No Stern for me...
Jun 20, 2000 | 7:40 pm
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Congrats to you mind, condolences to your (or your sponsor's) wallet.
And based on the impending threat, I am immediately switching my allegence to Eastern Airlines.
And based on the impending threat, I am immediately switching my allegence to Eastern Airlines.
Jun 21, 2000 | 8:33 pm
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You mean what the h**l, right? 
Big Clue: HOYA SAXA - and it's a gross bast**dization of the language!
Any Classics scholar can answer (BTW, I studied four years of Latin, Greek and Hebrew too in High School!) but so can most sports fans - especially college ball and/or DC area! I will never tell!
Big Clue: HOYA SAXA - and it's a gross bast**dization of the language!
Any Classics scholar can answer (BTW, I studied four years of Latin, Greek and Hebrew too in High School!) but so can most sports fans - especially college ball and/or DC area! I will never tell!
Jun 22, 2000 | 6:59 am
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Actually, it depends on who you ask. A horticulturist would say that a Hoya is a genus of tropical plants in the Asclepiad family. When one thinks of hoyas one usually thinks of the old favourite, Hoya carnosa, which is better known as "Grandma's Old Fashioned Wax Plant", and lets it go at that, assuming that is all there is to it. When curiosity gets the better of a novice grower, to the point that he or she orders an advertised catalogue, just to learn why anyone would have the nerve to advertise a catalogue with only one plant in it, shock often results from learning that Hoya is a genus comprised of around 200 different species, plus numerous cultivars!
But here is the page Doc found: http://www.guhoyas.com/local/whatis.html
"What is a Hoya?
Many years ago, when all Georgetown students were required to study Greek and Latin, the University's teams were nicknamed "The Stonewalls." It is suggested that a student, using Greek and Latin terms, started the cheer "Hoya Saxa!", which translates into "What Rocks!" The name proved popular and the term "Hoyas" was eventually adopted for all Georgetown teams"
But here is the page Doc found: http://www.guhoyas.com/local/whatis.html
"What is a Hoya?
Many years ago, when all Georgetown students were required to study Greek and Latin, the University's teams were nicknamed "The Stonewalls." It is suggested that a student, using Greek and Latin terms, started the cheer "Hoya Saxa!", which translates into "What Rocks!" The name proved popular and the term "Hoyas" was eventually adopted for all Georgetown teams"
Jun 22, 2000 | 7:05 am
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Congratulation's Mr koknutz!
You are right of course- except for:
"But here is the page Doc found: http://www.guhoyas.com/local/whatis.html "
Never found it. Never looked. Never had too! As I said, I studied Latin and Greek in High School. I was offered a Classics scholarship and I have been a Georgetown fan since my college days!
You are right of course- except for:
"But here is the page Doc found: http://www.guhoyas.com/local/whatis.html "
Never found it. Never looked. Never had too! As I said, I studied Latin and Greek in High School. I was offered a Classics scholarship and I have been a Georgetown fan since my college days!