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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: RawdogDX on April 07, 2007, 02:49:02 PM

Title: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: RawdogDX on April 07, 2007, 02:49:02 PM: I always wished we had something that we could say that was universally agreed upon. Like wareagle, or even the hook em horns thing. I usually just say go marquete, but i just feel like that's generic and thought someone might have a better idea.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: PuertoRicanNightmare on April 07, 2007, 03:13:32 PM: If it bears any reference to our current nickname, a simple "You're a loser," should suffice.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: LastWarrior on April 07, 2007, 03:15:37 PM: This is an easy one... (at least for the 80% or so that responded to the JS poll)

Go Warriors!!!
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 08, 2007, 12:18:55 AM: Saw an Asian kid with a Wade Marquette throwback (2003 - is that REALLY a throwback year?!?) Marquette jersey outside a boba/pearl drink place this past week.

Told him, "Sweet jersey. Went there for college. Go MU!"

He just said, "Thanks" and went along with his business.

No love for Brewtown U. :(
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: 77fan88warrior on April 08, 2007, 10:52:43 AM: Go Warriors! is universal language. The nickname debacle brings strangers closer together IMO.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: SqueallyDRyan on April 08, 2007, 11:09:34 AM: I usually just KAW at them... you know like an Eagle
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: OneMadWarrior on April 08, 2007, 11:27:37 AM: Just Whip out a beer and Chug it, then go about your business. That is a Tribute to MArquette and MIlwaukee. Plus many of you Alumni must understadn taht not every Alumnus understands the Warrior vs. Golden Eagle thing. I didn't even know why they changed it until recently.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: StillAWarrior on April 08, 2007, 11:37:12 AM: I ran into a couple of 2004 grads at the Cleveland Indians blizzard -- errr home opener. My son was wearing a Marquette stocking cap, so they identified us. A couple of nice kids and we shared our relief that Crean is staying and our optimism for next year. I always enjoy running into Marquette people.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on April 08, 2007, 06:35:33 PM: I just flap my wings wildly and say "PuertoRicanNightmare says hi!!" :-* :D
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: rugbydrummer on April 08, 2007, 08:48:11 PM: yeah i usually just start drumming cadences or Ring Out with my hands ;D

Goooooooo GOOOOOOOO GO MARQUETTE! GO GO GO GO

Seriously though . . . . "Kaw"ing is trömpf 8)
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: Mayor McCheese on April 08, 2007, 09:43:23 PM: I usually just smile... because it is rare compared to the amount of Wisconsin stuff people wear here in WI...

and boy am I excited when I go to Texas to teach, and I get to hear hook'em horns all the time... one question... is there any rule against basketball coaches(since I also want to coach basketball) telling there players if they coach a D1 eligable player to go to a certain school ;) because Texas seems to care about prep sports more than up here, in the next ten years look for an increase in Texas recruits at MU ;) wishful thinking
Title: I Always Ask...
Post by: 4everwarriors on April 08, 2007, 09:59:24 PM: what do you think of our basketball coach? ;D
Title: Re: I Always Ask...
Post by: Mayor McCheese on April 08, 2007, 10:44:26 PM: Quote from: 4everwarriors on April 08, 2007, 09:59:24 PM
what do you think of our basketball coach? ;D

I think Tom Crean is a good coach, I really do, I love the style of basketball that he plays... (I personally want to run the 40 minutes of hell with my kids).... but if I have any kid that is D1 qualified... and is scouted... Im going to throw in my 2 cents :)
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: Avenue Commons on April 09, 2007, 08:54:59 AM: Quote from: RawdogDX on April 07, 2007, 02:49:02 PM
I always wished we had something that we could say that was universally agreed upon. Like wareagle, or even the hook em horns thing. I usually just say go marquete, but i just feel like that's generic and thought someone might have a better idea.

"Ring Out Ahoya" is my preferred greeting and salutation. If you get a funny look you know they didn't go to MU.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 09, 2007, 05:40:05 PM: We do need to come up with a standard MU greeting.

Lots of people stare at my car, either for its rarity or because of the license.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/Alum91/FX35Ahoya.jpg)

.. but today, as I drove back from Michigan, a car pulled along side and gave me the thumbs up, which I returned. They passed me again, and the woman .. I think .. was gooooo gooooooooing Marquette ..

So if you drive a brown Buick LeSabre and were on I-94 north of Chicago today around 2pm: Hey. Go Marquette.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: ppp098 on April 09, 2007, 08:26:35 PM: Was she a hooker?
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: 77ncaachamps on April 09, 2007, 09:42:38 PM: This guy with his family stopped was staring at me as I was walking towards him near the Monterey Bay Fisherman's Pier.

