i got into Harvard without applying!

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<p>Yeah, but the John Harvard thing is more of a technicality than a reality. The athletic teams compete as The Crimson, not as “The John Harvards.”</p>

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<p>I doubt Stanford would rip off Harvard so bluntly. (But who knows?)</p>

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<p>^^How could anyone doubt it?</p>

<p>Harvard has been known for hundreds of years as The Crimson – a shade of red. In the early 1970s Stanford dumped its popular but politically-incorrect “Indians” mascot and decided to pick a new one. The whole world of mascots lay before them, but what did they pick? The Cardinal – a slightly different shade of red. How could it be anything but a case of copying Harvard?</p>

<p>As surprising as it may seem now, the switch to The Cardinal did not immediately spark dancing in the streets of Palo Alto. In fact, at the time a lot of Stanford people hated it, loudly complaining, among other criticisms, that it was such an obvious rip-off of Harvard.</p>

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<p>I ACCEPT!!! Woot woot! :P</p>

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<p>I actually believed the story until I started reading some replies…
how dumb am I…</p>

<p>but then, reading the story again,
I can’t help thinking, ‘it could be true, rite?’</p>

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<p>Haha, especially when you think of your screenname. :)</p>

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<p>coureur’s post #12: Major LOL!!</p>

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<p>Agreed. You guys are hilarious.</p>