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[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

In Alabama a man said "Roll Tide" to me as a greeting.

Later that same day, the same man said "Roll Tide" as a goodbye.

I asked a woman at the store what it means.

She said, "Roll Tide."

I asked what it means.

She said, "It means Roll Tide, sugar."

So I began collecting evidence. I kept a list. I am not embarrassed about the list.

I have now heard "Roll Tide" used as: hello. Goodbye. Thank you. I am sorry. Congratulations. That is unfortunate. I agree. I disagree. And once, in a hardware store, as a complete set of instructions for installing a ceiling fan.

I heard it said at a funeral.

It was appropriate. It was the most appropriate thing anyone said that day.

I began using it. Carefully at first, the way a man handles a borrowed sword.

I said it to a cashier. She said it back.

I said it to a police officer who had stopped me for a broken taillight.

He looked at me for a long moment. He looked at my face. He looked at my taillight.

Then he said it back, and nodded once, and did not write the ticket.

I wish to be extremely clear that I am not claiming those two events are related.

I am also not claiming they are unrelated.

A man at a gas station heard my accent and asked where I was from. I told him Japan.

He said, "Roll Tide."

He meant welcome. I knew he meant welcome. There was no ambiguity at all.

I have been in Alabama eleven days.

I have one word.

It has been enough for everything.

I have started saying it in other states.

It does not work in other states.

I said it in a warehouse store in Oregon. One man turned around.

He was from Alabama. He said it back. We did not speak after that. We did not have to.

I say it anyway.

[Basil🧡 @LinkofSunshine]

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[Alabama Football @AlabamaFTBL]

Keep it ROLLIN’ 💯

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[Alabama Football @AlabamaFTBL]

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[DELMS @davishelms9]

Damn they got Cedrick out there too. Talk about a glue guy

[Connor Griffin @RealCGriff]

Would love to just grab a beer with this dude

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Embrace the Moment. 👊

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I’m sorry Nick… you’re a naysayer now

[Chip Sanchez @87ShepGoat]

@PFF_College They’re already in order

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Michael Crabtree having himself a night

[Barstool Bama @BarstoolAlabama]

Me whenever @GregMcElroy talks.

[DELMS @davishelms9]

They better be with all the defensive talented have leaving

[Sidelines - Bama @SSN_Alabama]

Alabama’s co-defensive coordinator and DB coach Maurice Linguist has arrived at Alabama, per @ESPNRittenberg.

What an absolutely insane staff DeBoer is filling out right now. Wommack and Linguist are going to be studs on the recruiting trail.

[Barstool Bama @BarstoolAlabama]

I don’t care who is head coach, make sure Cedric is taken care of is all I ask. https://t.co/P4Zq3dOz4E