<div dir="auto">Kansas Tornadoes Moto....<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">When tornado season starts it's time to head to the basement!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2019, 10:22 AM D G <<a href="mailto:genny429@gmail.com">genny429@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">All:</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">When fishing for MIS examples to crib off of, I stumbled across the foreboding, skull-and-crossbones MIS that greets opponents of the Motor City Marauders. The intimidating warning is accompanied by MCM's motto, "Flags Fly Forever." That is a handy motto to have if you happen to have some flags. Unfortunately, the only flag that flies at OXY's Grist and Toll Stadium is white, and it is usually hoisted by the middle of the first inning. It's a signal to OXY's fans that they might as well head home.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">Without flags or a motto to go with it, I gathered our few employees for a brainstorming session to come up with OXY's 2019 slogan. After quickly rejecting a couple ideas ("Our Batter Is Up," "We've Got What You Knead"), we regrouped. </font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">Recognizing that our signature flour biscuits are not yet perfected, and the play on the field will need to be leavened, I asked for something aspirational. Something that acknowledges our flaws but hints at excellence.</font></font></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">While chewing on one of our biscuits and reviewing our roster, one of our millers offered that the best we could probably aspire to this season is to be "seldom stale." </font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">Seldom Stale</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">At first it brought laughs, then a startling recognition. That seemed about right. "Seldom Stale" conjures images of mostly fresh biscuits and sometimes satisfying play. If we can accomplish those things by season's end, 2019 will be the sort of middling success we want our fans to grow accustomed to.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">Seldom Stale it is. Our marketing department also wanted an alternative slogan to be used for Sunday games at the Grist. Reflecting the hard-nosed play we hope to become known for, our alternative motto is "We Love To Grind." My millers assure me it will prove popular with the church crowd.</font></div><div> </div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"></font></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"></font></font></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><div>Happy Opening Day!<br><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><br></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div></font><div style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Garamond">OCCIDENTAL MILLERS OCCIDENTAL MILLERS<span><span> </span></span></font></div><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><div style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"> <img width="38" height="52" class="m_6660087913503909304gmail-m_171959176006968066gmail-CToWUd m_6660087913503909304gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right:0px" alt="images.png" src="cid:ii_jtsrd7fq3"> <img width="43" height="38" class="m_6660087913503909304gmail-CToWUd" style="margin-right:0px" alt="Mortar-And-Pestle-Silhouette-2.png" src="cid:ii_jtsrjeu30"><br></div></font><font color="#000000" face="Garamond"><div style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"> "Seldom Stale" "We Love To Grind" <span></span></div></font></font></font></font></div></div></div>
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