He stopped and made a funny look. I was looking back like "Yeah...and what did you need?"

He then said, "Are you from Milwaukee?" I said I went to Marquette then extended my hand and said, "Hi! Enrico, Class of 97." He was a grad student from 95.

Then we bid adieu and that was that.

So to keep with the thread's subject, I guess you say, "Are you from Milwaukee?"
;)
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: muwarrior87 on April 10, 2007, 04:31:48 PM: "Go Warriors" or if it's a cute girl, "NICE!!", just like borat, duel meaning there ;) lol, jk
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: rugbydrummer on April 14, 2007, 04:15:45 PM: Quote from: mu_hilltopper on April 09, 2007, 05:40:05 PM

So if you drive a brown Buick LeSabre and were on I-94 north of Chicago today around 2pm: Hey. Go Marquette.

Doesn't Steve Novak drive a car like that . . . . ;) j/k, obviously not anymore :D
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: MUtrain on April 14, 2007, 06:02:37 PM: Quote from: mu_hilltopper on April 09, 2007, 05:40:05 PM
We do need to come up with a standard MU greeting.

Lots of people stare at my car, either for its rarity or because of the license.

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y144/Alum91/FX35Ahoya.jpg)

.. but today, as I drove back from Michigan, a car pulled along side and gave me the thumbs up, which I returned. They passed me again, and the woman .. I think .. was gooooo gooooooooing Marquette ..

So if you drive a brown Buick LeSabre and were on I-94 north of Chicago today around 2pm: Hey. Go Marquette.

I enjoyed seeing your license plate driving back to school on Monday. I'm not the brown car, but we passed each other back and forth a few times on I-90. I thought I'd seen that license plate before, but I figured it was around campus. Now I remember where I'd seen it... muscoop!
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 14, 2007, 08:10:03 PM: So, how was I driving? I think I'm pretty sane, but I can go native when I'm in Chicago, right? The one thing about having a somewhat famous license plate is I do worry I'll tick someone off.

I think we all need some sort of MUScoop.com bumper sticker. And some sort of gang sign to flash. :D
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: drewm88 on April 15, 2007, 01:20:47 AM: Just let me know when you leave the state so I can steal your license plate. I love it.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 15, 2007, 09:08:17 AM: I usually get a new one when I get a new car .. but this one is pretty special.

I was at a party and a guy asked me how long it took for me to get it. "I dunno, 3-4 weeks." He explained that he knew the guy who had for years and years before me .. a guy who was Fr. Raynor's assistant in O'Hara hall Herb Tchalec (I've butchered his name).

I just lucked into it at the right time.

One thing .. I've been astounded by the number of MU grads I know who don't have the foggiest clue about what "Ahoya" is, in relationship to MU. I guess if you never went to a sporting event, you might not know ROA is our song.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: PuertoRicanNightmare on April 15, 2007, 09:56:06 AM: The bigger question is...where did you get that license plate frame? That's what I like.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: MUtrain on April 15, 2007, 09:59:15 AM: Your driving was much better than anyone with an Illinois plate.
Title: I Wonder If...
Post by: 4everwarriors on April 15, 2007, 10:45:49 AM: WARRIOR is taken?
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: mu_hilltopper on April 15, 2007, 11:09:17 AM: I'm pretty sure WARRIOR was taken at the time .. you can check availability by emailling them and asking them to check some for you: special-plates.dmv@dot.state.wi.us

FYI, personal plates in Wisconsin is a no brainer. $15 extra per year. Peanuts! You probably spend that much in coffee per week.

.. The personalized frame .. I made myself. Here's the website: http://www.traffictalk.com/tt/product/?pid=4

.. it's $15 plus shipping. I'd looked at a bunch of other styles .. the metal ones just don't stand out as well, I thought. The website above allows you to customize everything, the background color, font color, type of font. I tried to find a place that you could upload a logo .. didn't find one years ago, but who knows, they might exist now.
Title: Re: What do you say to people on the street with MU stuff on?
Post by: augoman on April 15, 2007, 11:13:51 AM: I was in Phoenix recently and ran into a 'middle-aged' guy (like me) at the Biltmore pool w/ a Marquette shirt on..., after a while, I thought he'd notice my MU cap but he didn't, I asked if he was an alum- he was, class 2 years behind mine. Lives in Chicago, brought his son over to meet me who is a recent alum now in California. We talked Bball (briefly). When parting I said 'go warriors', he replied 'go eagles!' The son had much more enthusiam than the dad, more interest, more 'spirit'..., in spite of the 'go eagles'. byw, 'Topper, I saw an IL plate 'MRKETT' (I think) w/ a warriors frame on a Cad XLR in old town..., nice.