Joke – Where is Ivo? | Dartmouth Folklore Archive

Title: Where is Ivo?

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Informant Data:

Blake Daugherty is a 20 year old Dartmouth College Student. He was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and he still resides in Dallas. He is currently a sophomore who recently joined a greek fraternity Alpha Chi Alpha. He shared that he absolutely loves skiing and Ski Patrol was a big selling point for him to attend Dartmouth.

Contextual Data:

This joke would be used when people don’t show up to events. However, it wouldn’t be used for those who missed the event but is a consistent shower. Instead, it would be used towards those who don’t show up regularly.

Item:

This is a joke that goes around the Ski Patrol that applies to those who do not show up events regularly. The joke is very versatile as the name “Ivo” could be replaced with anyone’s name in the group.

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Transcript:

“This is a title that is given in ski patrol. It is like “Where is Ivo?” Ivo is a kid who, I guess, notoriously did not come to stuff. So each class chose their own person. So for us, there is Grace. I forgot who the ‘21 person is. And that kind of led to this whole theory that there is an anti-board to the ski patrol board that does underground… like trying to slight the board and like trying to ruin all of our events and stuff. So we have a theoretical anti-board head and it’s a whole conspiracy theory that has been passed down for as long as I have been there.”

Informant’s Comments:

Informant’s interpretation: “I think it’s because ski patrol is a very big time commitment. And there is always some people who don’t really want to do that for the full years. So they kind of start dropping out. But also it is a pretty close friend group. So they take notice. And that’s when the whole story and inside jokes starts.”

Collector’s Comments:

Collector’s interpretation: The joke seems to revolve around the fact that the ski patrol group is a very tight-knitted community. This joke seems to originate from the fact that the members of Ski Patrol want all members to be involved in the program. In order to encourage people to do so, they are kind of making fun of the people who do not participate in the events. However, they are not doing it in a way that would make those who don’t participate feel bad. Rather, they are almost including those who don’t participate in to the group verbally as they would talk about this joke when they are not there (and when they are there). I think this illustrates their culture well. While everyone wants everyone else to be around, they understand that some people can’t and that is ok with them, but they would just make a little fun of those who don’t show up. Additionally, it shows that they are a really fun group to be a part of as they make the best out of the situation where people don’t show up by coming up with ‘conspiracy theory’ like the anti-board.

Collector’s Name: MK Song

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