"We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers.
We can, we can, we can, we can demolish 40 beers.
Drink up, drink up, drink up, drink up and come along with us,
'Cause we don't give a damn about any damn man who don't give a damn about us!"
(Note: sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", starting with 'Glory, glory...')

Ah yes, the famous (or infamous) Engineering song, which I heard sung, from a distance yesterday. Upper level engineering students came to our class in the morning in order to do the frosh thing. I refused to do it, I just walked out of the classroom. "But Pat", you may ask "You are in engineering, so why didn't you do it?"

Why? Let me tell you. It's because they strip you down to your underwear (the girls had t-shirts on) put a cloth around you so it looks like you are wearing a diaper, throw you in a huge thing if PURPLE DYE, and make you elephant walk downtown, to the Mayor's office, and to MCTV (I think it was MCTV someone told me) before bringing you to the Donovan to get drunk. All the while singing the engineering song. Oh, and did I mention the PURPLE DYE, which is ink-based (there were quite a few purple people in class today)? Yah, so not doing that people.

Just in case you were wondering, elephant walking is when you put your left hand between your legs, and stretch your right hand out to grab the left hand of the person in front of you. Actually, I'm not sure if they had to elephant walk the whole time, or if they got taped to a rope.

And just for the record, let me mention the PURPLE DYE one more time. And I was serious when I said people were still purple today. I know people who used 'Tide with Bleach' to scrub with, and they are still purple-ish. Don't even get me started on the hair. Yes, when they dye you, they dye ALL of you, they make sure that you dunk your head. Although, since I didn't go through it, it is worth a good laugh.