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kentauros

(29,414 posts)
1. The other night I was just watching that West Wing episode
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 05:56 PM
Oct 2015

where they get stuck at the White House on Christmas

Thanks for sharing

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
2. Oh, I didn't know about that episode...
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 05:58 PM
Oct 2015

I kinda like the Whiffs. They have some pretty good singers.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)
3. It was from the 4th season,
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 06:10 PM
Oct 2015

but I don't remember the episode number. I'm sure it's easy enough to find.

When this clip started off, I thought perhaps it was going to be something by PDQ Bach

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
5. I think they're annoying. Lol
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:00 PM
Oct 2015

They sing at Mory's in New Haven and they were singing and being annoying all through dinner last time I ate there. Lol

trof

(54,255 posts)
9. Is Skinner a Yalie? Me too!
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:20 PM
Oct 2015

OK, I attended a couple of summer seminars there in the 80s.
IIRC one was 'International Security and World Order' and another was 'Southern Literature'.
Both were fascinating.

My son-in-law is a Yalie.

We've been to a few of the Yale-Harvard football games.
The tailgating was more fun than the games.

I've dined at Mory's and drank from a loving cup passed around the table.
While we were there I spotted two U.S. senators and one state governor at other tables.
Yeah, it's a center of power still.

When I was a little kid during WWII the grown ups would sing around a huge grand piano after dinner and several bourbons.

They always sang The Whiffenpoof. I think it was favorite among pilots in fighter squadrons.
Maybe because many were fatalistic and the 'black sheep' part expressed their feelings.

Thanks for the video.

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
12. Yeah, he's a Yalie and he was interested in choral singing which I why I thought he would
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:29 PM
Oct 2015

like this. He sang in another choral group at Yale, whiffs being kinda picky. Oh well...

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
13. Tailgating! We do this every year! LOVE the Yale Bowl...
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:35 PM
Oct 2015

The climax is of course The Game, this year at the Bowl!

Hey, we get to watch Yale have its ass handed to it once again by Harvard! What fun! But it is The Game! Oy.

I am so tired of having to see my first husband at Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter giving me the razz ma tazz about how Harvard beat Yale one more time...ACK! You can always tell a Harvard man, but you can't tell him much...

trof

(54,255 posts)
14. It's a hoot. We were there for the 100th Year of The Game.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:46 PM
Oct 2015

Drove down from southern NH when my future son-in-law was there at Pearson.
At that point we all knew he was the future son-in-law.
They were high school sweethearts.
It was only a matter of time.


He and my daughter (and later their kids) went every year.
They live near Boston, so home games for Harvard were a short drive.
Recently she said "I'm through. I'm tired of seeing Yale lose."

CTyankee

(63,771 posts)
15. It's another ritual here, Yale losing to Harvard. It wasn't always so, though...
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 07:49 PM
Oct 2015

hope springs eternal...were you at Pierson College?

trof

(54,255 posts)
16. Nope. I was just a Deke at U. of Alabama. Class of '63.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 08:01 PM
Oct 2015

Roll Tide!
My daughter married somewhat above her station.

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