Seriously, I should have named this blog "Shiny Objects" because it really is about whatever ephemera attracts my limited attention. Today it's the news that the Stanford mascot, a tree, was fired for being drunk. OK, there are a number of reasons why this item seduced my eye.
1. Stanford has a tree for a mascot
2. Stanford has a TREE for a mascot
3. The mission of Stanford's band, as quoted by band spokesman, Sam Urmey
Tree Mascot Fired for Alleged Drunkenness
From Associated Press
STANFORD, Calif. - A rowdy Stanford University mascot was fired after being discovered drunk during a basketball game, university officials said.
Fifth-year senior Erin Lashnits, who dresses as a tree for the university's irreverent band, was stripped of her duties last week after her blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.157 during a men's basketball game at the University of California, Berkeley. For the purposes of driving a vehicle in California, legally drunk is .08.
Stanford went on to lose the Feb. 9 game 65-62.
The university had previously placed the band on "alcohol suspension," which requires a zero-tolerance policy toward drunkenness, said band spokesman Sam Urmy. "We don't want to risk our core mission of bringing funk to the funkless," Urmy said.
Really, I need to get a life.
6 comments:
She might be the only person on earth with a legitimate answer to the question - If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be?
It's so surprising that a fifth-year senior would show such poor judgment in their behavior.
Man, when I was in college, I could never get my date to dress like a tree.
Ironically, "bringing funk to the funkless" is my mission as well.
I want to know how they determined their tree was drunk. And do they test the sap?
It's not bad enough the tree staggered around courtside, shedding leaves, but I understand she hit on a potted shrub.
As for determining if a tree is intoxicated, you could make them grow in a straight line, but that would be time-consuming. My guess is they sent off a sap sample to one of Palo Alto's many branch hospitals.
Well, I'll be a son of a beech...
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