feminine name: "Stuart"

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:45 PM -0400 8/24/09, Wilson Gray wrote:
>Speaking of cheers, Stuart had gone to Norfolk (VA) High School and claimed
>that her school had a cheer that went,
>
>We don't drink!
>We don't smoke!
>NOR-FOLK!
>
>I've since met other Norfolkers who have assured me that Stuart wasn't just
>pulling our Northern legs. There really is such a cheer.
>
>-Wilson
>
Yup, that one was legendary, although the way we used to report it went

>We don't drink!
>We don't smoke!
>NOR-FOLK! NOR-FOLK! NOR-FOLK!

But I never believed they actually chanted it in Norfolk.  Too good to be true.

LH

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