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Spirit of ’02 To Be Out of Commission for Upcoming Football Season

By Hazed and Confused , in Sports , at May 7, 2020 Tags: , , , ,

Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Gardner announced this morning that Parsons Mounted Cavalry would not be able to fire the Spirit of ’02, a 76mm field gun, at this season’s football games.  “It seems that in this virus panic, someone went and bought up all the ammunition our gun uses,” said Gardner. “All of our normal sources are completely out of stock.”

Gardner went on to say that due to the very low number and the heavily regulated nature of privately owned artillery pieces, the suppliers lacked the means to produce enough ammunition to meet current demand.

Jebidiah Walker, a Navasota resident, recently received a large order for said shells.  “I saw everyone getting all worked up about this virus, so I decided to stock up on the essentials in case this thing goes sideways,” Walker said. When asked what he could ever hope to do with hundreds of artillery shells, he replied “You never know.”

The Cavalry has promised to fire the cannon twice per touchdown in the fall of 2021 to make up for the hiatus. In the meantime, the cannon blast is to be replaced by popping a brown paper bag into a microphone.

 

— Hazed and Confused