I love my A Guide to Recognizing Your Mascots feature, especially now that I’m getting into the leagues where I have pictures of myself with things like the “Ballapeño,” the baseball-loving jalapeño, but they aren’t really setting the blogosphere on fire. Blogofire? Anyway, instead of a long, esoteric feature with too many words, here’s a funny video of a mascot going for a high five and getting completely shut down. Maybe they thought he was waving at them? That happened to me with Tweety Bird once at Six Flags.
I’m not sure why a track and field team needs a bear mascot, but I won’t complain. I’m the dork whose favorite picture of all time is his girlfriend high-fiving the Phillie Phanatic. Next time I go to an indoor track meet (which will be never), I’ll keep an eye out for the dejected-ass foam Muppet wandering around in the background.
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It was Germany, yes? Maybe this was a Nazi Bear.
Ha. Going for a high five and not getting it is the most socially awkward thing I can think of. What do you do? Must be even worse for a 7-foot bear.
In theory, if you’re a 7-foot bear you’ve got the naturalistic right to maul and kill something that doesn’t return your five, although it could be different when your hands are just big mittens.
[Something] [something] Phanatic’s toungue!
Once at a music festival a guy in a wolf’s head mask tried to high five me and for some reason I left him hanging. I felt genuinely bad for it, and still sometimes wish I had returned his high five.
Also, this is hilarious, especially the way he hangs his head at the end.
Germans are the least funny mascots. Fun Fact: Jamaicans are way too cool to be seen fraternizing with them.
more pics of track and field females on this site, please!
WAIT…You have a girlfriend?
@Herb – Yeah, believe it or not. I can’t explain it either.
If this post were a Belle and Sebastian song, it would be The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner’s Mascot.
Haha. This is awesome. Also, thanks for putting my picture up on your blog…so I can be famous!
Clearly as indicated in the video the mascot was not left hanging but FAILed to get the high five.
Clearly (2) this post was just an excuse to brag about your girlfriend.