Subject: fw : classic thoughts on texas a & m . . . fox sports show host jim rome 1 ) they won ' t shut up . they have to go on about spirit , and old army , and red ass , and how bonfire represents the burning sensation they have in their urine to beat ut , and blah blah blah . shut up . you start to get the feeling the entire school was built to spite ut . 2 ) forget the fact that when the texas legislature back in the 1870 ' s passed legislation to start a state university they also decided to have a subsidiary branch of the main school ( university of texas ) that would teach agriculture and mechanics . aggies love to say their school is older , from where they get that i don ' t now . . . . . . the fact is , the state intended a & m to be a branch of ut . they are like the afterbirth fromthe original creation . like danny devito in " twins " . 3 ) so they apparently have this complex , so much so , that they must devote their entire school to trying to prove to ut that they are just as good . all the while , nobody at ut denies that a & m is a good school , yet they won ' t shut up . so they write a fight song . . . . . . about ? . . . . texas , and how they want to beat them . they have a fish camp for freshman where they tell them how bad texas is and how good a & m and all its traditions are . it is the world ' s largest known case of penis envy , and it is manifested in everything a & m does . 4 ) the people at a & m . now we all have friends who went to a & m or are at a & m . there are some nice people there . however . . . there is the corp . east texas ' answer to dreams of rotc kids everywhere . for every boy scout who never learned to stop playing with his gi joe toys , there is the corp . now , forget the fact that a however , nobody respects the corp . i imagine they are kind of the laughing stock of the military world . just because you dress like the army , and try and act like the army , does not make you the army . people at a & m don ' t even respect these clowns . it is not cool to shave your head and dress up . halloween is only supposed to be one day of the year . if you want to carry guns and beat up civilians , move to israel . 5 ) it is even less cool to slobber on somebody ' s daughter on national television and call it a tradition . dry humping 18 year old girls in the stands at football games is not cool . not only is it not cool , it should be against the law . i know that in college station , students are just prone to mount each other on the campus lawn , or in the middle of class , or anytime anything good happens you can just grab the girl sitting next to you and start sucking on her face . but everywhere else in the world , it is looked down upon . especially if you are doing it on my tv . that is why we have moved the game from thanksgiving . because people across the nation were gagging on their turkey when in the middle of watching a football game , some boy scout is tongue thrashing some overweight co - ed during somebody ' s thanksgiving dinner . we do not need to see burly women engaged in a suckfest every time your woeful offense manages to put points on the board . some of these girls are in desperate need of a trip to the clinique counter . screw that , forget make - up , it is too late for that , just give them a veil . 6 ) " t . u . " is not funny . it is not insulting . it is dumb . just imagine if folks from texas kept talking about m & a and giggling . that would not be funny . in fact , it would be retarded . that ' s why ut fans don ' t do it . please learn . 7 ) you want to lose the image of country bumpkins , of a people fond of sheep , of people that aren ' t stupid ? then quit building things that fall down . quit chasing cheerleaders around with swords on national tv . quit whooping in church . quit whooping period . quit putting up scoreboards for the enjoyment of dead mammals . quit spending your friday nights practicing how to yell . quit telling rape jokes to reporters when you ' re running for governor . when you are filling out season ticket renewals , and the form asks for your phone # , h & w , quit putting 258 - 3999 , height 6 ' 3 " , weight 185 . just , collectively , stop making asses of yourselves . go to east texas , tour every small town , and ask every red neck with a 5 th grade education why they cheer for a & m and wear maroon . that is your fan base . this is why you are perceived by the educated masses as stupid . 8 ) nobody cares if you think your band is better . they might be louder , they might march in neat little zig zags , but they have no musical ability . the point is , nobody cares who wins halftime . quit getting geeked up about marching bands . i find it hard to believe you stood through your high school band ' s entire halftime performance . and why ? cause nobody cared then and nobody cares now . plus , you can hear them fine sitting down even if you do care . why is it cool all of a sudden now that you ' re in college ? 9 ) men should never let out high pitched whooping sounds . perhaps the only justifiable situation in which this can be tolerated is perhaps during an anal probe . oh wait . . . i understand now . 10 ) dogs are not ladies . they don ' t look or smell like ladies . dogs eat their own feces and should be treated accordingly . 11 ) finally , college station is an arm - pit of a town . quit pretending that it is a great college town . it is a town and there is a college there . that should be the end of this comparison . if you feel that life doesn ' t get any better than the dixie chicken , and enjoy being stuck in a never ending " dukes of hazard " episode , then move there . more importantly , don ' t move to austin . . . . . they are trying to create an educated , technological , and open minded population base . austin is , and will continue to be , the birthplace and final resting place of all that is cool . as my friend stephen johnson once said : " if the world were ever to get an enema , college station is where you would connect the hose . " if you go to school at a & m , please don ' t be an aggie . god bless the great state of texas . brian puls software engineer lockheed martin - enterprise solutions 281 218 - 2740