this week and having to try to console people submitting obituaries.

If I were working in Misssissippi, I'd also be writing about debutante balls.

[DrBee]

(heat, mosquitoes, a wee bit of a crazy class system )

That's an understatement on all accounts.