Random

me: u of h has worse parking than UT
Gerald: LOL, you a Cougar now?
me: yup
takes me 25 minutes to get to class and 30 to park
Gerald: I know about the parking sitch.... people there are lke sharks... circling the water
me: seriously
i don't how crime can ever happen during the day
every person in the parkinglot has at least 3 cars following them watching their every move
Gerald: LOL, I guess it makes it easier to stalk... you figure they are just looking for parking
Welcome to the Cougar family
me: yeah, i didn't know the cougar symbol was the shocker
Gerald: there is a story about it... want to hear the "true" story
me: sure
Gerald: Story goes... UofH plays UT for football and they used to transport the Cougar (yes a live cougar) to the game- sedated but in the back of a car. Just like Taladega Nights... Well as they are getting Shasta out of the car the handlers accidentally shut the door on the poor cougars paw severing one digit.

The UT fans hear about this and the make the severed paw symbol a symbol of derision and mockery. Well UofH goes on to win the game and in time old tradition of giving back an F-U they adopt that hand sign as the official hand sign of UofH
Now you know the rest of the story...

GO COOGS!