Earlier this summer, at FFA Day @ the Dome, I met the North Dakota state officer team. It was great getting to see them at the event, but one time wasn't enough, so Crystal and I road-tripped across the border (Gasp...) ... to Fargo! I knew that we would have some free time, so I called my friend Andi and told her we would be in the area, at the North Dakota State University campus. 
The time we were there was informal, and we just had fun chatting with their team, going "people watching", talking about National Issues for the upcoming convention and getting decked out in Bison gear. 
SPEAKING OF BISON... Me - "Hey, is there a bison statue we can get a picture with?"
Hope (ND Officer) - "A what??"
Me- " A bison statue, we want to take a picture..."
Hope- "No, I heard you, I'm just wondering what a bison is? You see, our team mascot is the Bizon."
Me- "Umm, no I'm pretty sure it's pronounced : BY-SON"
Hope- "BY-ZON!?!?"
... since we couldn't decide what was right we decided to settle our score with an
EXTREME CAGE FIGHT!!!!!
... that would have been sweet. Buuuuttttt, it didn't happen. I don't know who is right, but I do know that even though North Dakota is our next door neighbor, we seem to speak another language! So we stopped the chat about BIZSIZSON (how ever you say it), and just had some fun around campus!
I can't wait to see them at National Convention!
... and we got hungry.
Kirbinator! ;D
ReplyDeleteBeing an alumni of NDSU and having grown up in the Fargo area, I will have to side with Hope & assure you that it's BY-ZON. (I see you have the hat that was invented to survive ND weather! The wind gets brutal up there!!) Keep on having fun!!