To Hide Fish

[melissa]

Anyone going early to hang signs who is wondering how to smuggle fish in: I am taking duct (duck?) tape. small fish could be taped securely under the ledge of your seat. there's no way that they can be taken away while been door searched then. just an iea/offer for those interested who'll already be there.

[Neil Shapiro \'83]

 If I were you, I would choose duct tape (tape for sealing heating and cooling ducts).  The fish would probably object to duck tape.

[jeh25]

Melissa wrote:

small fish could be taped securely under the ledge of your seat.

My ass doesn't stick out that far...

oh you mean, the under the wooden bench? Seriously, the hard part is getting past security, not dealing with the fish once you get into your section.

-j

[jy3]

no, worry about when u are in section if u get there too early...had that happen to a friend!

[Adam]

That's always one of the great Harvard game conundrums:  Balancing getting there early with hiding your fish when in your section early.  My feeling is, smuggle it in your pants to get in and then just use your friends as a cover until more fans have surrounded you.  Worst case scenario, you need to keep your fish...ummm...tucked for a bit until things fill up.  It's once a year, you'll live.

[Greg Berge]

Well, we escaped the period 2 delay penalty, but I hope the nitwits got royally... corrected... by their neighbors.

[Craine]

The correct place to hide fish is NOT on the ice before the 2nd period...

[melissa]

Yeah. I know its late but I just wanted to reinforce:

Giving your own team bench minors is pathetically stupid. Why are you helping the opposition? Think before acting in the future. And, please stop throwing bottles at the opposition after the game. Lynah isn't frinedly to the opposition but neither are we assholes.

[CowbellGuy]

I really, really hope the people who frequent the CHDF (and presumably this forum) were not the ones throwing the late fish or bottles. Lynah just needs better policing by the enlightened. The fact that that many people pulled fish out when they did and didn't get lynched by the Faithful around them is disconcerting.

[melissa]

I agree Age. I was screaming about it in section B but most people around me (all damn facetimers) were too damn drunk to care. The bigger question is how the hell do all these facetimes end up at the Harvard game? There should be a required initation or something before such people are allowed into Lynah. Sadly enough, I think most of us expected  this behavior and thus the bench minor(s). Maybe coach should think about making an announcement at center ice next year before the start of the game about the consequences of such juvenile actions.

[redice]

I have a better, abeit unpopular idea.  Coach Schaefer ought to give the fish-throwers one, and only one, opportunity to grow up (i.e. stop throwing things on the ice).  If that doesn't happen, put a net all the way around the ice.  If that option is presented, I'll bet we'll see some very active self-policing of this problem.

[Jim Hyla]

As was said on another thread, maybe the fish thing has outlived its usefulness. Afterall, when there were a few fish and a chicken was tied to the net, it was funny and suspenseful. Now it's just the thing to do, with most people not understanding it at all.

I say, scratch it. If the reason to come to the Harvard game was to harass them, and all we had were words, it would probably be better supportive of the team.

[melissa]

Maybe the throwing of fish should end. It really is a waste..... And it serves no point anymore if all it does is result in bench minors for the team and make all Lynah fans seem like a$$holes. Problem is, how do you just kill a tradition?

[Jim Hyla]

I think the coach could go a long way toward saying he won't support it and then the fans have to police themselves. The ECAC in cooperation with CU could state they would not allow any fish without a penalty. It might be hard for the team with an opening penalty, but!

[CowbellGuy]

I wholeheartedly agree. Time and time again the Lynah Faithful are looked upon as classless ruffians, and with good reason. We sacrifice decency and respect in the name of tradition, but to what end? It seems many of us need constant reminders that we are all representatives of our school, what with throwing newspaper and fish, shouting during the national anthem, and yelling at players and officials. What's worse, some of these things have been going on since before the current undergrads were even born. Our actions only succeed in lowering Cornell's perception in the eyes of every other fine institution we travel to or host (if you can even call it hosting), and that is truly what matters. Do you really think the players care when the crowd whips itself into an immature frenzy? I'm sure the Harvard participants consider it at most a minor annoyance when they're showered with sea life. We should take our cues from the far more civilized fans at Yale, Princeton, and the like and learn how to properly support our team.