"Darwin Award" for hazing contest!
 

OK, after reading the tri-Phi disaster thread - I came up with an idea (yeah, yeah, yeah, it happens only so often, so give me a break!)

Here's my idea: we've all seen the "Darwin Awards" given to the individual(s) who most uniquely or creatively remove themselves from the gene pool, right?

We need a Greek equivalent - and award for chapters that so brazenly and in a blazing flash of stupidity remove themselves from Greek Life.

So, I'm offering a contest to name this award. No cash prizes, no trips, drinks, etc....but, you will have the distinction of having the credit for the award's name attributed to you.

List them here, then we'll see who the winner is. Rules for determining the winner are still being formulated, but will likely consist of PM'ing me with your votes when the time comes.

Until then, get creative, and let's have some fun with this otherwise tragic issue.

Dumb Ass award????? is proposed by Jill 1228

Da, since you did not mention this thread when I just talked to yu! Vat a Bro!

" The Outstanding Award for Cranial Rectoisus" Goes To!:)

Oh No My Bro. Choose Me and It will be a Tom Drink on You!:D

But, you have to come to KC to Present The Award Winning Drink!:)


JillyBean, Buzz of Baby!:D Dis Be Mine!:) Going for the downs!;)

How about the Sisyphus Awards... or the Sissies for short?

Sisyphus was an ancient Roman who was punished by the gods for his sinful ways and forced to roll a rock up a mountain every day for all eternity.

Oh Hello, the beginning of Rock And Roll!:D

Wonder if sisyphus was the beginning of Sysphylis really Rocking and Rolling!:p

Oh God Some Times I just crack my self up!;)

Do not ever mess with me, I am Not Crazy, I am Insane!:D

I was just about to suggest that! :D

Be nice to think of a historical (or hysterical) Greek instead of a Roman.

Go for it :)

I'm working on it, but so far none comes to mind.

I can't think of a person....

but why not "The Hemlock Award".... afterall they poisoned themselves and the org.

adpiucf
 

read my mind and beat me to the punch! she gets my vote!!

I luv the Darwin awards
 

I always enjoy reading the Darwin Awards - it's a cute gimmick that gets attention.

We need a great name for the GLO Darwins, although I don't know what it should be.

I checked a Greek-English www site, and tried a few possibilities:

stupid = ilithios, blakas

suicide = aftoktonia

ass = gaidaros

butt = bareli, bytio, stochos, perigelos, akri, syndeo, synarmologo, stirizo

elementary = stoicheiodis, basikos

pledge = enechyro, desmefsi, enechyriazo, desmevo

dead = nekros

Maybe it could be "Ilithios Award" or maybe we could find the Greek for 'dumb' and combine it with 'Gaidaros'

If you can come up with a catchy name, I think the local and campus newspapers would jump on the story:

"The State U chapter of XYZ fraternity has been awarded the Nekros Gaidaros Award (Greek for dead ass) by the Greek Chat Forum for the month of March. XYZ earned the award after three pledges were found naked and handcuffed in the girls locker room after a Thomas Earp High School basketball game.

"The award, in the hallowed tradition of the Darwin Awards and the Golden Fleece Award, seeks to shine the light of intelligence on fraternity chapters which need it."

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I mis-spoke. I said Sisyphus was a Roman legend. It is also a Greek legend! He was the king of Corinth, a city of ancient Greece, and punished by the interchangeable Roman/Greek gods.

Sisyphus (SIS-i-fus) King of Corinth, condemned in Tartarus to an eternity of rolling a boulder uphill then watching it roll back down again.

I second my vote for the "Sissies"!!!!!

I also think the myth is appropriate-- the Greeks deserving of this award go to great lengths to do big things (the wrong things!) and watch their reputation (and ours, unfortunately) take 1 step forward... and 20 steps back!

Go Sissies Go

I dig adpiucf's idea! Sissies is a great name for it!

OK with me.

Obandange Award
 

How about the Obandange Award, No reason, just sounds cool.

Plus by the way this is a sick contest. Cool tho.

Regards

The Smitten Briton

Paul

adpiucf's Sisyphus Award gets my vote!!!

OK. All good recommendations.

Here is the short list of recommended names for this award:

The Sisyphus Award
The Dumbass Award
The Obandange Award
The Cranial Rectosis Award
The Hemlock Award
The Ilithios Award
The Blakas Galdarou Award (aka Beta Gamma Award)

So, PM me with your votes - the winner will be announced soon.

Thanks for the creative responses!

It's unanimous!!

From now on, when posting articles about chapters that demonstrate remarkable levels of stupidity that ends up suspending or closing the chapter....they then become NEW members of....

The Order of Sisyphus.

Otherwise known as The Sisyphus Award, or "Sissies" for short...

Thanks for the votes and recommendations!

Now, do we need to start a "chapter" designation?

The first award will go to the "Alpha" chapter, etc....up to Alpha Alpha, and so forth?

I further propose such chapters will remain on "active, in bad (versus good) standing" with the order until recolonized...then they shall be stricken from the rolls, but the chapter designations should NOT be recycled...

Thoughts?

Sorry Bro, I may be in the Tea! But what was that flash back????:confused:

Still Bro trying to figure out all of your posts!:(

Getting some of the jist of depression!:eek: Getting close!:( :)

GASP! You like me, you really like me!

hee hee hee.... who is our first sissy??

I would unfortunately have to say that the Ball State LXA is on the short list to be the first chapter of the Order of Sisyphus (Alpha chapter)...but their fate is not yet certain, so we'll see....