Questions about our fight song

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"Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear"

What exactly is a good fellow? Is it like the movie? What does drinking something clear mean? Drinking it straight?

"Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds"

Why do you mix sugar with rum?

"A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around"

What is a college bell and what is a clapper? I assume a college bell is some type of container and a clapper is a big spoon or something to mix it with. What are they exactly, though?
 
I would imagine that drinking whiskey clear is a reference to moonshine, or possibly drinking straight whiskey. As opposed to jack and coke.
 
GTKyle said:
"Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear"

What exactly is a good fellow? Is it like the movie? What does drinking something clear mean? Drinking it straight?

"Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds"

Why do you mix sugar with rum?

"A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around"

What is a college bell and what is a clapper? I assume a college bell is some type of container and a clapper is a big spoon or something to mix it with. What are they exactly, though?
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You sure do ask a lot of questions!
 
Jolly good fellow:

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Whiskey clear:

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College Bell:

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Bell Clapper:

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Sugar goes in Rum to make sugary rum, so the chicks can drink it and get wasted so they'll take their panties off.

It's a song about drunken frat parties, essentially. If we were to make it now, we'd have probably said "bathtub" instead of "college bell," "hunch punch" instead of "rum/sugar" etc.
 
beej67 said:
Jolly good fellow:

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Whiskey clear:

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College Bell:

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Bell Clapper:

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Sugar goes in Rum to make sugary rum, so the chicks can drink it and get wasted so they'll take their panties off.

It's a song about drunken frat parties, essentially. If we were to make it now, we'd have probably said "bathtub" instead of "college bell," "hunch punch" instead of "rum/sugar" etc.
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Excuse me sir but where are these pictures?
 
C'mon, even I was able to get some ideas about this when I was freshman....

"Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear"

What exactly is a good fellow? Is it like the movie? What does drinking something clear mean? Drinking it straight?
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I would assume the statement means something along the lines of "my fellow drinking comrades". I'm not a liquor drinker, but it's assume to assume that clear means "straight". (Of course, the vast majority of "jolly good fellows" I saw in the student section usually mixed their whiskey/rum/vodka with Coke, but eh.)

"Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds"

Why do you mix sugar with rum?
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This is a guess. Rum is distilled beverage made with sugar byproducts. I would guess that if you wanted to dilute it, you'd therefore add lots of sugar and water. Sugar would also make it taste sweeter, and therefore make it easier to drink more.

"A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around"

What is a college bell and what is a clapper? I assume a college bell is some type of container and a clapper is a big spoon or something to mix it with. What are they exactly, though?
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A "college bell" probably refers to the college's, well, bell that would probably be used (at the time) to signal the top of the hour or some such (similar to the way the whistle is used now). It's essentially equivalent to a church bell - in other words, a large, outdoor-mounted bell. The clapper is the thing suspended in the bell that makes it chime when it strikes the side.

So, what you do here is (you'll need to some of your jolly good fellows to help you with this):
1) Turn bell upside down and build something around it so it'll stay upright.
2) Remove the clapper.
3) Pour in 1 barrel of rum, 3000 pounds of sugar, and probably some water. Take the clapper, and, well, stir the mixture.
4) Serve.

Also, realize that "rambling" was period slang for "being drunk" - about the only legacy of this today is in college fight songs. So remember, despite being a drunk, degenerate gambler, you are also a hell of an engineer.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin'_Wreck_from_Georgia_Tech

I have always assumed "clear" means "straight".

There are many forms of punch and mixed drinks that use sugar and rum, e.g. Planter's Punch or a Mojito.

The clapper is the thing in the bell that whacks the side and makes it ring.

A college bell is a bell located at a college. Just as we steal the "T", at many colleges it's a tradition to steal the bell or its clapper from the tower.

http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ptoniana/clapper.asp

Don't they have bells in France?
 
Boys, whiskey clear doesnt mean straight up, thats referring to good old fashioned corn whiskey/white lightning/etc.

Make picking up a nice jar of Georgia Moon at Macs your new tailgating tradition, you won't regret it, and you'll be living a part of Tech history.
 
GTKyle said:
"Like all the jolly good fellows, I drink my whiskey clear"

What exactly is a good fellow? Is it like the movie? What does drinking something clear mean? Drinking it straight?

"Oh, I wish I had a barrel of rum and sugar three thousand pounds"

Why do you mix sugar with rum?

"A college bell to put it in and a clapper to stir it around"

What is a college bell and what is a clapper? I assume a college bell is some type of container and a clapper is a big spoon or something to mix it with. What are they exactly, though?
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Uh-huh, Uh-huh, I like the way you talk.

love,
ArchiTECH
 
hmmm:wow:....now the next questions will be:

Where is the Battle Ax
What exactly is "Georgia's head"
Where the heck is the "old farm" located
What "sound" exactly is there not to hear
How do "bow-wows" rip through the air

Wanted to bring this up before someone else does!

:dunno:
 
BLEEDGOLD said:
hmmm:wow:....now the next questions will be:

Where is the Battle Ax
What exactly is "Georgia's head"
Where the heck is the "old farm" located
What "sound" exactly is there not to hear
How do "bow-wows" rip through the air
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This was covered in the preseason. "Up with the White and Gold" is ripped off from the Cal fight song "Stanford Jonah". "The farm" is the nickname for Stanford (which was Leland Stanford's actual farm prior to being the University), the "battle axe" is a trophy Cal and Stanford play for, etc.
 
I'm still wondering about "Sisk Coom Bah; Rah, Rah, Rah."
 
Fella's, I just can't thank you enough for the education I've received here at Stingtalk. I have learned so many things now that I kinda feel like one of those intelligent beings.
HOWEVER:
the term "drinking whiskey clear" I always thought meant just flat out drinking clear whiskey. Chasers never entered into the equation before with me. It takes a special breed to drink the clear stuff like what came from J.D.'s neck of the woods. Yessir !!. No charred wimpy mellow sippin horse racing bourbon for GT men, just the real stuff straight from the coil. Now when you would take that to the "double and twisted" level, you really had a man's man of a drink. But then you also lost some of your innerds in the process.
 
I really thought everyone knew that Whiskey Clear meant Moon Shine. Maybe that's just a southern thing. You guys must be yankees.
 
BarrelORum said:
I really thought everyone knew that Whiskey Clear meant Moon Shine. Maybe that's just a southern thing. You guys must be yankees.
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Well, the lyrics were stolen from an Irish song via a Yankee college, so I think the odds of it meaning moonshine are roughly zero.

And I'm from Alabama, for Pete's sake.
 
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