Weirdest Thing a PNM has said?
 

Hi everyone,

I was wondering what are some of the weird things PNM's/other greeks/GDI's have said or told you? They could be about your chapter or another on campus.

For example:

A freshman girl, who apparently LOVES purple, was in our university choir with me and a few sorority sisters. We could tell because for about a full week, her outfits were always cutely coordinated with purple, she had purple bags, etc. After the first week of classes of the new semester, she stopped wearing purple. She went through recruitment and I asked her at one of the parties why she stopped wearing so much purple. Apparently she didn't want to "offend" anyone because it was one of our sorority's colors. She thought it was sacred.

Funny thing was, a week later she got a bid from us and she wore purple LITERALLY NON STOP FOR A MONTH. I now call her little :) (she doesn't wear as much purple anymore though)

I don't think that is weird. I think that is sweet & respectful! BTW, I write only in purple :)

This is normal in the NPHC.

We have had threads like this before. The only thing that comes to mind right now is when my nonGreek friend (she comes from a country where collegiate Greekdom is nonexistent) always asks to hang with my Sorors and asks for me to teach her how to step. We have an acquaintance who is an AKA (we can't save them all) and my friend sometimes forgets that Delta and AKA are not the same thing. I laugh because she usually shuts herself up without my telling her to sit down somewhere. LOL.

A few years ago, I attended a wedding where one of the guests was the mother of a friend of the groom. (The groom and my husband were friends in high school.) My husband and I chatted with this woman for a bit, and she mentioned that she was active with her sorority. I asked her which sorority, and she said "Delta Sigma Theta".

She then said something that I assume is an "Are you a Delta?" challenge question. My intended response was, "I've heard a lot about Delta, and every member I've met has been a great woman - I'm an AEPhi." (I wanted to indicate that I was curious about her greek affiliation as a fellow greek, but that I was not a Delta.) But before I could get a word out of my mouth, my husband barged in with "Yeah, I think she's heard of your sorority but whatever, how is your family?"

I could have kicked him in the teeth. He's a Mason, for crying out loud - he should at least have a vague idea that a particular statement, delivered in a particular tone of voice, is a challenge, not random conversation. :rolleyes:

This happened while I was on duty at a selective sorority's party:

Gorgeous PNM (PNM, not member), nodding towards a plainer PNM and speaking to a member of the sorority: "I can't believe y'all asked her back. She'll never make it into THIS sorority."

Actually we don't have challenges in the sense that some GLOs will have. We do, but they can not be used in public.

I understand. Still, I think he would have recognized that the question I was being asked was a challenge.

I'll shut up now. :)

Did this question perhaps involve a White Tea Leaf? I don't know the answer (nor should I) but I have heard that question before.

;) Without knowing what my Soror said, I cannot say whether it was an actual challenge.

Your guess is as good as mine.

I've looked at where I heard that phrase, was a different group (our question was said on the same page, part of an alumni thing). But thanks for acknowledging it.

I know. LOL.

;) To me, it sounded like a challenge. I intended to clarify that I'm not a Delta, I'm an AEPhi - but my husband interrupted before I could get a word out.

What is a challenge?

Several years ago, a PNM asked the initiated member she was paired with if we, as a sorority, had sex parties. I'm positive it happened because I know the member who was asked.

A question or statement used to test whether the person to whom you are talking is a member of your GLO. A member will respond with a specific reponse, but to anyone else it would sound like a "normal" question or statement.

:eek: And the outcome of that PNM's recruitment?

I didn't see the rushee's nametag (I tried hard!) but I did see Ms. Gorgeous PNM's nametag and unfortunately, she pledged the selective sorority. There must have been something incredible about her (superlegacy?) besides her looks that made her so confident that she'd get in because back then, that group was hard to crack.

Thank you!



It was open house (day one or two depending on schedules) and I was talking to a PNM. I asked something along the lines of if she was involved in anything on campus. Now it was very loud and I didn't think I had her the PNM correctly when she said "Pit Crew". So I asked again. Same thing repeated. I asked a third time and she got super annoyed, rolled her eyes and just about yelled "PIT CREW!" Now the only thing I could think of with this is nascar, obviously not a campus involvement. I come to find out later that Pit Crew is a student organization that basically is the student section at Oregon basketball games (sometimes other sports but mainly basketball). I hadn't been to a basketball game yet, so I was unaware. It wasn't necessarily weird when you know what it is, but I was definitely weirded out at the time. I don't know what happened to the PNM, but I bet I lost points in her eyes...

At a recent informal recruitment event, we had pop as usual. I brought the PNM a glass of diet Coke and after a sip, she looks at me quizzically and asks, "does this have alcohol in it?" I was like, "of course not! We don't have alcohol in the sorority house." On the inside I wanted to be like, "I understand, diet Coke always tastes like it has rum in it to me." I felt super awkward, lol. Not her fault of course. It was still funny.

A PNM initiated a conversation with me and some other actives about the size of Michael Fassbender's penis, as seen in the movie "Shame."

I seriously just snorted from laughing so hard. That's ridiculous. How can you even respond to that?

I think I mentioned something along the lines of how George Clooney made a joke about it at the Golden Globes and moved on. Either that or the conversation ended abruptly because we both had to leave together to see a play.

I wish I was kidding about this one but, after a PNM shook one of my sisters hands she goes

"Sorry my hands are wet. I can't stop licking them!"

It had something to do with the snack from a previous party

Ewwwww...I'd have just said they were sweaty. Totally preferable to covered in saliva!

iLost. :D