What happend to "Go Start The Bus"?

[WillCMJr]

How and why did it change to "warm up the bus"?  Our chants are tradition.  "warm" is used elsewhere, it's definitely not nearly as cool if it's a copy-cat cheer.

[Josh '99]

I don't know how it changed, but I agree that "Go start the bus" is a better cheer.

[Rita]

[quote Josh '99]I don't know how it changed, but I agree that "Go start the bus" is a better cheer.[/quote]

Unless we are playing (and beating) Army and it becomes "Go start the tank!".

[RichH]

[quote Rita][quote Josh '99]I don't know how it changed, but I agree that "Go start the bus" is a better cheer.[/quote]

Unless we are playing (and beating) Army and it becomes "Go start the tank!". [/quote]

And of course the Boston variant: "Go staahhht tha caaaahhhh!"  Which is proof that the "start" version is more useful than the "warm" version.

Whatever.  Kids will do what they want.  This is just evidence that hockey cheers remain one of the great examples of oral tradtion in our society.  Things change, evolve/devolve as classes pass through.  Just as the emphasis of the "Frus-TRAAAAA-ted" cheer has changed to "FRUS-trated" and the "remote control sieve" thing has just turned into an excuse to yell "bend over!"  There are a lot more important things to get worked up about, IMO.

[KP '06]

Personally, I think "Warm up the keg!" is good for Dartmouth. :-P

[DeltaOne81]

What the heck does it matter? Do you usually get worked up over synonyms?

[Jim Hyla]

[quote DeltaOne81]What the heck does it matter? Do you usually get worked up over synonyms?[/quote]

I could say, "Are you new around here? Of course those things matter.", but then I know better.::bugeye::

[billhoward]

Whichever one, we haven't heard it a lot because it applies only for victories at home. (Syn: short supply)

[WillCMJr]

Tradition

And it irritates me that a bunch of kids who can't even bother to be in their seats by the start of the game are f***ing with it.

[KenP]

[quote WillCMJr]Tradition

And it irritates me that a bunch of kids who can't even bother to be in their seats by the start of the game are f***ing with it.[/quote]Didn't you realize it's a tradition now to show up in the middle of the 1st period?

[redice]

[quote KenP][quote WillCMJr]Tradition

And it irritates me that a bunch of kids who can't even bother to be in their seats by the start of the game are f***ing with it.[/quote]Didn't you realize it's a tradition now to show up in the middle of the 1st period?[/quote]

It sure appears to be!!   ::cuss::

[KeithK]

[quote KenP][quote WillCMJr]Tradition

And it irritates me that a bunch of kids who can't even bother to be in their seats by the start of the game are f***ing with it.[/quote]Didn't you realize it's a tradition now to show up in the middle of the 1st period?[/quote]
Yet again, a strong argument for general admission.

[Rosey]

[quote KeithK]Yet again, a strong argument for general admission.[/quote]
But then Athletics wouldn't be guaranteed a sellout every game! ::uhoh::

Kyle

[Jim Hyla]

[quote krose][quote KeithK]Yet again, a strong argument for general admission.[/quote]
But then Athletics wouldn't be guaranteed a sellout every game! ::uhoh::

Kyle[/quote]

Actually you could sell general admission season tickets. No different than they do now, only if you want section A or B, you'd have to get there early every game. Now maybe if they did that the demand for season tickets would go down, but I'm not sure.

[ebilmes]

[quote Jim Hyla]
Actually you could sell general admission season tickets. No different than they do now, only if you want section A or B, you'd have to get there early every game. Now maybe if they did that the demand for season tickets would go down, but I'm not sure.[/quote]

Well, a lot of the current 'demand' for season tickets is due to fans getting 2-3 other people to get line numbers for them, so they can use the best one to get the best seats. So I think demand would go down.

Most importantly, though, I think athletics is concerned about the overcrowding in a GA system. Most people would try to crowd into A and B, and they'd have to do some serious crowd control.