GLO Famous Members Urban Legends - Page 14

Drolefille · #**196** 07-18-2011, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Eddie Murphy? Seriously? A very young person who didn't see 18 year old Eddie on SNL must have started that one.

S & G are AEPi. Everything that comes up indicates they were members in college.

You realize that would have been '79/'80 right? Thirty year olds weren't alive then, and forty year olds would be forgiven for not watching SNL ages 10-15 or so.

(There are reruns, but just making the point that it's not a 'very young' thing.)

33girl · #**197** 07-18-2011, 08:06 PM

Eddie Murphy started on the show in 1980. Every now 40-then 15 year old knew about him, trust me. If you didn't, you were kind of screwed socially...SNL was a HUGE deal (even after the original cast left).

and 30 year olds are very young. Just enjoy it.

Drolefille · #**198** 07-18-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Eddie Murphy started on the show in 1980. Every now 40-then 15 year old knew about him, trust me. If you didn't, you were kind of screwed socially...SNL was a HUGE deal (even after the original cast left).

and 30 year olds are very young. Just enjoy it.

Ah, I'm not 30, and it really isn't a compliment/insult thing. Just pointing out the illogic.

honeychile · #**199** 07-18-2011, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin08

Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

Sure you do! You have the co-host of the 700 Club & former Miss America - Terry Meeuwsen. I'm sure that there are more, but she immediately comes to mind.

lovespink88 · #**200** 07-18-2011, 09:35 PM

I heard somewhere that a contestant on "Rock of Love" was an Alpha Xi. Ick. I searched but couldn't find anything confirming...so I'm hoping that means that's not true.

preciousjeni · #**201** 07-18-2011, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

and 30 year olds are very young.

Going to have to agree here.

SWTXBelle · #**202** 07-19-2011, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Blondie93

Bumping, because the Summer edition of the KAO magazine was just released and they debunk several myths that just won't die.

1. While Walt Disney's daughters were Thetas, he did not write Let's Go Fly a Kite for them.

2. The Kit-Kat bar was not named for Theta.

3. As mentioned earlier in this thread, the radio voice of the character Betty Crocker was a Theta, but any visual representation of the character was not a Theta.

4. Sandra Day O'Conner is not a Theta.

http://issuu.com/theta/docs/summer_2011_magazine See page 23.

Walt Disney didn't even write the song - the Sherman brothers did!

HannahXO · #**203** 07-19-2011, 01:17 PM

I've also heard that there are pansies all over Disney world because of the Theta connection

ThetaPrincess24 · #**204** 07-19-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by HannahXO

I've also heard that there are pansies all over Disney world because of the Theta connection

I've never heard that one!

AOII Angel · #**205** 07-19-2011, 01:53 PM

There are probably pansies all over Disney World because they are easy to grow and ubiquitous in the South.

HannahXO · #**206** 07-19-2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

There are probably pansies all over Disney World because they are easy to grow and ubiquitous in the South.

Pshh, but that's not FUN.

AOII Angel · #**207** 07-19-2011, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HannahXO

Pshh, but that's not FUN.

Of course, not! We always said the rose in Beauty and the Beast had no thorns was because the artist was an AOII. Completely unsupported by evidence. It made a good story, though!

KSUViolet06 · #**208** 07-19-2011, 06:28 PM

Another person who frequently causes me to burst collegian's bubbles and tell them she's not a Sigma: Sarah Jessica Parker.

I seriously think I've seen her claimed by half of the NPC groups at one point. She's a popular one. lol.

carnation · #**209** 07-19-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by HannahXO

I've also heard that there are pansies all over Disney world because of the Theta connection

They put them there in the cool weather because they can survive Florida's infrequent but real freezes. They take them out when the weather gets hot because pansies don't do well with that.

greekdee · #**210** 07-19-2011, 08:39 PM

For years, I thought Marlo Thomas was Phi Mu. My own Phi Mu chapter was told this every year by whoever our Rush Chairman was at the time. This was 1977 -- 1981 when everyone knew who Marlo Thomas was. We proudly told PNM's that "That Girl" was our sister...too bad she wasn't! I later found out she was Theta (I think). We were also told that Barbra Streisand was Phi Mu and that Marie Osmond was an honorary Phi Mu at Bringham Young. I don't think either is true, but I sure believed it back in the day.