Aggie RIng Visits the River Market, Kansas City, Mo.
Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring and I had just stepped off of the brand new Kansas City Streetcar line which had only opened a couple of days earlier and were walking through the River Market District of KC heading to a coffee shop/bar in the old Kansas City Opera House when Aggie Ring spotted this sculpture titled “The Vision.” The statue is of a young man with an adorable collie dog pointing off in the distance thinking about the future of Kansas City.
Before I could stop him, Aggie Ring jumped off of my left ring finger and onto the statue’s hand. After I retrieved Aggie Ring from the statue, I asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. “Sorry,” Aggie Ring blurted out. “No Aggie Ring can resist a statue with an adorable little Reveille dog like that.” I could tell from the emotion in Aggie Ring’s reply that there was more to the story that this so I asked him, “Do you want to elaborate on that?”
“Well,” said Aggie Ring as he choked back a few sobs, “I thought I could use my special Aggie Ring powers and turn him into a real boy with a real Reveille dog but it didn’t work. I failed.” I thought about this for a moment and said, “Oh, Aggie Ring. You’re thinking about Pinocchio. Everyone knows that story. The magic only works on puppets. You’re more likely to figure out where the 5th slide position on a trombone is before you can bring a statue to life.”
Aggie Ring and I walked over to the coffee house, the only sound was the gentle sobbing of Aggie Ring as he thought about that adorable Reveille dog and what fun it would be to have one around to play with.
#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere
Aggie RIng Visits the River Market, Kansas City, Mo.
Jersey Shore Fightin’ Texas A&M Aggie Ring and I had just stepped off of the brand new Kansas City Streetcar line which had only opened a couple of days earlier and were walking through the River Market District of KC heading to a coffee shop/bar in the old Kansas City Opera House when Aggie Ring spotted this sculpture titled “The Vision.” The statue is of a young man with an adorable collie dog pointing off in the distance thinking about the future of Kansas City.
Before I could stop him, Aggie Ring jumped off of my left ring finger and onto the statue’s hand. After I retrieved Aggie Ring from the statue, I asked him what the heck he thought he was doing. “Sorry,” Aggie Ring blurted out. “No Aggie Ring can resist a statue with an adorable little Reveille dog like that.” I could tell from the emotion in Aggie Ring’s reply that there was more to the story that this so I asked him, “Do you want to elaborate on that?”
“Well,” said Aggie Ring as he choked back a few sobs, “I thought I could use my special Aggie Ring powers and turn him into a real boy with a real Reveille dog but it didn’t work. I failed.” I thought about this for a moment and said, “Oh, Aggie Ring. You’re thinking about Pinocchio. Everyone knows that story. The magic only works on puppets. You’re more likely to figure out where the 5th slide position on a trombone is before you can bring a statue to life.”
Aggie Ring and I walked over to the coffee house, the only sound was the gentle sobbing of Aggie Ring as he thought about that adorable Reveille dog and what fun it would be to have one around to play with.
#aggiering #texasaggie #aggieseverywhere