"to roll" [was: football]

[victor steinbok]

No, Joel, I'm not a native. I'm not even a native English speaker.

VS-)

On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

>
> At 9/4/2011 06:20 PM, victor steinbok wrote:
> >...
> >3. "to roll"??
> >
> >The Tigers still pulled off their fourth comeback from a double-digit
> > > deficit in the last 13 games -- and allowed hundreds of celebrating
> fans to
> > > head to Toomer's Corner to roll the once-stately, now sickly oak trees
> that
> > > were allegedly poisoned by an Alabama fan.
>
> "to toilet paper" -- garland with strips from
> toilet paper rolls. ...
>
...

A tradition locally (Boston area) among high
> school teams -- toilet paper the house of a
> player.  Victor, are you not a native?

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