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Found a treasure chest of Aggie lore today

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the fact that you got a Zoo thread to go ten pages in one day without posting a single hottie.


Here's a pic of Pinky after the Battle of Argonne Forest... chilling with the ladies on the beach:


[This message has been edited by SpreadsheetAg (edited 5/8/2013 10:42a).]
LawAg05
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Thread of the Year.
bert harbinson
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WOW!!! For no particular reason, I didn't get on texags yesterday...got a lot of catching up to do. Thanks WHA, I look forward to going back and reading your posts, and anything else we are fortunate enough to experience through your willingness to share.

To be included in the telling or re-telling of Aggie history is truly an indescribable thrill for us all.
Bird Poo
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That letter.
PooDoo
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Amazing legacy... thanks for sharing!
AgInMO
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Thanks for sharing. You have found the Aggie Holy Grail.
ABATTBQ87
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check out the return address on the letter:

"on the Rhine".
jeep
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Fantastic stuff!
agman08
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This is soooooo much cooler than when I found my Dad's Playboy collection!
Roger Kint
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Absolutely amazing! Wow!
dachsie
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From this Tiger fan - this is really awesome! What a treasure and congratulations! I love historical stuff and this is pretty darn cool in my book.
Gary79Ag
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Absolutely awesome! Just can't say enough about this find.

And sorry for the loss of your Dad.
AgeofEase08
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absolutely incredible.

Thank you for sharing. cant wait to see more!

Gone are the days when Texas had a team,
Gone are the days when Varsity was supreme,
Down in defeat before the Farmers bold,
We hear their roosters sadly moaning "take us home"

Poor Texas, poor Texas, for their heads are bending low
We hear the longhorns sadly moaning "Oh! Oh! Oh!"
SoftwareAg
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Incredible !
SpreadsheetAg
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absolutely incredible.

Thank you for sharing. cant wait to see more!

Gone are the days when Texas had a team,
Gone are the days when Varsity was supreme,
Down in defeat before the Farmers bold,
We hear their roosters sadly moaning "take us home"

Poor Texas, poor Texas, for their heads are bending low
We hear the longhorns sadly moaning "Oh! Oh! Oh!"


I think it was written:
We hear their rooters sadly moaning "take us home"
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BBYD09
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Awesome stuff
94Aggie95
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Wow! Good bull!!!!
MichaelJ
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WC94
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Holy Mother of God!
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ag-bq-seventy
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Here's the music referred to in the yell book for "Poor Varsity."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YGxk7VC3ic
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war hymn aggie
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another find:


[This message has been edited by war hymn aggie (edited 5/8/2013 1:34p).]
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igotworms
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Sell it and donate the proceedings to the New Kyle Field!
gigemrangers
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I can't wait til you find his stash.
Token
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you could make a good amount selling that confederate bill
htxag09
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This is incredibly awesome. Thank you for sharing!

quote:
The good old U.S.A. is plenty good for me.
Reload12
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That is awesome, I hope you can find more things to share with us
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Huh... go figure. I always heard that the current version we sing (with reference to the longhorns) was the "second" verse, and that the other lesser known verse was the original first verse. According to war hymn ag's pics... that isn't the case. Guess that's an old myth I've heard so much.
"Goodbye to texas university..." is the second verse, but was written first, and is the original. When the rarely sung "first verse" was written, years after the verse we sing to this day, I guess Wilson made it the first verse so it would lead in to the popular original verse.
It was confusing to write that, so I hope it reads ok.
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Good info Scotch, it reads well.
Scotch
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It's been documented and proven that "Gig 'Em" was used prior to the legendary TCU pep rally, yet the debate continues.

Doesn't matter. The tradition of telling the story as TCU based is set in stone. Kind of like the fake uncover tradition.

I always took the pep rally story to be the origin of the Gig'em hand sign, not the term itself.
Aggie Dan
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Thank you for this thread.
txag2k
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Good bull!
 
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