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Gusteau 12-08-2009 02:57 PM
"but it will also show everyone to whom you offer a toothpick that you belong to Theta Nu Xi" LOL

Because everyone uses those to hold toothpicks...

MysticCat 12-08-2009 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Gusteau (Post 1873435)
Because everyone uses those to hold toothpicks...
That was my thought -- why not just call them shot glasses?

ASTalumna06 12-08-2009 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamseeker (Post 1873430)
my big found this:

http://storage1.colony1.net/10487/Pr...IMG%5F4523.JPG

the best part is the description tho:

Product Name: Theta Nu Xi Toothpick Holder Product ID: MCA102_TNX Description:
This toothpick holder will not only hold your toothpicks, but it will also show everyone to whom you offer a toothpick that you belong to Theta Nu Xi

Price: $3.99
really KingsKraft?
This is actually hysterical, because I just attended my chapter's last meeting of the semester, and a few of the sisters are in Lion Ambassadors (an organization on campus), and part of what they do is to "promote" the school. When announcements came around, they held up Penn State "toothpick holders" that they were selling. They said, "I know what you're thinking... they look an awful lot like shot glasses... but you'd be wrong!" :D:p

agzg 12-08-2009 03:14 PM
When I was in undergrad there were shot glasses in the greek store with our armorial bearings on them. :rolleyes:

MysticCat 12-08-2009 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873442)
When I was in undergrad there were shot glasses in the greek store with our armorial bearings on them. :rolleyes:
But as long as they're on the glass and not on you, you're not drinking in your letters. :D

And yes, I have shot glasses with our arms on them.

DrPhil 12-08-2009 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873438)
That was my thought -- why not just call them shot glasses?
Because they know some people would rather say they are buying a toothpick holder with their letters than a shot glass.

agzg 12-08-2009 03:29 PM
This may just be me but all the shot glasses in my house are the plain ones you get at target for like .50 a piece.

I never saw the draw for shot glasses with "I lost my face in VA Beach!" or "XYZ Fraternity" on them.

MysticCat 12-08-2009 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873454)
This may just be me but all the shot glasses in my house are the plain ones you get at target for like .50 a piece.

I never saw the draw for shot glasses with "I lost my face in VA Beach!" or "XYZ Fraternity" on them.
We got some as a joke while in Amish Country -- they say "I <3 Intercourse."

But I do like using the ones with our arms on them, and I'm the only one who uses those for the most part.

DrPhil 12-08-2009 03:41 PM
People, particularly older people, don't always use shot glasses. Sometimes they are bought because of what's on them, like when people are traveling and so forth.

agzg 12-08-2009 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873460)
We got some as a joke while in Amish Country -- they say "I <3 Intercourse."

But I do like using the ones with our arms on them, and I'm the only one who uses those for the most part.
LOL Intercourse, PA.

Chaos, I see you, and raise you a "Why would a grown-up collect shot glasses?"

MysticCat 12-08-2009 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873463)
Chaos, I see you, and raise you a "Why would a grown-up collect shot glasses?"
To go with their souvenir spoons?

http://www.spoonquest.com/otherimages/americanspoon.jpg

And in my defense, the only non-plain shot glasses are I have are the ones referenced in this thread. :o

agzg 12-08-2009 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873465)
To go with their souvenir spoons?

http://www.spoonquest.com/otherimages/americanspoon.jpg

And in my defense, the only non-plain shot glasses are I have are the ones referenced in this thread. :o
LOL, point taken.

I actually have a couple of souvenir spoons. Apparently they were my grandmother's and my dad thought I would want them. :confused:

DrPhil 12-08-2009 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873463)
Chaos, I see you, and raise you a "Why would a grown-up collect shot glasses?"
LOL Why not?

(((Drinking is for "grown ups" anyway, as far as I'm concerned. When I said "older people" I was talking about people well out of college who really like to collect such items but they will use them infrequently. A relative of mine owned an "antique shot dispenser" (I thought it was a wine dispenser at first) retrieved from some Southern bar 40 years ago. Was it ever used? No, and it was dusty as heck. But, it was cool for what it was. :p )))

DrPhil 12-08-2009 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873465)
That's perfect for a big bowl of Fuit Loops.

