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re: A&M people wearing their college rings is so strange
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:57 pm to al_cajun
Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:57 pm to al_cajun
My father in law wears his Sigma Chi ring from the 60's.
Always thought that was weird, but I think fraternities were different back then. He served in the military with several of them later on and then worked with a couple at NASA.
He's 71.
Always thought that was weird, but I think fraternities were different back then. He served in the military with several of them later on and then worked with a couple at NASA.
He's 71.
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Posted on 8/10/18 at 2:58 pm to TheCaterpillar
Oh and A&M people are weird AF. The ring thing is weird AF. I think they're guilted into it by other Aggies or something. No way that many men choose to wear rings like that voluntarily.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:04 pm to al_cajun
Everything about A&M is strange.
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:06 pm to al_cajun
The stole the "ring knocking" from West Point where the tradition dates back to the 1800s, its a military thing.
"The term "ringknocker" refers to the alleged custom of some West Point graduates to gently rap their ring against a hard surface in social situations; this serves as an unobtrusive signal of their status to any other graduates in the vicinity. However, a negative social-networking connotation also associates with the term, in that the term "implies that if there is a discussion in progress, the senior West Pointer need only knock his large ring on the table and all Pointers present are obliged to rally to his point of view."
"The term "ringknocker" refers to the alleged custom of some West Point graduates to gently rap their ring against a hard surface in social situations; this serves as an unobtrusive signal of their status to any other graduates in the vicinity. However, a negative social-networking connotation also associates with the term, in that the term "implies that if there is a discussion in progress, the senior West Pointer need only knock his large ring on the table and all Pointers present are obliged to rally to his point of view."
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:07 pm to SUB
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Doing your mom? The rings were on.
frickin' A
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:08 pm to al_cajun
They are Ghey, you didn't know?
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:15 pm to PowerTool
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Tool
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:29 pm to TH03
I hear you.. in my line of work, we give aggie grads a hard time for wearing there ring.
You went to a&m.. we get it.
You went to a&m.. we get it.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:31 pm to BearCrocs
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You went to a&m.. we get it.
It's the exact opposite with Harvard grads. If you ask them where they went to school anyone who's not a complete douche will respond with "i went to school in Cambridge."
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:38 pm to CharlesLSU
Posted on 8/10/18 at 3:48 pm to TheCaterpillar
It's called pride
Posted on 8/10/18 at 4:02 pm to al_cajun
It’s considered a Service Academy so it is normal.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 4:46 pm to Bulletproof Lover
Any school that you are not required to serve after is not a service academy
This post was edited on 8/10/18 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 8/10/18 at 4:57 pm to Bulletproof Lover
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It’s considered a Service Academy so it is normal.
only by the faggies
Posted on 8/10/18 at 5:36 pm to al_cajun
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A&M people wearing their college rings is so strange
Wrong
Posted on 8/10/18 at 5:38 pm to al_cajun
You’ll get over it. It was odd to me at first too.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 6:16 pm to CharlesLSU
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I would rather my boys go to College Station than Baton Rouge. The institutions are lightyears apart with aTm head and shoulders above. Is what it is.
This is what I find so funny about most of my baw La friends. They really don't realize how far LSU has fallen behind A&M and continue with the Aggie jokes.
Posted on 8/10/18 at 6:20 pm to al_cajun
Posted on 8/10/18 at 6:20 pm to Howdyagssec
Pride in what. They are a diploma mill.
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