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"If you ever drop your keys into a river of molten lava, forget em', cause, man, they're gone."

- Jack Handey

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At game time, Cougar fans show their support by making the "cougar sign," made by folding the ring finger of the right hand toward the palm. The tradition dates back to 1953, when Shasta I, the presiding cougar mascot, lost a toe in a cage door on her way to a game. The opposing team, the University of Texas, mocked UH by imitating the cougar's injury. The Cougars soon adopted that gesture as a symbol of pride.

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Wow! I never knew there was an actual name for that. My wife and I always assumed that it was our special thing.

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been doing it for years before the shocker was the shocker

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When the University of Houston was seeking admission to the conference in 1972, cheerleaders decided that U of H needed a hand sign, too. The result--the UT sign with the middle finger added--officially represents a cougar claw; unofficially, it indicates the students' attitude toward UT.

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