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Old Mon Apr 10, 2006, 11:13am
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Honestly, the sky is not falling. Around here, we bring both gray and stripes to our games. That way, we're matched even if someone hasn't bought a gray shirt yet. Not that big of a deal.

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Hey Z, this reminds me of a few years back when the pleated pants came out and people started wearing them...some had a problem with that, but how many people do you see now that DON'T wear them? The "newness" of the gray shirts will blow eventually blow over...pretty much everyone around here wears them fot the Varsity games now...
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Old Mon Apr 10, 2006, 11:42am
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Hey Z, this reminds me of a few years back when the pleated pants came out and people started wearing them...some had a problem with that, but how many people do you see now that DON'T wear them? The "newness" of the gray shirts will blow eventually blow over...pretty much everyone around here wears them fot the Varsity games now...
Change is hard and painful. When you've dressed up like a safari zebra for so long, it's hard to accept that you will walk into the floor without looking like a zoo animal.

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Here in Vermont the gray shirts are an accepted alternate. But we are instructed to keep a zebra in our bag at all times just in case our partner only has zebras. Of course there have been plenty of 2 on 1 jokes where 2 zip down their jackets just before show time and the 3rd guy has to change real quick. I have even seen one guy victimized 3 times before one game.

Jokee: What are we wearing tonight?

Joker1: Stripes.

Jokee [after the unzip occurs]: Hey you said stripes!

Joker2: They ARE stripes. Just very thin ones.
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Old Mon Apr 10, 2006, 05:17pm
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Change is hard and painful. When you've dressed up like a safari zebra for so long, it's hard to accept that you will walk into the floor without looking like a zoo animal.

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So, if we wear the grey shirts, how long before some smart-*** in the stands starts calling us hippos?

Being a zoo animal is my lot in life.
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So, if we wear the grey shirts, how long before some smart-*** in the stands starts calling us hippos?

Being a zoo animal is my lot in life.
Or elephants if you happen to roll in with a trunk instead of a duffel.
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Old Mon Apr 10, 2006, 05:41pm
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Being a zoo animal is my lot in life.
Well, just like Chuckie reminds everyone of a squirrel, maybe it will be your lot in life to gain similar recognition...only greater (or larger).
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Old Wed Apr 12, 2006, 07:40pm
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Hey Z, this reminds me of a few years back when the pleated pants came out and people started wearing them...some had a problem with that, but how many people do you see now that DON'T wear them? The "newness" of the gray shirts will blow eventually blow over...pretty much everyone around here wears them fot the Varsity games now...

I DON'T wear pleated pants, so it's not the "everybody's doing it" reason for me. And it's not the "newness" of the gray shirts that I don't like. I don't like the way they look! They look CHEAP, like a minor league volleyball league or a defunct summer football league or a Canadian Football League uniform. The stripes are a sharper, more professional look.
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Old Wed Apr 12, 2006, 09:42pm
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The stripes are a sharper, more professional look.
Maybe if you're a zebra in heat.

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I had to wear my stripes for 3 games at the Washington state 3A tournament....One of the teams had gray for thier home uniforms........and of course I had them 3 times and each time they were home....
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Old Thu Apr 13, 2006, 09:57am
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I DON'T wear pleated pants, so it's not the "everybody's doing it" reason for me. And it's not the "newness" of the gray shirts that I don't like. I don't like the way they look! They look CHEAP, like a minor league volleyball league or a defunct summer football league or a Canadian Football League uniform. The stripes are a sharper, more professional look.
You don't wear pleated pants? I thought everyone had made the switch by now.
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Old Thu Apr 13, 2006, 09:45pm
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You don't wear pleated pants? I thought everyone had made the switch by now.
I'm guessing not too many of you guys are subscribers to GQ.
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Old Thu Apr 13, 2006, 08:33pm
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I DON'T wear pleated pants, so it's not the "everybody's doing it" reason for me. The stripes are a sharper, more professional look.

So let me get this straight...you say stripes are more professional than gray but yet don't think pleats looks more professional than what you're wearing??
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Old Fri Apr 14, 2006, 11:58am
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I DON'T wear pleated pants
Interesting...still wearing a belt also?
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Old Fri Apr 14, 2006, 02:22pm
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Interesting...still wearing a belt also?
What's wrong with a belt?!?!

(Just gotta bring up the belt/beltless thread again!)

Personally I like a belt or two after the game.
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...or a Canadian Football League uniform.
Very uncool. Hope you feel better about yourself.
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