# I pit you, highschool letterman wearer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 10, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864 "2006-02-10T14:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![TwistyLamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@TwistyLamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistyLamp)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/141 "2006-02-14T05:24:40Z")
Wolfian, WHY are you attacking me? I didn’t say it WAS a whitebread thing…I just said that it seemed like a whitebread suburban phenonomon. You know…something you’d be MORE likely to witness in a whitebred high acheiver suburb, rather then in an inner city setting. That comment doesn’t mean that mentalities like those don’t exist in other settings. And why is it that school pride is so heavily connected to sports and or geographic location?(my town is better then YOUR town mentality) You hardly ever see school pride being fostered as a result of number of Jeopardy! Teen Tournament champions or number of National Merit Scholars or kids who acheive with their BRAINS …School pride is mostly either “goody goody Pep Squad Boy” type or “Although We Are Dumb Jocks, and Won’t Be Attending A College Much More Challenging Then Remedial Community College…Our Sports Teams Kick Ass!” ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/142 "2006-02-14T22:45:55Z")
The woman came back today, in that jacket. I got a better look at it. Its from a school in Kentucky ( I saw a couple state of Kentucky patches on there). Well, we are a FAR way from Kentucky. Its old, its scraggly, it looks like crap. I also forgot to mention that she insists on giving me her ID when she buys cigarettes( Unless she graduated 4 years before she was born, I don’t need it). This is the third time she’s come to my window and she puts her ID in there and doesn’t put any money in there until I look at it. ( Not sure if she just thought EVERYONE had to, but after about 30 seconds, I looked down and pushed it back. Then she put her money in.) I think she’s just living in the past. ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/143 "2006-02-15T01:55:39Z")
> [@TwistyLamp](#): > > And why is it that school pride is so heavily connected to sports and or geographic location?(my town is better then YOUR town mentality) You hardly ever see school pride being fostered as a result of number of Jeopardy! Teen Tournament champions or number of National Merit Scholars or kids who acheive with their BRAINS …School pride is mostly either “goody goody Pep Squad Boy” type or “Although We Are Dumb Jocks, and Won’t Be Attending A College Much More Challenging Then Remedial Community College…Our Sports Teams Kick Ass!” Again, schools vary. My Academic Decathlon kids (I am the coach) wear their team hoodies every day that it’s cold enough–and when it’s football season, they all wear them to games. The Journalism kids seem to have a veritable wardrobe of sweatshirts, t-shirts, hell, for all I know, boxers, that they wear all the time. Every play has a cast shirt, and those get worn to pieces. Student Coucil shirts are a big deal, and of course there are also the class shirts. If clothing = pride, my kids take pride in a WIDE variety of activities and events. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/144 "2006-02-15T15:18:22Z")
> [@infamousmom](#): > > Aw, poor baby. Still seething because the chicks with the letter jackets wouldn’t give you the time of day back in high school? It’s been 22 years. Get over it. As a matter of fact, I graduated only 8 months ago 😃 . And I mostly didn’t care about people like that. They mostly weren’t worth my time. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/145 "2006-02-16T20:54:12Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > ITS BEEN 22 YEARS, GIVE IT UP! > > I had a woman get gas yesterday wearing her highschool lettermans jacket. Not uncommon because we have alot of “school spirit” in our town. But, what was peculiar was the wording on the back. “Class of '84”. This woman graduated 22 years ago and she still cant give up that school pride. > > I hate people like that I was wondering… Who was driving the nicer car? You or her? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/146 "2006-02-16T21:01:09Z")
Ahh. She’s a customer of yours. Make obligatory comment about reading whole thread before posting. And buying cigarettes? That’s not a good sign. I bet you have this opinion of yours not just because of the jacket, but by her demeanor. By the time a person turns 40, you can tell by their face what sort of life they have led - hard, easy, bitter, full of love, whatever: It’s in the eyes. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/147 "2006-02-16T21:10:16Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > The woman came back today, in that jacket. Well next time ask her about why she wears it, for fuck sake. Let her know that there are several of us across the globe who are debating her character and want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/148 "2006-02-17T02:32:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > I was wondering… > > Who was driving the nicer car? You or her? Unfortunately, I drive a 97 Chevy Lumina (sedan) and its much better than her “car” she drives. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/149 "2006-02-18T08:07:28Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > The woman came back today, in that jacket. I got a better look at it. Its from a school in Kentucky ( I saw a couple state of Kentucky patches on there). Well, we are a FAR way from Kentucky. Its old, its scraggly, it looks like crap. > > I also forgot to mention that she insists on giving me her ID when she buys cigarettes( Unless she graduated 4 years before she was born, I don’t need it). > This is the third time she’s come to my window and she puts her ID in there and doesn’t put any money in there until I look at it. ( Not sure if she just thought EVERYONE had to, but after about 30 seconds, I looked down and pushed it back. Then she put her money in.) > > I think she’s just living in the past. It’s old and scraggly and looks like crap, and she acts a bit oddly when she buys cigarettes? Well, could it just be that she’s just one of those people who simply isn’t all that bright or with it? And that it has nothing at all to do with her living in the past or not living in the past? It may not even be her jacket at all, but perhaps an old boyfriend’s (some tragic love story gone wrong and it’s all she has left from him or something), or maybe she’s just poor, bought it at a thrift store or something, perhaps liking it for some reason that hasn’t occurred to any of us. At any rate, once again, WHY are you so fixated and concerned with what one slightly odd older woman wears, thinks or does? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2006, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864/150 "2006-02-18T08:10:14Z")
A letter **man** would be the person who earned the jacket in the first place. To wear an actual letterman would definitely be interesting and odd, especially after 22 years. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-you-highschool-letterman-wearer/343864.md?page=7)