Rutgers University Students Place Dead Lobster in Tree and Make ‘Pilgrimages’ to it
“It’s gotten like a cult and religious following”
This sounds like something out of a Monty Python sketch but it’s completely real.
People reports:
Rutgers University Students Put Dead Dining Hall Lobster in Tree, Jokingly Make ‘Pilgrimages’ to It
What seemingly started as a prank by Rutgers University students has turned into a school-wide meme.
Each September, the university’s dining halls host a smorgasbord of seafood — lobster, crab, bisque, flounder, salmon, shrimp, and more — in their annual King Neptune Night for students.
After this year’s feast, some students decided to jokingly take a lobster from the all-you-can-eat event and place it in a tree on campus, according to The Daily Targum, the university’s official student newspaper.
Although the crustacean slowly rotted away over its three-week stay in the tree — presumably removed by university officials on Oct. 18 — students have come to memorialize its presence with a new make-shift lobster made out of pinecones and tape. Others have even joked about starting a petition to make it a historical monument on campus.
“It’s gotten like a cult and religious following,” Jericho Bautista, a senior at Rutgers’ School of Arts and Sciences, told the campus publication of the tree lobster. “It’s really cool that someone put a lobster in a very obvious and reachable spot and no one thought of taking it away for a good three weeks.”
Seems a lobster cult has formed at Rutgers…. https://t.co/xWHDxcupCi
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And, they said we 60s types were nuts.
“It’s really cool that someone put a lobster in a very obvious and reachable spot and no one thought of taking it away for a good three weeks.”
I can vouch for the fact that not doing anything about anything is the new cool in this generation.
At least they have a sense of humor.
i wonder if they took it to a pet store to ask for refund?
Maybe by Christmas they’ll have a Santa Claws, up there. PS. What chances of a cat having eaten that old lobster..