If You Were a Mascot, What Would You Be?

Our favorite looks this week.

(Sam Gehrke)

"Probably a zebra."

(Sam Gehrke)

(Left); "I'd be a white square so I could jump out at people and be like, 'Squared ya!'" (Middle): "I'd be a squid, 'cause not many people know they go out into the world, procreate and then die." (Right): "I'd just be a circle."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'd be a pink flamingo!"

(Sam Gehrke)

"I don't follow sports, really. If I could just make one up I'd be a sloth."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'd be a bear wearing a really tight, really small T-shirt."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'm not big on sports, so Salt Man."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'd be a Vandal. That's Idaho's mascot and I always thought it was super weird to have a Vandal as a mascot… like what even is a Vandal? The mascot is just a bearded guy with an axe."

(Sam Gehrke)

(Left): "I'd be a koala, and I've got a little koala right here!" (Right): "I'd be a penguin so I'd have an excuse to constantly
slide around on my belly."

(Sam Gehrke)

"I'd be a giraffe."

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