Douchebag Public Service announcement:

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1761716

Left to right............
Left: "Someone stole the spinners off my Cadillac".
Middle: "I only wear these chains with my bizness attire".
Right: "I'm goin to prison for 'keepin it real'".

Now, someone give me my mustard sandwich.

Don't forget their cousin with the new Haircut . . . and violetpretty's, "Jagerbombs!!!!!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4JMOh-cul6M

I know I haven't been around much, but that doesn't mean I don't keep track of things. Keep this thread on topic, or it will be closed again.

This is freaking hilarious. :D

F'in jagerbombs!
Those boys would get laughed out of the house at Ole Miss, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, etc...

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...mg/Preppy1.jpg

Oakleys, a stone necklace, hair product, and an ugly sweater...

You mean that no one would be impressed by how "jacked and tan" they are?!?!?:D

Perhaps

If you think thats Jacked you need to hang around bigger boys ;)

I was making a reference to "My New F***in' Haircut" on youtube.

To try to get this back on topic. The things have already been said for the most part, but here I go. One real big thing is not to clam up. Rush is essentially a chance for the fraternity to get to make new friends. You are not going to get a bid if brothers can't talk to you and get to know you. Also you definitely should watch your behavior. If you are a complete jerk, chances are you will not get a bid.Fell free to talk and ask questions yourself, as taking a bid is a hard decision in itself.

Be careful even when not at rush events. Greeks are pretty well connected as to what is going on at local bars and such. If you make an ass of yourself, they are going to find out about it. Talk to the sorority girls, be pleasurably to them, you never know how close to they are to some of the fraternities. I cant say all, but at some schools they can make you or break you.

I can say for certain that look does not go over well pretty much anywhere in California.

And PhiGam you're right, you'd get laughed out of town for croakies out here too. I'm shocked people still wear them at all.

Croakies are extremely fashionable in most of the south. The are functional too, I have some of the floating ones so that when I go fishing I don't loose my shades in the water.

I think the worst thing you can do during rush is nothing. You don't want the reaction to your name to be, "Who?"

Or, "The guy who left drunk and ran into ___'s car and just drove off?"
Or, "The guy who said he hated [insert race and/or religion]?"
Or, "The guy who looks like he came out of the New Haircut video?"

I've heard all these. Never good.

Disclaimer: This advice is based on experiences from a campus where, out of the 30,000+ student population each year, not one person uses the terms "croakies" or "gel head." Most would also be unable to define these terms.

Are Costas restricted to the south as well?

I wouldn't know, they're definitely popular here. GDIs have started to wear them en masse along with Oakleys (ugly). I prefer Ray Bans myself but I have seen some really nice costas (LOVE their blue frames).

Yes, GDIs are running all over the place with them. But every Greek has them here. I like the ones with the green frames. Oakleys are starting to die out around here, its pretty much 100% costas.

NO JOKE!

This picture is hilarious!

I just emailed it to my son telling him that they are new rushees and that his fraternity better bid them quick because they are sure to get bids from all the top fraternities. I can't wait to get his response!!!

hahaha, later homie. classic.

That could be the Southern Gentlemen in us.

So its rush week in Jortsville? We're next week, I'm sure I'll come back with some good ones.

im just curious as to what title you are talking about?

Giving examples of recent rushees that came through his house, and their faux pas.

Poll Question: Would you wear jorts as your main outfit staple for ONE YEAR to insure your schools football team won the BCS title?



Fratastic

http://www.volnation.com/images/jorts.jpg

(me to)


do you have the pic that has both Leak and Tebow in their jerseys, but wearing Jean Shorts?

Wow indeed. I would've punched him right in the face.

Oh alright I thought you were calling georgia titletown. and yeah i think everybody in the south knows about jortsville.

And I think the worst thing I've seen during rush we had a guy come in with this outline of a this shitty looking tatoo. Our chapter is not big on tatoos so it was already going to be tough for but he pretty much sealed it when he announced he didnt have the money to get it finished.

I have seen Croakies quite a bit in California.

Probably Hurley or DC croakies

Yes. I ran into the same thing once when I was rush chairman a long time ago. Rush moved very fast that fall and we pledged in the mid-40s which was the largest on campus at that time. There was some whining about the pledge class being too big. I had kept records of who had accepted their bids and on what night. I could tell you in order who had pledged and when during rush week. When someone complianed about too many pledges, I turned the compliant on its head. I said, "OK, here's the list. How many do you think we should have - 40? 35? 25? - if we had stopped pledging guys on Thursday night, here are the ones we would not have now. Do you like these guys? Do you think they are impressive?"
You'll never go wrong framing rush to the chapter in terms of "quality" vs. numbers. There's always room for another good man. Especially at the University of Florida where you are, it's dangerous for a fraternity that wants to be competitive to start thinking in terms of being too big. Especially with your beautiful new house, you need to have at least - at the very minimum - twice the number of men in the chapter that you need to fill the house.
And the "percentage of bid acceptance" business is - if you'll pardon me, I mean no disrespect - a loser's game. Trust me. We used to frustrate one rival in rush so badly, we beat them every time, so they created the "bid percentage" thing to make themselves feel better. Every good fraternity says they get everybody they wanted. It's not true. In a rough & tumble rush no one gets everyone they want. When you start playing the "percentage of bid acceptance" game what happens in reality is that the memebrs begin to concentrate on that number. They won't give a man a bid unless they're sure he'll accept becasue they don't want to dilute the number. That's a good way to get beat, and soundly.
Don't talk about a "top 20" rushees; instead talk about quality and leave the goal number of the pledge class vague. Brothers will respond to talk of quality. And when you get a big class they'll be happy. If you get a small class or a disappointing class, the members will tend to rationalize (bid acceptance percentage) instead of making the changes necessary to make the chapter competitive again.

AMEN! Love the shirt, btw. And if I were a Florida fan, the blue one would be funny.

LOL!!!! (True.)

Ok, forget the bid percentages, I want to know how many guys showed up wearing jorts? :)

^^^Oh, good lord a blazer and board shorts?!??! (AND open toed leather sandals)

Those clothes are plain FUGLY!

HI.DE.OUS!!!

*trying to control the vomit creeping up the back of my throat.

We actually didn't have any of those last night, one guy with a ponytail (didn't get a bid), thats it.
We gave out ten bids last night and only had two guys sit on it, the guys we have are very solid... but they can't know that of course.

off topic but...

I'm sorry but i seriously laughed out loud. My African American friend was rushing his freshman year during fall and for lack of a better term didn't know the "sterotypes" of certain fraternities and walked into the ka house during rush, saw a confederate flag, and walked back out.

and i always get jorts comments from my ucf and fsu friends but i have maybe seen 3 or 4 people ever wearing jean shorts here.. and defiantly never anyone who was greek. (except for ka who i heard actually HAD a jorts social.. to each his own)

I've seen at least 20 in Gainesville and I've only been there one time for more than an hour. Guys in southern fraternities have too much style to wear jorts as anything but a joke but the GDIs are clueless. Here at FSU we have a high number Guido GDIs and down there in Jortsville there seems to be a high number of geeks in jean shorts.
SEC... unless that kid's a legacy then I think its safe to assume that KA is gonna pass. I can only think of two fraternities here that would take someone of that "caliber" and KA is definitely not one of them. IDK how it is there but KA and EX are probably the two most exclusive fraternities here.