Recruitment Story Follow Up - The Poll!

[Splash]

It only let me vote once overall. I could vote for multiple options though, but I just put the who cares one.

[ucsbgirl]

I wish I knew more, or at least that the story had been finished and the "thing" revealed.

That girl knew her stuff, though. Something tells me it wasn't just some bored 19-year-old posting for laughs. The stuff about the skiing, the backstory, she'd have to have put a lot of research into it. Maybe a bored 45-year-old posting for laughs, though.

It's funny, someone was talking about the Barnstable twins on the original thread, and I had no idea who they were so I looked them up. One of them goes by "Cyb" (like Syd) and went to the University of Kentucky. Maybe someone was "inspired"... Or probably I'm just bored and thinking too much about it.

[carnation]

Yeah, but the Barnstables (yea Pi Phi!) both went to the same school. So did the Troxell twins at Bama, who were extremely petite but (gasp!) brunette.

I can't remember details about the threats from 'recruitment' anymore but suddenly they got serious. Since the Prunetacos story came out, I've thought that it might have been him because of the Kappa (key*key) connection and it was scary because he had the means to hurt people and was pretty good at tracking down people as well. Whoever the poster was, though, they had done a major flounce or two so who knows if the story would have been finished.

[FSUZeta]

i envisioned the pink sequined tights as stockings with the sequins running up the seam at the back of the leg. most refined.

oooh, barbies_rush, good sleuthing! prunetacos never crossed my mind, but it certainly is feasible.

[CluelessIllini]

i saw a lot of clues that made me feel as if the story was truly just a story-aka fake, rather than a retelling of past events. i'm not trying to be mean here, just stating what i saw and was confused about...

-she could easily explain that she had a twin at another school during rush
-she didnt think about the fact that her twins letters would ruin rush for her, but rather than destroying her rep until a bit later
-highly unlikely that the twins would be co-valedictorians, and if so, why so many spelling and grammatical errors?
-a little new to greek rules, but why would her sister's acceptance into one sorority blackball her from others?
-i thought i read somewhere that infractions included hugging pnm
-she constantly uses pmn instead of pnm
-she claims to be really busy with work, or was that just her sister, can't remember, but why does she continue to read the posts of others and fight back when she claims to dismiss "mean people"

i can't remember everything right now, bad memory... :P, but these are most of the main things i saw

[southbymidwest]

I think her "thing" was that she had a third eye that she covered with bangs. Long bangs. Long blonde bangs.

[calilicious]

I tend to think when people start to say "honestly" that it is a lie. We all know what identical twins are so why did the author go to such a point to state how they look exactly like, that is what identical is! I don't understand the need to state every part of her life. My father is a CEO at CW but I am not talking about his business degree from Stanford or my mother who was in playboy. There are lots of people who come from successful families and only those who aren't from it go around telling everyone. I mean you don't live in a 6,000 sf California home and be a pool boy you most likely have a college degree so you can't brag to my neighbors how my dad is blah blah blah. I yawn at the extense to show the "all American image", lots of people live a lifestyle of being athetlic and blonde and semi wealthy. Anyways way to much side story. I don't care to hear about her princess life but the opinion of the sororities she visited and her daily rush events.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by calilicious

I tend to think when people start to say "honestly" that it is a lie. We all know what identical twins are so why did the author go to such a point to state how they look exactly like, that is what identical is! I don't understand the need to state every part of her life. My father is a CEO at CW but I am not talking about his business degree from Stanford or my mother who was in playboy. There are lots of people who come from successful families and only those who aren't from it go around telling everyone. I mean you don't live in a 6,000 sf California home and be a pool boy you most likely have a college degree so you can't brag to my neighbors how my dad is blah blah blah. I yawn at the extense to show the "all American image", lots of people live a lifestyle of being athetlic and blonde and semi wealthy. Anyways way to much side story. I don't care to hear about her princess life but the opinion of the sororities she visited and her daily rush events.

1. Um, you did talk about your dad's business degree from Stanford and your mother who was in Playboy (ick!).

2. Huh??

[calilicious]

I want a summary of her story, I don't have 4 hours to read a book. It is so someone pitching their new sorority line novel series. I don't care to read about her friends and their bids either just hers!!! The twist and turns and situations just make it so CW teen drama. The parts like se wasn't given a bid because they had to take so many legacies, well I think a chapter would be in a bad state if they were so run by image and alumna donations that they made sure to take a legacy. Who says that every legacy fits her mom's image? This isn't ANTM and only 1 can be picked, if they like you and want you i'm sure there is never a number limit.

