Fish-tossing this Friday

[French Rage]

So, is the new threat of JA'ed going to stop anyone from tossing fish this Friday?  I mean, it's never really been allowed anyways, so I don't see this game being any different.  There'll be the usual (half-assed) attempts to search people at the door, but beyond that does anyone think someone (the ushers, police, university officials, etc.) are gonna do anything extra when people throw the fish.  Seems to me if the same number of people do it, there not gonna be able to tell who threw what.

So, anyways, I'm curious what people are gonna do?  I'm gonna still bring one and toss it; I just take the announcement as the university trying to look tough to appease Harvard.

[Josh '99]

I'm just on my way to Wegman's to buy fish, and it's not for eating.  Doesn't seem to me to be any different than what they say every year.

(Disclaimer:  But as you can guess from my class year, I'm not terribly worried about being JAed, so my view on that might be different from that of a current student.)

[DeltaOne81]

Bought them a few days ago myself. Of course, I'm worried about throwing them from a section which isn't at the heart of the fish-throwing madness. I don't wanna get tossed from my senior-year Hahvahd game  ::worry:: , and I don't want a friend of mine who is also a senior and has never been to a Hahvahd game to get tossed either. So I'm interested what people think of this as well.

I still plan on going forward with it, just nervously :-).

[Al DeFlorio]

It's probably OK if you show your CornellPass membership card. ::worry::

[DeltaOne81]

What about a CHA membership? I could pull that out :-).

[French Rage]

Yeah, nervously here too.  I might wait a few seconds to see if everyone else throws and in that case go ahead.  Or just organize all the people around me (in B) to throw at once.  Of course, B is the heart, so probably less to worry about there?

Anyways, off to Wegman's now to buy the fish.

[rhovorka]

Well, I'm not smuggling anything this year, and I intend to scream bloody-murder if I get frisked in *cough* an inappropriate area.  

There was a Harvard game several years ago where they were really vigorous in searching for the Bounty of the Sea, and as a result were quite "liberal" in the extent of frisking.  The boys in blue did eventually find my traditional Red Snapper in my coat (and were a little too smug in a "well, well, what do we have here?" kind of way), but only after touching me in places that made me think we were slightly more than friends.  It was quite invading, and made me upset at the police force.  I expect this year to be a similar level.

But the creativity of the Faithful always comes through.  Although the above incident was the only time that my fish was confiscated, I was approached by someone in B who said, "hey, think you can help me empty this backpack full of fish?"  And I did.  :-)  Last year, I got my fish in using an ingenious plan, even though the security wasn't stiff anyway.  The Faithful will always be a step ahead as long as they're creative.

And one piece of advice...if you're going to throw, throw.  Don't be afraid to be first.  And do it fast.  Style (and slide) counts.  Don't aim for players.  Also assume the risk that the Gestapo is somewhere with binoculars and you could get tossed yourself.  The longer you wait, the worse it'll be for everybody...especially Dave and his wonderful clean-up crew.

And for the love of God...spread the word that NOTHING gets tossed after the warning.  If you see anyone getting ready to, please don't stop at physical restraint in trying to stop them.  Self-policing is SO important here.

[jtwcornell91]

I pulled this out of the archive (by searching for "fish schlong" ::laugh:: ):

http://elf.hockey.cornell.edu/read.php?f=1&i=74&t=62

[A-19]

i received the following in an e-mail from gene nighman (when i e-mailed him complaining for being thrown out from yale for supposed cursing):

Enjoy the Harvard game. Please pass on to your friends that we will be removing people from the rink if they throw objects onto the ice after the whistle has blown to start the game.


Sincerely - Gene

to me, the key words in that sentence are after the whistle has blown , or am i just reading too much into that?

-mike

[jy3]

mike
that sounds reasonable to me. i would interpret his email similarly.
for fish strategies:
the fish in the crotch works especially if you are female - so have your females do the smugglin (if they don't mind).
A normal patdown is all they should do - just like if checking for weapons. glide the hands over the back, around the stomach, under the arms, over the legs, over the booty - they should not touch anyone's crotch - that is not a normal search, at least i think not.
a funny thing to do - put a pickle in your pants to draw the attention there and hide your fish elsewhere ;-)
i got fish in by these methods - in my jeans high on the thigh, in newspaper (got caught one time too this way) and around my waste between my jersey and my t-shirt at the level of my belt. a hat works too.
a good way to toss is the underarm toss - less obvious. and do NOT show up too early wish a fish - fans alone in the stands are easy targets.  this is the only time i say not to show up too early :-)

[Robb03]

An idea that has worked before.

Get a full-ankle air cast, limp.  Remember, you can make the air-cast bigger.  No-one searches the injured

You do the math on the rest.

[Will]

How funny would it be if 200 of us all showed up Friday night with the air casts.  I can see the staff just saying, "Hmm...something fishy's going on here...hey, wait a minute..." :-D

[CowbellGuy]

http://cornelldailysun.com/articles/7022/

[q]For those who successfully smuggle their sturgeon into Lynah, fish-tossing will be tolerated, as long as it comes before the beginning of the game.
...
We're going to have police officers at each entrance and they will be checking spectators and their packages.[/q]
I hope they mean, like, bags.

[Cop at Lynah]

Nothing has been said that we are not aware of.  But Mr. Whelans' post is accurate - we are not trying to ruin everyone's fun.  That being said we do have the job of trying to make sure that nothing gets thrown on the ice, before -during-or after the game.  Yes we know the fish will fly but we can not condone it or let it happen without attempts to prevent it.  We will be vigorous in searching people as they enter the rink and if we get 33%-50% percent of the fish we will feel like we sucseeded in the performance of our job.  Please enjoy the game and be respectful of the University, The Cornell University Police, The Athletic Department Ushers, and most of all the CU Hockey Team.

[JDeafv]

Age - I too hope they mean bags  ::help::

Just throw your fish right when Harvard gets on the ice!

Last year there was this weird pause (the whole team came out) and then subsequent fish tossing lasted for ever all the way into the National Anthem.

Throw your fish and be done with it.  

Enjoy the rest of the game - and weekend, don't forget that if Harvard Sucks, Brown Swallows.