From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 11:18:03 PST
At 11:16 AM -0600 12/4/02, Mel Miller wrote:
>Howdy Glen,
>
>As a graduate of Texas A&M University, I don't think Everett was actually
>referring to "Roping" the Goats. Due to the tender sensibilities of some
>members of the group, he was unable to use the phrase which all true Aggies
>would have used when referring to an activity symbolized by the TRUE
>phrase. Whether or not the Goats (or nannies) would be more traumatised by
>one activity or the other is open to question.
Actually that was me who used the phrase. Its one of those colorful
terms that just can't be described by anything else and it certainly
fits certain situations just like FUBAR or SNAFU.
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