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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Listening Point - General Discussion :: Regarding Pineknot and his lake-naming prowess
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| PineKnot |
Now, being from Ohio where most area colleges can't compete athletically with "Thee" Ohio State U, my guess is they'd be more than happy to drink OSU and any other Big 10 school under the table....although Univ of Wis could be tough to beat....and remember that it happened..... :-) |
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| Mocha |
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| sns |
And that particular magazine. |
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| Jackfish |
Along those lines, I'm reminded of a story in a particular magazine many, many years ago (I'm thinking late '60s) that wanted to rank the Top Ten party schools in the Big Ten Conference (back when the Big Ten was still only ten schools). The article only listed nine schools... but there was an *asterisk. I don't recall how all the schools were ranked, so I'll just list them in alphabetical order: Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan Michigan State Minnesota Northwestern Ohio State Purdue Missing from the ranking was Wisconsin. Down at the bottom, there was the explanation of the *asterisk. It went something like this: *Note: We refuse to include the University of Wisconsin in this ranking because we feel it unfair to include professionals on a list made up of amateurs. Pineknot, no one is excluding you from any future lake-naming contests. Keep playing. I'm just razzing you a little regarding your status as our "professional lake-guessing guru". :) |
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| Blatz |
Jackfish: "Pineknot has clearly established himself as the lake-naming guru of BWCA.com. His knowledge of lakes in canoe country, clearly earned from an extensive number of canoe trips over the years, is quite impressive. Dare I say that he's set the bar that few of us can hope to touch.University Of Wisconsin? That's cute. Says a 1970s alum of SIU Carbondale |
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| Jackfish |
PineKnot: " "Thee" Ohio State U" I'm trying to think of something vomitous, yet courteous... can't come up with it. LOL I'm sure everyone who cheers on "Thee" University of Wisconsin, "Thee" University of Minnesota, "Thee" University of Iowa, "Thee" University of Illinois (and many others) are glad their university didn't try to trademark the word "The". :) However, for the next 48 hours, you're allowed to refer to yourself as "Thee" Professional Lake-guessing Guru of BWCA.com. :) |
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| deerfoot |
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| marsonite |
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| HighnDry |
Mocha: "Add cowdoc to the guru list" ÷1. We could do a champions league of lake guessers. I would not be one of them :) |
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| PineKnot |
Jackfish....However, for the next 48 hours, you're allowed to refer to yourself as "Thee" Professional Lake-guessing Guru of BWCA.com. :) " Nope. Please don't....refer to me most anyway you wish, but please refrain from using "Thee'....I grew up in MN loving any school that competed well against OSU.... And to be honest, if it were a standard, we don't really need to crap on a school we don't like due to sports....but OSU.....well, they really make it hard to adhere to that standard.... |
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| bwcadan |
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| sns |
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| Pilgrimpaddler |
sns: "I remember that particular story.... As do I, but I clearly shouldn't have had access to that magazine at that tender age. |
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| Captn Tony |
Captn Tony: "“Christ, 7 years of college down the drain, I might as well join the fing peace Corp “! |
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| deerfoot |
JimmyJustice: "UW Madison...thousands of students spent the best 7 years of their lives there." Funny, but true. A few years ago the UW System board of regents discussed upping the tuition/fees cost to students who continued attending the systems schools without graduating while accumulating far more credits than needed for graduation. I remember hearing that the typical full time UW student took 4.5 to 5 yrs to graduate. |
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| Captn Tony |
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| JimmyJustice |
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