10The Daily Tar Heel Thursday, September 8, 1988
Ugly paws and big peaches
await game-bound trippers
on the way to Clemson
By WILL UNCO
aty Editor
Orange really is ugiy.
If you're heading down to Clem
son on Nov. 5 to see Carolina take
on the Tigers in Death Valley, you
will definitely get sick of orange.
And you wont care if you never
see another tiger paw in your life.
In order to give brave Carolina
fans an idea of what to do if they
decide to go down to see the
game, Omnibus sent me to pre
view a football weekend in Clem
son. The game was the season
opener for the fourth-ranked
Tigers as they took on Virginia
Tech.
But before you can watch the
game, you have to get down
there, its really quite easy. Get on
I-85 (South, please) and drive for
four hours. Take the Clemson exit
(19B for those of you scoring at
home), and follow the signs.
Sound easy? It is. Sound boring?
It is, especially if youVe made the
trip before.
There's only one thing to break
up the monotony of the trip, but
its something special the eighth
wonder of the world. It is The
Peachoid, but you can just call it
The Peach.
Those who have seen The Peach
now smile knowingly, because if
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remember it Those who havent
seen The Peach wonder what in
the hell it is. The Peach is a water
tower in Caffney, S.C But it's no
ordinary water tower; yes, it's
shaped like a giant peach.
Mere words cannot do The
Peach justice; if s something that
must be seen. If you really want
the up close and personal view,
take Exit 92 and look for Peachoid
Road (this is not a joke). This road
will take you right to the base of
The Peach. Be sure to bring your
camera.
The Peach is enough to keep you
amused for several miles, but for
the rest of the trip, you have to
amuse yourself. Everyone has his
own tricks, but here are a few
suggestions to help pass the time:
listen to Van Halen (not Van
Hagar), Rush, Eric Clapton, The Cult
or America's newest guitar hero,
Joe Satriani;
Talk about sex. Unless you're
alone. Please dont talk about sex
if you're alone;
b wonder why North Carolina
looks so much better than South
Carolina.. They're right next to
each other; how can South Caro
lina be so ugly?;
a Count the number of highway
patrolmen you see in North Caro
lina, then count the number you
By CATHY MCHUCH
Omnibus Editor
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Does this seem fair to those of us
who live in North Carolina?
You can tell when you're getting
close to Clemson, because orange
paws start appearing on the roads.
Be brave, for there will be many
more. And when you finally come
to the city of Clemson (in the heart
of Pickens County), they are no
longer just on the roads. They're
everywhere. On buildings, on cars,
on people. Everywhere. Harden
yourself and be strong.
But we're here to watch foot
ball, arent we? Cod, l hope so. I
cant think of any other reason to
be in Clemson.
Make your way to Frank Howard
Field, much better known as Death
Valley, and find your seat A word
of warning: If some people in your
group have upper deck seats, and
others have lower deck seats, find
a place to meet after the game.
You cant move from the upper
to the lower deck once you're in
the stadium.
If you are in the upper deck, take
oxygen. People joke about the
seats in Smith Center being high,
but the cheap seats at Death
Valley really are in the strato
sphere. Just so I could experience
this first-hand, I sat in the last row
of the stadium at the Virginia Tech
game; Row CC of the upper deck.
recapture a part of your child
hood. Where better to do this
than college?
What's bright and colorful,
provides lots of low-cost enter
tainment and never fails to
conjure up childhood memories?
C'mon, think! Non-toxic, too.
Okay, 111 tell. Sixty-four glorious
colors (actually, it's "different,
brilliant colors"). Yes. it's a brand
new box of Crayola crayons. You
saw them when you were get
ting your bargain 200-pack
sheets of filler paper and No. 2
pencils. You looked at them
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Ugly orange paws dominate the Clemson landscape,
overwheming Tarheel visitors.
If the thin air doesnt kill you, the
climb surely will.
As the stands fill, the stadium
starts to turn orange. By game
time, orange is literally every
where, and those of us who arent
used to it begin to get ill.
Finally, the teams are ready to
take the field. But Clemson doesnt
just take the field, it attacks it
After touching 'the rock," the
team charges down a hill behind
one of the end zones, and the
crowd goes bananas. Now that the
visiting team is completely
psyched out, the game begins. And
more often than not, Clemson will
win and the visiting team will be
glad to get home.
longingly but thought you were
too grown up to buy them,
didnt you? Well, get over it,
because you're not. Everyone
should have a box of his or her
own. Coloring is FUN-damental.
There's something special about
the way crayons smell - it just
makes you feel young agaia .
Admit it, you used to arrange
them in those four divisions
according to preference or color.
You know, the blues and greens
(with blue-green and green-blue),
the yellows and oranges and ail
those weird brownish colors. One
person, who requested anonym
ity, even admitted she gave
them odd and even numbers. The
blues and greens were even and
the yellows and oranges were
odd. But she says not one person
ever understood why she did
this. (The number has yet to
increase.) I suppose really compul
sive children arrange them
alphabetically.
If you take your crayons
seriously, (doesn't everyone?)
you've probably asked yourself
why the metallic colors never
look the same on paper as they
do in the box and, of course, to
sharpen or not to sharpen? The
general consensus of those I
After the game, you have your
usual college-town activities to
choose from. There are bars down
town, a fraternity, court, and
other collegiate amusements. But
dont expect it to be quite as hip
as other college towns you've
seen; cruising through downtown
seems to be a popular activity, for
instance.
All in all, a football weekend at
Clemson can be an interesting look
at people who really take football
seriously. Football is religion at
Clemson; the school's main library,
along with just about everything
else in town, is closed when there's
a football game, and the people
really love and support the team.
But orange is still ugly.
asked said NO, NO, NO. In order
to sharpen them, you have pee!
the paper back, and that makes
them look ugly. No one wants
ugly crayons. So, let that shar
pener in the back of the box rot
I'm going to share with you
some favorite colors we DTHers
fondly remember (these are the
ones that were worn down to
the nub, while colors like maize
and raw umber retained their
perfect points). They include
cornflower, periwinkle, gold,
melon, turquoise, blue-green (not
to be confused with green-blue),
forest green, burnt sienna, mid
night blue, brick red and
mulberry.
One of our more fishy staff
members insists that salmon is
his favorite, "because you just
have to like a color that's named
after a fish." Our amiable sports
editor doesnt really know where
he's going to, but he still says his
favorite crayon color is maho
gany. Other favorites are thistle,
maroon, lavender, silver, red
violet and, who can forget, flesh?
Let me leave you with these
thoughts: How did Crayola come
up with nine shades of green, and
just why did they bother putting
a white crayon in there anyway?
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