I've learned what some of the enigmatic posts/responses mean...and remain clueless about others

Understand: germans, waffles, rule #1
Lost: ankles, hair, torbush

ankles is TexAgs code for users, so we know who posts on here. So the next time you're with a group of Ags, just check out whoever you're talking to's feet and say "Nice ankles bro".

They will no doubt give you a thumbs up and buy you a beer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Torbush

Some poster on some past thread thought it was important to comment on players' ankles - supposed to be indicative of overall fitness for football or sunthin. Kind of an absurd thing to note, so naturally texags picked up on it in sort of a sarcastic way...

Regarding 'hair'...ref warren zevon's song 'werewolves of London'...final line goes something like this:

"I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect"

Somehow this reference got mixed in with the ankles reference...so any time someone mentions seeing a celeb or athlete - it is customary to comment on their hair and ankles...

Make sense? I didn't think so. but that's how I understand it.

Me? I have weak ankles and gray (non-perfect) hair.

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Hair comes from a guy who said he saw McGee in the rain and commented on how perfect hos hair was, despite the storm.

Torbush= worst aggie defensive coordinator ever!!!

Therefore on Texags Torbush=fail

I missed the waffle origin. What?

I think the Torbush reference is to when we were getting our heads handed to us in Utah and somebody's got that .gif of him, saying, "Wow.".

Torbush during Utah game after we got burned again... "Wow"

I know the ankles thing is a running joke but it just comes across as creepy pretty much every time it's used.

Ankles comes from a time when we had a ton of players with injured ankles. A poster saw one of these players out a couple days before a game. Post made no mention of ankle health leaving everyone asking about his ankles. Legend was born that day...

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I know the ankles thing is a running joke but it just comes across as creepy pretty much every time it's used.

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This.

When I see a post that starts with
"I saw______at," I take a pass and don't bother to open it because I know that it will include the hair and ankles nonsense.
Yes, I know that I don't have to read such threads....and I don't.

Ankles pre-dates most of you...it started with Reggie McNeal's freshman year. McNeal was the savior of the program but one poster disagreed claiming his ankles looked small. I don't recall if the poster was going for sarcasm but it was a CU@Kyle kind of thread if memory serves.

Oh and what Memphis said "Torbush" is analogous to "wow"

In Torbush's defense, that was Alex Smith and Urban Meyer ripping apart our D at the time

That's how I remember it too Bullpen. Ankles started with Reggie McNeal's freshman year

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Ankles pre-dates most of you...it started with Reggie McNeal's freshman year. McNeal was the savior of the program but one poster disagreed claiming his ankles looked small. I don't recall if the poster was going for sarcasm but it was a CU@Kyle kind of thread if memory serves.

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I remember it this way, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Man he did have some skinny ankles tho.

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Ankles pre-dates most of you...it started with Reggie McNeal's freshman year. McNeal was the savior of the program but one poster disagreed claiming his ankles looked small. I don't recall if the poster was going for sarcasm but it was a CU@Kyle kind of thread if memory serves

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This is the way I remember it as well.

See pic for reference.

while google searching images of Reggies McNeil's ankles. This image popped up and instantly sent me into a full blown case of the Mondayz.

I hate this picture.

I remeber the Reggie quotes but seem to remember it had something to dod with a picture from practice of I believe Bethel Johnson agaimst one of our db's. I remeber that started some silly discussio that hung around for awhile and may have been the precursor for the Reggie ankles discussion.

Damn I am olld and been on this site for a long time.

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Damn I am olld and been on this site for a long time

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As your use of a mobile phone keyboard suggests.

Must have been some truth about Murrays ankles. He lost some of one year when the bottom of his shoe just about touched the back of his calf ! Was Theismanesque video.

To be fair Reggie had a tendency towards high ankle sprains. On his State championship run he came out every game with a sprain, got some tape and such and still ran faster than everyone else.

Do waffles help ankles?

I don't know where or how it started, nor do I care. All I know is that it makes me angry every time I see some post about ankles or hair. TexAgs can't seem to get enough of the craptastic ankle updates.

^^^^^
Someone has bad hair/ankles

My hair and ankles serve their purpose to perfection. They are flawless.

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I don't know where or how it started, nor do I care. All I know is that it makes me angry every time I see some post about ankles or hair. TexAgs can't seem to get enough of the craptastic ankle updates

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All I'll add is that I hope people realize that having swollen ankles is prison code for a guy who bends over in the shower all the time and grabs his ankles to keep balance during the um... unpleasantries.

Personally, I'd rather our players and coaches be on the OTHER side of said, ahem, boning.

Reggie was plagued with ankle sprains and one poster asked if it was because he had skinny ankles.

Not sure about the waffles, can someone fill me in?

Umm waffles are awesome. Do they really need an explanation?

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That's how I remember it too Bullpen. Ankles started with Reggie McNeal's freshman year

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Correct.

what do waffles mean? seriously..
also.. i promise if someone put these lines on a "TExags for life" t-shirt with the proper meaning i would buy it in a heart beat..that would be hillarious..

How did Germans and waffles get started?