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May 23, 2005

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The Herndon Climb

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I think this may just supplant the Poe Toaster as Best Tradition Ever. Every year, all the “plebes” at the U.S. Naval Academy use each other’s bodies as ladders to climb a lard-slathered obelisk, which they then crown with the hat of an upperclassman. Wow.

Wow.

(Via Chrisafer.)

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Posted May 23, 2005 at 1:30 | Comments (0) | Permasnark
File under: Briefly Noted, Society/Culture
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