The Pnebleu Blog » tradition http://pnebleu.com/blog My "New Blue" blog on the Inter-webs. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:47:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= iPod = “Howdy” Killer http://pnebleu.com/blog/2008/05/01/ipod-howdy-killer/ http://pnebleu.com/blog/2008/05/01/ipod-howdy-killer/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 05:16:41 +0000 Daniel Cole http://pnebleu.com/blog/?p=142 If you’ve read the sidebar, you should be aware that I’m a junior at Texas A&M University.  TAMU is full of traditions.  Greeting passersby with a “howdy” is one of the most recognizable traditions practiced on- and off-campus.  Every year there is a cyclical decline of the use of “howdy.”  High in August and decline through December.  There is a low spike in January, then it declines to it’s lowest in May.  I’ve notice over the pass three years an overall decline in “howdy’s” use.

I attribute the iPod as a leading reason for the decline in “howdy’s” that I hear.  The popularity of the Apple iPod and other mp3 players lead to people wearing headphones to and from class on campus.  Listening to music, Aggies are less likely to spout a brief “howdy” to the person walk by, and if you walk by someone wearing headphones/earbuds you are less likely to say “howdy,” as not to disturb them.

This is a sad trend here in Aggieland.  I hope the new classes admitted will push to bring back “howdy” to the levels it once was.  I’ll do my part and say “howdy” to everyone I pass.

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