Comments on: Proud to be a Bomber...

Proud to be a Bomber...

somnambulist — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:21:32 -0800

Was in Eastern WA this weekend, attending the graduation of my nephew from a high school in Kennewick. He reminded me about nearby Richland High School, and their somewhat unique "mascot", so thought I might do some looking around. For those with true School Spirit, pick up some swag . I'm getting earrings for my wife! --Yikes-O-Rama--

By: shoepal

shoepal — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:24:03 -0800

run!

By: somnambulist

somnambulist — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:25:03 -0800

Fixed Swag

By: Dogmilk

Dogmilk — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:25:04 -0800

wtf just happened here?

By: sgt.serenity

sgt.serenity — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:25:07 -0800

They have an atomic bomb as their mascot ?

By: Dogmilk

Dogmilk — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:25:19 -0800

Oh, cool

By: zenzizi

zenzizi — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:28:08 -0800

woa is it GYOB day?

By: pitchblende

pitchblende — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:38:34 -0800

If you don't understand why this is, here's a hint.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:40:00 -0800

I dare you to wear this to the airport.

By: Relay

Relay — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 17:40:32 -0800

Oh yeah, the Bombers ... you think that's bad, ever hear of the Yuma Criminals?

By: killdevil

killdevil — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:02:10 -0800

i ate a bee

By: Jesco

Jesco — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:05:05 -0800

High school mascots.

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:17:45 -0800

Classy.

By: The Boy

The Boy — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:19:53 -0800

this one is grate

By: HTuttle

HTuttle — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:25:52 -0800

Well, they could have been called the "Holocausts"

By: nathan_teske

nathan_teske — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:29:12 -0800

I want to see the comedy that would result from putting this one in a carry-on bag.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:30:49 -0800

Me likey.

By: davideads

davideads — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:32:03 -0800

I grew up in Kennewick. The region is pretty fascinating -- probably the most interesting thing is how politically charged it is, with the Hanford nuclear facility and the battles over the Columbia River. I remember kids with "nuke 'em till they glow" tshirts at football games -- and this was in the mid-90s. OT: Quirkiest school mascot I've ever seen: The Freeport, Illinois Pretzels. Just kills with the cute, doesn't it?

By: normy

normy — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:36:07 -0800

A few local businesses follow the same theme. There's The Atomic Laundry, Atomic Grocery and Atomic Ale Brewpub. Some of the streets have some good names, Proton Lane, Einstein Ave... Q Street. Wikipedia on Richland, WA.

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:36:10 -0800

Bombs are made with love for Tom's fellow Bombers. Trollers '07 4 Evar!

By: rob511

rob511 — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:52:37 -0800

Lemme guess — those fans in the stands are doing the ShockWave™, right?

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:07:57 -0800

So at their games do they have a guy in a "skin mostly burned off, blackened holes for eye sockets" costume pepping up the crowd with a little "screaming and thrashing away your last few tortured seconds of life" dance?

By: sluglicker

sluglicker — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:12:44 -0800

This is the best FFP ever!

By: Justinian

Justinian — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:13:41 -0800

Probably about as often as Minnesota Vikings games include women raped until their pelvis is broken in several places, men butchered like hogs, and piles of dead and broken children. Or as often as Pittsburgh Pirates or Tampa Bay Buccaneers involve the same. And so on.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:15:53 -0800

I'm thinking Richland's mascot would have to be Slim Pickens as Major Kong riding the bomb like a bucking bronco in "Dr. Strangelove", wouldn't you? YEEE-HAW!!!

By: sluglicker

sluglicker — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:18:57 -0800

By: A dead Quaker

A dead Quaker — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 19:25:50 -0800

portabella mushroom cloud

By: UbuRoivas

UbuRoivas — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:26:37 -0800

My football team is called the Sharks. Can you imagine that? They eat people! The Sharks!

By: Relay

Relay — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:40:37 -0800

Actually, there mascot used to be a guy dressed up in a big foam mushroom cloud (like in their logo). You could see his face, and he'd get up and lead cheers and that sort of thing. Not sure if it's still that way.

By: Amanda B

Amanda B — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:04:58 -0800

Richland's mascot is a Bomber i think as a result of the Hanford Nuclear plant. Coming from Walla Walla (about an hour away), my high school played Richland... it's really not a weird mascot if you're from the area.

By: frogan

frogan — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:28:29 -0800

The Richland High School mascot was briefly satirized in the Douglas Coupland novel "Shampoo Planet."

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:35:41 -0800

remember this?

By: kyleg

kyleg — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:48:49 -0800

Almost as offensive as the Lemont Injuns.

By: ChasFile

ChasFile — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 22:09:13 -0800

bombers.ithaca.edu

By: pierrepressure

pierrepressure — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:01:14 -0800

A dead Quaker, don't you mean Portobello mushroom cloud?

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:15:26 -0800

That's awesome, shmegegge! The Butte Pirates!!!

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:25:45 -0800

Now, I could see me getting some of that Pirate swag. Sooo appropriate.

By: Navelgazer

Navelgazer — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:42:26 -0800

Still my favorite (and I really do love it) is the Idaho Vandals. I'm sure there's a good reason behind it, but it's hard for me to imagine that meeting...

By: bonefish

bonefish — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:10:16 -0800

I was proud to be a Bomber...a Ramey Bomber, that is, from Ramey High School on Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, home of the 72nd Bombardment Wing, Strategic Air Command (motto: "Peace is Our Profession!"). The mushroom cloud was already ubiquitous on insignia and signage all over the place, so our team mascot was an eagle ready to drop a nuke from its talons! That swag is as long gone now as the cold war.

By: bonefish

bonefish — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:12:28 -0800

ahem...the insignia referenced above.

By: caddis

caddis — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:11:12 -0800

The whole town lives off of the nuclear industry. They have no sense of humor for jokes about being irradiated. They want the high level nuclear waste dump. There is a little field just outside of town in the desert that always blooms bright green - that is where they dumped radioactive water on the ground half a century ago and now they irrigate to prevent too much radioactive dust blowing - it is a thing of beauty to see as you fly into town. Life there is like an episode of the Twilight Zone. Go bombers.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:11:23 -0800

Q: What is best in High School sports? A: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their cheerleaders!