[calilicious]

Wow, you either are really dense or like to be antagonistic. I did typo athletic and it might be anyway but nobody says anyway everybody goes anyways just like you say lol. My point, no need to state how special her family is, I stated my father's career bc I am not impressed by her specialness. I also pointed out there isn't a reason to brag because when you live in a gated subdivision with 6,000 sq ft houses your neighbors obviously are just as successful and my post makes that clear. To should also be too. Blonde is feminine french and that is how I have always spelled it not the American way without the e. If you read any magazine it has the E.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by calilicious

I want a summary of her story, I don't have 4 hours to read a book. It is so someone pitching their new sorority line novel series. I don't care to read about her friends and their bids either just hers!!! The twist and turns and situations just make it so CW teen drama. The parts like se wasn't given a bid because they had to take so many legacies, well I think a chapter would be in a bad state if they were so run by image and alumna donations that they made sure to take a legacy. Who says that every legacy fits her mom's image? This isn't ANTM and only 1 can be picked, if they like you and want you i'm sure there is never a number limit.

Originally Posted by calilicious

Wow, you either are really dense or like to be antagonistic. I did typo athletic and it might be anyway but nobody says anyway everybody goes anyways just like you say lol. My point, no need to state how special her family is, I stated my father's career bc I am not impressed by her specialness. I also pointed out there isn't a reason to brag because when you live in a gated subdivision with 6,000 sq ft houses your neighbors obviously are just as successful and my post makes that clear. To should also be too. Blonde is feminine french and that is how I have always spelled it not the American way without the e. If you read any magazine it has the E.

Bless your heart, nothing that you've written has made anything clear.

[dreamseeker]

Originally Posted by carnation

I have often wondered if a she-male wrote it.

lol

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Bless your heart, nothing that you've written has made anything clear.

i thought the same thing as i struggled through the run on sentences.

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I never found out what the "thing" was, probably because I stopped reading it. Did they ever come back?

really?! it is soooooooo obvious what the "thing" is. i can't believe so many of you don't know and are in the dark.

[ellebud]

Originally Posted by calilicious

Wow, you either are really dense or like to be antagonistic. I did typo athletic and it might be anyway but nobody says anyway everybody goes anyways just like you say lol. My point, no need to state how special her family is, I stated my father's career bc I am not impressed by her specialness. I also pointed out there isn't a reason to brag because when you live in a gated subdivision with 6,000 sq ft houses your neighbors obviously are just as successful and my post makes that clear. To should also be too. Blonde is feminine french and that is how I have always spelled it not the American way without the e. If you read any magazine it has the E.

Uhhh, anyways, I go ...........what?

When one is not "impressed by her specialness" and one has a "specialness" of one's own family you keep your mouth shut. Life is sort of like a David Austen rose (I was going to say an onion but that isn't special enough): reveal the truth or who you are in layers or petals. If you are someone importent (or if a parent is importent which does not make you special btw) people will discover that on their own.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Life is sort of like a David Austen rose (I was going to say an onion but that isn't special enough):.

What about parfaits? Everybody loves parfaits.

[dgdramadawg]

Originally Posted by calilicious

Wow, you either are really dense or like to be antagonistic. I did typo athletic and it might be anyway but nobody says anyway everybody goes anyways just like you say lol. My point, no need to state how special her family is, I stated my father's career bc I am not impressed by her specialness. I also pointed out there isn't a reason to brag because when you live in a gated subdivision with 6,000 sq ft houses your neighbors obviously are just as successful and my post makes that clear. To should also be too. Blonde is feminine french and that is how I have always spelled it not the American way without the e. If you read any magazine it has the E.

1. Just because many people make a grammatical error ("anyways") does not make it correct. People on GC will correct your grammar if it renders your post unreadable. It's not to be antagonistic. Don't let it get under your skin; just check your grammar so that your posts make sense. It's really hard to read things that are not grammatically correct, and your posts really didn't make much sense because of the errors.

2. I agree with you that there is nothing special about those parts of the story. I'm sure many other posters would agree. The more outlandish details are the ones we are picking at.

3. You are correct that "blonde" is the correct spelling for a female. "Blond" is the term for males. However, when referring to the hair color on its own, independent of the person to whom the hair belongs, the masculine ("blond") should be used, as the masculine form of the noun is dominant in English. Since your post referred to people who are blond, not just girls who are blonde, the masculine spelling should have been used. But that's more of a minor error in comparison to the run-on sentences.

/grammar soapbox