Originally Posted by
Christopher Moen
The "Row the Boat" kind of fits the Goofs when you consider how they came up with "Ski-U-Mah." You know the story where back in the late 1800s, a UofM student (and Rugby player) misunderstand a few Sioux kids yelling something that sounded like "Ski-U-Mah" after winning canoe races. Apparently he thought the phrase meant "victory." Too bad he didn't have better hearing, otherwise he would have heard what they really were saying, "screw your mom!"