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Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

Tomorrow is the Centenial of Oklahoma.

Just thought you should know.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

You know what's awesome about Oklahoma? It's largest university's mascot is a criminal. [Smile]

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

Actually, the mascot is a covered wagon. The horses that pull said wagon are named "Boomer" and "Sooner". The team is called the Oklahoma Sooners. I guess that is where you are getting the criminal from.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

When we could get my Dad to reminisce about WWII we took the opportunity. He once told about coming home from the South Pacific on a troop ship with a bunch of Marines who had been out of the country for a long time. The ship kept playing the music from Oklahoma on the PA system. The Marines finally rebeled and demanded that they play "real American music" not that "newfangled" stuff.

Posted by Artemisia Tridentata (Member # 8746) on :

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I guess that is where you are getting the criminal from.

Or did he mean Oral Roberts?

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

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Originally posted by brojack17:
The team is called the Oklahoma Sooners. I guess that is where you are getting the criminal from.

Yup.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

Yeah, that's a little odd. Especially, when we yell "Boomer Sooner". It's like yelling "Not-cheater Cheater".

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Well, because of what "Sooner" meant originally (during the land rush).

We are going to see the musical Oklahoma on stage the first week of December. So we will get to hear the song in your title [Smile]

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

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You know what's awesome about Oklahoma?

It's not Alaska?

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

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when we yell "Boomer Sooner". It's like yelling "Not-cheater Cheater".

That way you can cover all your bases and still root for your team. [Razz]

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

You have to be proud of something. I think the wagon is one of the strangest objects for a mascot. I had not heard of an inanimate object being the mascot before.

FG,
Where are you going to watch it? Discoveryland is not that far from you.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

Oh, it's just a local high school group. So it won't be the best production, but it will be fun.

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

Ross the intern did a bit on the Tonight Show about the OU Texas game. It was hilarious. He said you have to support a state that has a show tune as it's state song.

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

So what was the state song BEFORE Rodgers & Hammerstein came along?

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

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So what was the state song BEFORE Rodgers & Hammerstein came along?

"At least we're not Alaska!"

Posted by brojack17 (Member # 9189) on :

I don't know and I can't find it on-line. Interesting.