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Toomer's Corner

Toomer's Corner is a historic location in Auburn, AL. There is an oak tree at the corner of Magnolia & College street, where downtown meets campus, where alumni and fans celebrate an Auburn win.

TP'ing started in'60s:

Who planted the oaks at Toomer's Corner is lost to history. "The oldest picture they've found is from 1910 in which the trees look to be about 20 years old," Enebak said.

The toilet-paper rolling of the area around Toomer's corner probably began in the early 1960s and used to be performed only after victories in away games. But now every victory merits a rolling of the trees at the corner.

John Mouton, senior adviser to the president for campus planning, said the pressure-washing of the trees will continue unless another way to clean off the toilet paper can be found.

"I don't disagree that it is not healthy for the trees to do the power-washing, but the alternative is to leave the toilet paper on the trees. We've tried to use soaker hoses and that didn't work," Mouton said. "If someone has a suggestion, we would try alternative methods."

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Now it seems that there doesn't have to be a significant reason to roll Toomers.

The Auburn Aumni has a page set up for alumni to report their memories about Toomers. You can read their entries at Toomer's Corner Memories . ESPN did a short clip regarding this legendary site. If you check the links to the right you'll see other vids that people have uploaded on this. Here's one.

If you want to keep the tradition alive, you can purchase a seedling from the actual tree for your own yard. Each year, the Auburn Forestry Club gathers acorns and grows seedlings, which it sells to the Auburn faithful for $50 a tree.

There's also a Toomer's Corner web cam from Samford Hall and another one facing the campus.

The image below came from Auburn University Library Archives

Auburn University Photographic Services has a photo that has blended the 1900s photo with today.

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Americans Can Text ‘Thanks’ to Troops

American Supports You has a campaign going for the Thanksgiving holiday. It's called Giving Thanks.

Between 6 a.m. Nov. 17 and midnight Nov. 22, people wishing to express gratitude to the troops for their service can text a brief one- or two-line message to 89279. Each text message sent will receive a response from an active-duty service member.

House Guest #3

Brody spent the night with us last night. We watched his movie, Monster House. He played a little and then while he was eating dinner he decided to show his muscles; course he pronounces it "muskles". Here's a snapshot of him flexing. I got the shot with my cell phone camera.

 

And of course I couldn't stop there. I had to get a video of it too! He's the cutest thing...

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