CANNON
这 两天, 偶们一家一直有一点遗憾: 偶们没有和MIT学生从Cal Tech偷来得 Fleming CANNON大炮照像. 大炮在我们去照相得4个小时前被急急的Cal Tech学生又运回去了. MIT 学生和Cal Tech 学生斗法颇有些历史了, 从最初的互相黑客对方学校主页, 发展到现在, 已经颇具规模和历史了. 斗法的原因大概是两个学院谁也不服谁, 各自认为自己是" the only technolgoy institute ". 不过, 呵呵, 依偶看来还是MIT强一点的了, 谁让偶家小豆在这里就读呢. 其实我对那个大炮的兴趣远没有套在大炮筒上的大金戒指兴趣大. MIT的学生不仅偷来了Cal Tech的大炮, 还在炮筒上套了一个据说是24K金的, 刻有MIT beaver(beaver 是MIT的标志动物) 的大金戒指. 要说这里还是挺安全, 带着大金戒指的大炮放在露天4天, 大戒指竟然没有被偷掉. 大炮以后有机会去加州Cal Tech 还可以参观的到, 大金戒指就不好说了.
下面的信是Cal Tech给MIT的信, 看看最后一段是不是充满了威胁的意思.
Monday, April 10, 2006
"Where men are men, giants walk the earth, and the thundering herd is real."
To MIT,
Congratulations. You managed to move a three-ton cannon across the country without anyone knowing where it went. Although we applaud your prank, we would prefer to have the cannon back in Pasadena. It is on its way home now, but we have left you with a small gift — a token of remembrance.
We enjoyed our trip and the chance to defend our honor. Organizing ourselves in under a day, we deployed twenty-three Flems from home and seven alumni from the area. We came together to protect the pride of both our Hovse and Caltech.
This time, only Fleming Hovse had the pleasure of visiting your fine institution. But do not worry, all of Caltech will be back, and next time it will be a surprise.
Sincere regards,
Fleming Hovse
California Institute of Technology
