Aggie Admission Application

Bill Ellis | Letters to Ambrose Merton # 7, 1996

Texas A&M University is a notorious target for “numbskull” humor, as “Aggies” are assumed to be rural/blue collar as opposed to University of Texas grads who are (sub)urban and white collar. This application has been around in several formats. In their Work Hard and You Shall Be Rewarded (AFS 1975), Alan Dundes and Carl R. Pagter give several analogous items: a brief “Government Poverty Application” from 1966 and longer applications to join the NAACP (a Black organization active at the same time in the Civil Rights movement) and the Mafia (pp. 125ƒ131).

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

Name:__________________________

Nickname:_________________________________

CB Handle:_____________________

Address (RFD No.):_________________ƒƒ_____________________________________

Daddy (If unknown, list 3 suspects):______________________________________

Mamma:_________________________

Neck Shade: _____Light Red _____Medium Red _____Dark Red

Number of teeth exposed in full grin: Upper_____ Lower_____

Name of Pickup owned:_______________ Height of Truck__________

Truck equipped with:

____Gun Rack ____4ƒWheel Drive ____Confederate Flag

____Cassette Deck ____Load of Wood ____Hijacker Shocks

____Radar Detector ____Mag Wheels ____Dual CB Antennas

____Spittoon ____Camper Top ____Air Horns

____Mud Flaps ____Toothpick Holder ____MudƒGrip Tires

____Raccoon Hide ____Big Dog

Number of empty beer cans on floorboard or in bed of pickup truck:_____

BUMPER STICKERS:

____Eat more Possum ____My other car is a piece of shit too

____Honk if you love Jesus ____If you ain't a cowboy you aint shit

____Redman Chewing Tobacco

Define the following (must be 90% correct):

1 Grits 6 Sawmill Gravy 11 Cobbler 16 Tater

2 Goobers 7 Turnip Salad 12 Fatback 17 Pig Skins

3 Pinto Beans 8 ShitƒonƒaƒShingle 13 Tote 18 Okrie

4 Collards 9 Redeye Gravy 14 Chickin' Fry19 Shonuf

5 Sidemeat 10 Soppin' Syrup 15 Poke 20 Chitlins

Favorite Vocalist:

____Reba McEntire ____Conway Twitty ____Loretta Lynn

____Hank Williams Jr. ____Randy Travis ____Ray Wylie Hubbard

____Tammy Wynette ____Slim Whitman ____Porter Wagoner

____Willie Nelson ____George Jones ____Box Car Willie

Favorite Recreation:

____Square Dancin' ____Possum Huntin' ____Skinny Dippin'

____Craw Daddin' ____Gospel Singin' ____4ƒWheelin'

____Drankin' ____Spittin' Backy ____Bill Chip Throwin'

____Honky Tonkin' ____Noodlin' ____Other

Name of Son(s): ____Bubba ____Jim Bob ____LeeRoy ____J.D.

Name of Daughter(s): ____PammySue ____Violet ____Paulette ____Daisy

Weapons Owned:

___Deer Rifle ___SawedƒOff Shotgun ___Varmint Rifle ___Log Cabin

___Tire Iron ___Power Chain Saw ___Pick Handle ___Hick'ry Switch

Number of Dogs:____ Type: ___Blue Tick ___Beagle

___Black & Tan ___Bird Dawg

Cap Emblem: ___John Deer ___McCullock Chain Saws ___Budweiser

___VoƒTech ___Skoal ___Coors

___NAPA ___Smile if You're Not Wearing Underwear

Number of Dependents: Legal:________ Claimed:_________

Number of Weeks Unemployed:__________

Number of Welfare Checks Received:____________

Memberships:

___KKK ___NRA ___Moose ___PTL Club ___AA

___Bass Club ___VFW ___Quiltin' Bee ___American Legion

___United Sons n' Daughters of the Confederacy

___John Birch Society

Length of Right leg:________ Length of Left leg:__________

Does your truck contain some part painted the offical state color of

Primer Red? ___Yes ___No

How many cars do you have jacked up on blocks in your front yard?_______

How many kitchen appliances will you keep on your front porch?__________

Will you wear mostly doubleƒknit polyester pants with snags?____________

Do you own any shoes? ____Yes ____No If yes, how many?__________

What year did you last purchase shoes?_________________

Are you married to any of the following:

____Sister ____Cousin ____Sow

Do you know her name?________________

Does your wife weigh more than your pickup?____________

Can you sign your name and get the spelling right every time?____________

Have you ever stayed sober for a whole weekend?________________

If so, why?________________________________________________________

Can you count: Past 10 with your shoes on?_________________

Do you know any words that have more than four letters?__________________

Have you ever had more than one bath in a week?__________________________

Medical Information:

Do you have at least two of the following:

___BO ___Head Lice ___Rabies

___Trench Mouth ___Runny Nose ___Bad Breath