Superstitions

[Mayabird]

<snip fun Hopkins-esque weirdness>
I am such a shameless band nerd. Now...tell me about Hopkins lacrosse superstitions!

LMAO! I never knew English Muffins spoke the word of God...

Ok, Hopkins superstitions...let's see (there are quite a few):

<snip awesome stuff>

Cool! Your banana obsession puts our trumpet section's obsession with spam to shame, and nearly equals our alcohol obsession.

Speaking of, I forgot one: we must play the Budweiser Song before every home football game and sometime in the second half of every sporting event we play at. Football, that's the break between third and fourth quarters. Hockey, between second and third periods. Volleyball, after one team has won two games. We make ourselves a special time out in the second half of basketball games. I think at one baseball game the pep band played it during the seventh inning stretch, but I wasn't there so I can't confirm. Anyway, not playing it or playing it badly means that things will start going very wrong.

How could I forget the Bud Song? Arrgh...

[Shark Bait]

My grandmother is sicilian and has a huge list of superstitions including eating certan foods on specific days for good luck, not only that when she perceves something as bad luck she will ramble off a few prayes really fast in Italian some sound rather um odd.

[Ghost Rider]

So I'm to marry I believe a Dog or Horse...

I'm a Horse.

Cool...so wanna hook up

Ok, Hopkins superstitions...let's see (there are quite a few):

1. Most importantly, the Banana Guys will always be present at all men's lacrosse games. They've been there for over 50 years now, and apparently they'll never die, for they are forever expected to show up. There are at least three of them at every game, and at least one of them must wear yellow. If for some reason the Banana Guys were to not show up to a game, I think the team, pep band, and fans would all pack it in and go home.

2. The Banana Guys determined which goal of the game is the Banana Goal. At this point, when we score, everyone in the pep band (and the Banana Guys too, of course) holds up their banana in one hand while playing the fight song with the other hand. The Banana Goal signifies when it is guaranteed that Hopkins will win. Apparently they've never been wrong, ever.

3. If someone eats their banana BEFORE the Banana Goal has been identified, there will either be a) no more goals scored, or b) we won't win the game. The guilty person gets beaten up after the game.

4. If we play "The Final Countdown" (usually reserved for the end of very close games), we lose. I love that song, so I'm trying to introduce it in must-win situations so we can keep it in the flip folder.

5. If we win at home, we play "Washington Post March." No idea why, we just have to, otherwise we'll supposedly lose the next game. It's an incredibly high arrangement, which really sucks since we play it at the end of the game.

6. If we score 20 or more goals, we play one of our four German drinking songs to keep up the spirits of the team and to celebrate. If we score so many that we have to repeat the German drinking songs, we have to keep them in the same order otherwise we'll lose the game.

7. The pep band can't cheer the team on by specifically saying they need to score more goals, otherwise the loss of the game (which our cheering made imminent) becomes the band's fault.

8. During each game, one player on the team is deemed superior and is awarded a banana at the end of the game. The goalie from last year earned a lot of bananas and felt it was good luck for him to keep all of them in his locker all season long. The team has apparently adopted this and the players this year are supposedly keeping their bananas in their lockers all season long. Ew.

I know there are more, too...

LMAO....I knew from uyour stories there was some weirdness but LOL.

[Zaia]

Oh, Maya, that reminds me! After we play the fight song and the Banner, we always play "Johnny B. Goode" during the first timeout (Johnny Hopkins, Johnny 'be good, get it? Heh heh....heh ). I'm not sure what would happen if we played something else first, but I'm sure it'd be bad, since when I asked why we had to play it first I was practically scowled out of the stands. *chuckles*

And GR, ask Rob about Hopkins games and their weirdness (and rowdiness, heheh)--I dragged him (and Katy and John) to one of them the weekend of my birthday.

[The Wookiee]

And GR, ask Rob about Hopkins games and their weirdness (and rowdiness, heheh)--I dragged him (and Katy and John) to one of them the weekend of my birthday.

Yeah, where you assclowns proceeded to trump my alma mater. Fuckers.

I think the highlight of the day was hearing you guys play Black Sabbath.

BTW, did I tell you I ran into an old college buddy before the game?

[Zaia]

Yeah, where you assclowns proceeded to trump my alma mater. Fuckers.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! WE WERE VICTOLIOUS!!!!

I think the highlight of the day was hearing you guys play Black Sabbath.

Yah, 'Paranoid' is definitely one of my faves that we play, along with 'The Final Countdown' and 'Jungle Boogie.' Hellz yeah.

BTW, did I tell you I ran into an old college buddy before the game?

No, I don't think you did. Do you think he cried when y'all lost?

[Lord Pounder]

Here in Ireland we get some really nasty superstitions. My mum used to keep me up late at night with stories of Banshee's. My only supersitiion is that i occasionally cross myself for good luck, which is weird because i was never a catholic.

[The Aliens]

If anyone ever says 'good luck' in our entire drama department (physical area, including both band rooms, guitar room, drama room, stage, and mezzanine), they're beaten up by whoever is nearby, as saying 'good luck' causes bad luck. We say 'break a leg', or nothing at all.