Interesting little tidbit
Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire US with the Hippo as their mascot. Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. Julia incubating two future Hippos ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Interesting little tidbit
> -Original Message- > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 01:25 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Interesting little tidbit > > > Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage > that listed all the mascots used by Texas high schools, > giving the number of schools having each mascot. At the very > bottom of the page was the list of unique mascots. "Hippo" > was on that list. > > Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in > the entire US with the Hippo as their mascot. > > Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. To be honest, I can't imagine a school anyplace but TX having Hippos as a mascot. Of course, my high school in Vermont had a mascot who looked like Colonel Sanders. -j- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Interesting little tidbit
At 03:24 PM 8/26/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire US with the Hippo as their mascot. Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. Julia incubating two future Hippos I bet you feel like they already are . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Interesting little tidbit
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 03:24 PM 8/26/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed > >all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools > >having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of > >unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. > > > >Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire > >US with the Hippo as their mascot. > > > >Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. > > > > Julia > > > >incubating two future Hippos > > I bet you feel like they already are . . . No, right now, *I* feel like the hippo. :) That's not quite right. Hippos don't waddle the way I do. More like a lead penguin. (But not a cast-iron penguin -- lead is softer) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Interesting little tidbit
At 06:52 AM 8/27/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 03:24 PM 8/26/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed > >all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools > >having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of > >unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. > > > >Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire > >US with the Hippo as their mascot. > > > >Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. > > > > Julia > > > >incubating two future Hippos > > I bet you feel like they already are . . . No, right now, *I* feel like the hippo. :) That's not quite right. Hippos don't waddle the way I do. More like a lead penguin. (But not a cast-iron penguin -- lead is softer) Just wait . . . in another few weeks, you can be the prize in a game of "Hungry Hungry Hippos" . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Interesting little tidbit
Julia Thompson wrote: > > Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed > all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools > having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of > unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. > > Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire > US with the Hippo as their mascot. > > Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. I found a page *supporting* the statement; it may be the source for the person who told my mother about the uniqueness: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/6472388.htm There is some discussion of the legend of why the hippo was adopted as the mascot. And the article mentions Nolan Ryan, if anyone cares about *that* detail. (He's a major owner in the minor league team that plays a few miles west of the high school, but that's not why he's mentioned.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Interesting little tidbit
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 06:52 AM 8/27/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > > > At 03:24 PM 8/26/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >Sometime earlier this year, I'd stumbled across a webpage that listed > > > >all the mascots used by Texas high schools, giving the number of schools > > > >having each mascot. At the very bottom of the page was the list of > > > >unique mascots. "Hippo" was on that list. > > > > > > > >Someone told my mom that Hutto is the *only* high school in the entire > > > >US with the Hippo as their mascot. > > > > > > > >Can anyone refute this? I'd be interested in knowing if it's true. > > > > > > > > Julia > > > > > > > >incubating two future Hippos > > > > > > I bet you feel like they already are . . . > > > >No, right now, *I* feel like the hippo. :) > > > >That's not quite right. Hippos don't waddle the way I do. More like a > >lead penguin. (But not a cast-iron penguin -- lead is softer) > > Just wait . . . in another few weeks, you can be the prize in a game of > "Hungry Hungry Hippos" . . . Only if we don't lose the marbles ;) Julia who feels like she's losing *hers* at times, but it hasn't been *that* bad lately ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