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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873465)
And in my defense, the only non-plain shot glasses are I have are the ones referenced in this thread. :o
You collect one everywhere you travel. :)

People think you're either a big drinker or prefer shot glass memorabilia over cheesy key chains and airbrushed tshirts. :p

agzg 12-08-2009 03:54 PM
All I can think of when I think of Shot Glass collections is the sticky, gooey mess that's on a shelf in some undergrad's dorm room. You don't want to use them at that point, either, because you don't know how many liquids have gone into it since the last time it was washed.

DrPhil 12-08-2009 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873470)
All I can think of when I think of Shot Glass collections is the sticky, gooey mess that's on a shelf in some undergrad's dorm room. You don't want to use them at that point, either, because you don't know how many liquids have gone into it since the last time it was washed.

LOL I was never privvy to shot glass collections in dorm rooms.

So, I'm strictly speaking from the collections of people 10-30 years out of college.

MysticCat 12-08-2009 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by agzg (Post 1873466)
I actually have a couple of souvenir spoons. Apparently they were my grandmother's and my dad thought I would want them. :confused:
I still have this one from when I was a kid:
http://theimaginaryworld.com/tic435.jpg

preciousjeni 12-08-2009 04:30 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamseeker (Post 1873430)
my big found this:

http://storage1.colony1.net/10487/Pr...IMG%5F4523.JPG

the best part is the description tho:

Product Name: Theta Nu Xi Toothpick Holder Product ID: MCA102_TNX Description:
This toothpick holder will not only hold your toothpicks, but it will also show everyone to whom you offer a toothpick that you belong to Theta Nu Xi

Price: $3.99
really KingsKraft?
This one seems to get "found" every few months. LOL! Girl, don't even give them the courtesy of advertising it on here.

ETA: Personal preference, but I HATE blue against black like that. :(

agzg 12-08-2009 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat (Post 1873475)
I still have this one from when I was a kid:
http://theimaginaryworld.com/tic435.jpg
My mom had a Cheerios Spoon that said "TIMMY DID IT!" that she used to scoop cookie dough onto the cookie sheet when making Chocolate Chip or M&M cookies.

dreamseeker 12-08-2009 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by preciousjeni (Post 1873484)
This one seems to get "found" every few months. LOL! Girl, don't even give them the courtesy of advertising it on here.

ETA: Personal preference, but I HATE blue against black like that. :(
its only advertising if someone wants to buy it. lawd idk what i'd do if i ever saw a soror in possession of this.

preciousjeni 12-08-2009 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamseeker (Post 1873507)
its only advertising if someone wants to buy it. lawd idk what i'd do if i ever saw a soror in possession of this.
Throwing it against pavement should do the trick. ;)

33girl 12-08-2009 07:41 PM
They've been calling those "toothpick holders" since back when I was in college. And yes they made some with our crest, but TECHNICALLY none of the items I bought back then are a real crest, as they don't have the right number of sections in the bar above and on the shield, and the Phoenix looks like an eagle with his butt on fire.

Real crest

"Commercial" toothpick holder crest

dreamseeker 12-08-2009 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1873548)
They've been calling those "toothpick holders" since back when I was in college. And yes they made some with our crest, but TECHNICALLY none of the items I bought back then are a real crest, as they don't have the right number of sections in the bar above and on the shield, and the Phoenix looks like an eagle with his butt on fire.

Real crest

"Commercial" toothpick holder crest
LOL!! and their phoenix looks like its in distress. omg

33girl 12-08-2009 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by dreamseeker (Post 1873550)
LOL!! and their phoenix looks like its in distress. omg
well, you'd be in distress too, if there was fire coming out of your butt.

BabyPiNK_FL 12-09-2009 01:18 PM
The one with my crest on it has never been correct either. Our crest is not symmetrical. The one on the shot glasses are though. At least get it right...

ADPiTigergurl 12-15-2009 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 33girl (Post 1873548)
They've been calling those "toothpick holders" since back when I was in college. And yes they made some with our crest, but TECHNICALLY none of the items I bought back then are a real crest, as they don't have the right number of sections in the bar above and on the shield, and the Phoenix looks like and eagle with his butt on fire.

Real crest

"Commercial" toothpick holder crest
Yep tooth pick holders....my campus is dry and any alcohol para found in the dorms is grounds for being kicked out of the dorms and put on academic probabation. (although this is not the best inforced rule and all room checks are announced but thats beside the point.) Our on campus bookstore sells "tooth pick Holders" and other definately predominately alcohol drinking glasses with the school's logo on them. I always found this extremely ironic.


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