re: random question about TexAgs: Why do they charge for the radio segments

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So what/where exactly does Red arse come from and what was its original meaning?

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Not a stupid question at all, unless you're Gabe. Then it's stupid. There's no way anybody who went to A&M in the last 20 years could possibly know, unless it was through relatives or older friends.

It comes from the time-honored (?) tradition of beating the crap out of underclassmen's asses with an axe handle swung by a junior or senior. As far as I know it was strictly a Corps thing. At least I would hope it was. Really, really stupid thing that I'm guessing became a "tradition" sometime around Vietnam and I sure as hell hope has gone away. I like to give guys like TBird a hard time about lax Corps life, but this is one that definitely needed to die. How Gabe picked up on "red arse" I'm not sure. I imagine he just heard the term one day being associated with being a "real" Aggie and it stuck in his head.