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West Virginia and Burning Couches?
Posted on 9/21/11 at 1:57 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 1:57 pm
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Posted on 9/21/11 at 1:59 pm to Mrs. Amaro
...not sure.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:02 pm to Mrs. Amaro
i honestly knew nothing about this couch reference until recently
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:10 pm to Roberteaux
They made it a felony this year so I doubt it will happen as much. There will still be the people who light it and run though. Its only after really big games, maybe once every couple years you'll run across a couch fire...Bin Laden's death was one of the craziest times for it all
1. LINK (Fireworks at the end are funny, watch the crowd scatter)
2. LINK
3. LINK (2:25 for couch lighting)
1. LINK (Fireworks at the end are funny, watch the crowd scatter)
2. LINK
3. LINK (2:25 for couch lighting)
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:13 pm to Mrs. Amaro
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Seriously, why are they notorious for this action???
To keep warm. If only they had some sort of natural resource, such as coal...
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:37 pm to NorthernWV
How did this tradition start??
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:41 pm to TigerBloodTailgate1
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How did this tradition start??
i dont think anyone except for some old timers would know... I think it started back in the 60's or 70's.
scholars maintain that the true time frame for this tradition was lost decades ago.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:45 pm to MountainBEERs
I was I'm Lexington in 2007 when we lost. Kentucky fans were burning piles of couches in the street. It was crazy.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:46 pm to Mrs. Amaro
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Seriously, why are they notorious for this action???
Only way to get rid of the fleas in the house.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 2:47 pm to MountainBEERs
where do all these spare couches even come from? I mean if i burnt my couch, i wouldnt have anywhere in the living room to sit.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:01 pm to TigerBloodTailgate1
quote:
How did this tradition start??
Well WVU isn't the only school that burns/bonfires stuff. I'd assume it started with a rivalry game way back when.
Duke does the same thing if they beat UNC in basketball. At the start of every year dorms/frats/living groups build (or repair if the previous years are still there) large wooden benches (10-12 seaters), and if they beat UNC they bring them out into the main quad and start a huge bonfire.
Now couches...seems more silly.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:15 pm to bbap
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where do all these spare couches even come from? I mean if i burnt my couch, i wouldnt have anywhere in the living room to sit.
its not all couches, most of the stuff getting burned is just cheap/old furniture that sit out on students porches in the sunnyside area of morgantown.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:25 pm to bbap
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where do all these spare couches even come from? I mean if i burnt my couch, i wouldnt have anywhere in the living room to sit.
Could it be that couches take up too much room in their houses.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:29 pm to MountainBEERs
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its not all couches, most of the stuff getting burned is just cheap/old furniture that sit out on students porches in the sunnyside area of morgantown.
again, why would you want to burn your porch furniture?
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:31 pm to bbap
It's a tradition started by the furniture industry.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:32 pm to bbap
We made national news this year for the osama night celebrations. A record 29 reported fires that night. We lead the country in intentional fires set in the last 15 years. Well over 1000. Can't remember the exact number
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:36 pm to 304eer
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We made national news this year for the osama night celebrations. A record 29 reported fires that night. We lead the country in intentional fires set in the last 15 years. Well over 1000. Can't remember the exact number
I guess you gotta lead the nation in SOMETHING besides tooth loss.
This post was edited on 9/21/11 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:42 pm to liquid rabbit
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I guess you gotta lead the nation in SOMETHING besides tooth loss
this has always bothered me. You are from Louisiana and we're from West Virginia. No one can really talk shite on the others when it comes to tooth loss.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:44 pm to csdwvu
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You are from Louisiana and we're from West Virginia. No one can really talk shite on the others when it comes to tooth loss.
We have good teeth. There's lots of good minerals in those corndogs.
Posted on 9/21/11 at 3:47 pm to MountainBEERs
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I think it started back in the 60's or 70's.
My dad and uncle both remember furniture burning while at WVU, my dad graduated 76.. my uncle 73
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