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Great story and I gave you an up vote. I have had that happen in Rome, Italy and on a cruise in Alaska. WDE

Now to my point. You might want to make some other plans with your sister for the Auburn - Florida game. We don't play FL this year. When the conference expanded FL was dropped of our schedule and we picked up Texas A&M. At least A&M will be a home game for us. Anyway hope your sister still comes to AU and meets up with you and your friend. WDE

I had been working in Alaska and while driving this past September from Denali National Park back to Anchorage , on a whim, we pulled off the Highway in the middle of nowhere Alaska to get a cup of coffee at one of these isolated 8'X8' drive thru Coffee huts. There was only one other vehicle there. A Chevrolet Suburban pulling a new Airstream trailer. When I got out and walked around it admiringly I noted an Auburn University decal in the back window. As I walked back around to the order window I was able to give and receive a large WAR EAGLE from the owner of the Airstream. Our talk quickly turned to the Auburn Clemson game of that day. She noted she had been worried and was about to call her Dad to find out who won. Since I had just called my wife on my cell, I had to give her the bad news of the end of our win streak. Only in the Auburn world will you be unexpectedly compelled to stop literally in the middle of nowhere and then find yourself exchanging War Eagles followed by a serious talk on Auburn football .

I almost always have AU stuff on when I travel and 90% of the time I give and receive War Eagles from people everywhere I go (Mexico, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands etc.) I get some surprised looks usually followed by a War Eagle and conversation about Auburn.

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I love these War Eagle moments. My Dad was a car dealer and I would work for him when I was home each summer from Auburn. One hot afternoon I greeted a young newlywed couple. I was only 19 or 20 myself. The wife was very nice, but the husband was rude and very hard to deal with. She found a car she really liked and we went inside to see if we could agree on a deal. I left them in my office while I went and had their car they wanted to trade appraised. As I was walking around their car I noticed an AU sticker on the back window. When I went back in the office I looked the husband and said War Eagle. He looked at me kind of puzzled and asked if I went to AU. I told him I was going now just off for the summer working for my Dad. It was like he had found his best friend. They bought the car and the three of us became friends for many years. It was really my first realization of the power of those two words...WAR EAGLE!!

This past July I was in San Francisco after honeymooning in Sonoma. I was walking with my wife down to the Wharf area and ran right into three older gentlemen, one wearing an Auburn hat. I nodded and said War Eagle. He smilled, poked me with his umbrella, and gave me a War Eagle right back. My wife went to a small college in New Orleans, and didn't get it all at first. Now, she loves it and embraces it. Hell, now she wants to live around Auburn. Haha...