actual caption: The Virginia Tech mascot, HokieBird, gets a ride above the crowd of fans gathered for a pep rally Monday, Dec. 31, 2001, in Jacksonville, Fla. The fans are in Jacksonville for the Gator Bowl on Tuesday between Virginia Tech and Florida State. (AP Photo/Phil Coale) --
"What's a Hokie?" "It's an ugly maroon and orange turkey." "I don't want it! You take it!" "Don't look at me!" "It's New Year's Eve and I'm so sick of leftover turkey..." -Isabel (who spent her formative years in the land of the maroon and orange turkeys called Hokies, whatever a Hokie is, and was too young to know better at the time)