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  • By bozozo at 03/05/2010 - 01:44
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Long story

This is one of those stories that has as many versions as there are Johnstonites, but I recall hearing what is purportedly the true, original story at the 1999 reunion.  The original cry was "It is buffalo!" and relates to a piece of grafitti found in Bekins that said the same.  I believe there was something about a dude dressed as a clown in the story, as well.  Since then, of course, the cry has been shortened to "Buffalo," which makes it easy to find other Johnstonites in a crowd.

  • By tomaddox at 05/14/2008 - 07:10
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A buffalo stampeding in the white mist of the quad...

I've always heard it was the result of a bad acid trip.

Although Claudia McCabe (also class of 2002) once said something at a GYST fire pit that I think truly represents the awesome power that is the Almighty Buffalo and why we identify so strongly with it. She said that buffalo instinctively know that the fastest way to get away from an incoming storm is not to try and outrun it. Instead the wise buffalo runs right through it.

BUFFALOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

it's all peter paul's fault

 I don't know why but he started chanting buffalo, then put on the first buffalofest, that's all i know.  is he on the email list?  ast i hear he was up in s. OR doing batik...

  • By Alan_Conrad at 05/13/2008 - 13:31
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it's all peter paul's fault

as I understand it, we identified with buffalos so strongly because Johnstonites, as freethinking individuals, were also a dying breed. I'm sure PP did not consciously intend this when he began the chant. He was probably just "riding the Tao"...as he liked to say. Oy.

  • By SheRat at 05/13/2008 - 17:25
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it's all Peter Paul's fault.

huh. Here I thought it had something to do with the cafeteria's leftovers...

  • By C. Lee Caval at 05/13/2008 - 18:19
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omfg

hey LEE! (erin gannon)

  • By SheRat at 05/14/2008 - 17:55
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Er, no

It's "Buffalo," not "Rat."

  • By tomaddox at 05/14/2008 - 07:11
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The original cry was "It is

The original cry was "It is buffalo!" and relates to a piece of grafitti found in Bekins that said the same. I believe there was something about a dude dressed as a clown in the story, as well. ( Truth About Abs | Xbox 360 Repair Guide | Magic of Making Up | Earth4Energy )

  • By deff_lepp at 03/17/2010 - 04:25
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