fiji letters sacred?...
Jeremy Collins
Liz R (RLIZ) <RL...@msg.ti.com> wrote:
>In article <3d642m$o...@news.service.uci.edu> eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) writes:
>>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used? Somewhere that can't
>>>>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include?
>>>I know a guy who had it tattooed on his ankle...
>>>LizR
>
>> That is one of the seven places where it is allowed
>
>Where is KIBO allowed?
Who's KIBO? What's KIBO? If you're talking about WOMBIE...he was
banned because it offended other races who felt it's features were
racist.
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Brandon Robinson
>
>
>eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>
>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used?
>>
>>Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
>
>FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
>
>EAT ME!
If you can’t be polite or constructive in your writing, then spare some of us
who have respect for our organizations. If you wish to degrade you & your own
fraternity of Phi Kappa Theta, then do it somewhere else.
-
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================================== F I J I
97th Communications Squadron, AETC FFF I J I
Altus AFB, Altus, OK 73523-6346 F I J J I
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Dave Polewka
eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>>FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
>>EAT ME!
>
>Dave,
> Im glad to see that you have pride in Phi Kappa Theta...You seem
>like a highly refined gentleman, and serve as a great example for your
>fraternity! Keep up the great work.
> Jeremy Collins
Jeremy Collins -- anagram
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Dave Polewka -- anagram
Weak Love Pad
Leave Wako PD
Oh, I could come up with more, but I'm not THAT bored... yet.
Franco Tarulli
: All right, let's make this a little more definite. Suppose a rogue
: Russian general tried to launch a nuclear strike against the US. All
: the missiles and all but one of the bombers have been intercepted or
: have failed, but there's one bomber coming in now. It is, let us say,
: heading for New York -- or Chicago, or San Francisco, or Seattle, or
: whatever your favorite US city is.
: Now, let us suppose you, as a FIJI brother, are the pilot of the sole
: US fighter plane that's in a position to shoot this bomber down.
: (Your co-pilot's another FIJI, of course.)
: Here's the problem: the rogue Russian general, who surfs the
: "Information Interstate" in his spare time, has been reading this
: thread, and just to be on the safe side, has painted the letters Phi
: Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
: letters will be destroyed.
: What do you do?
Man, you've got too much time on your hands.
Franco P. Tarulli
Andrew Hime
Oh yes, I'm sure it took him at least 3 days to think of that.
hime, still looking for the right fratboy.
Dave Polewka
ftar...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Franco Tarulli) says:
>: What do you do?
>
>Man, you've got too much time on your hands.
>
>Franco P. Tarulli
Franco P. Tarulli -- anagram
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Newsgroups: alt.college.fraternities,talk.bizarre,alt.religion.kibology
Rich Holmes (rsho...@hydra.syr.EDU) wrote:
[redacted]
: Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
: letters will be destroyed.
: What do you do?
"""
Man, you've got too much time on your hands.
Franco P. Tarulli
"""
It *only seems* that way to you because you didn't know that Rich Holmes
*never sleeps*. That's right. It's a rare disorder, but it doesn't
affect his mental processes. He just gets bored.
--
E Teflon Piano is a disgruntled fellow at the Institute of Misapplied
Psychometry and founder of the Internet Legal Society, who is a temporary
fugitive from rgrif...@ubmail.ubalt.edu.
Dr. Frank N. Furter
In article <3db9sp$9...@quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca>, ftar...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (Franco Tarulli) writes:
|> Rich Holmes (rsho...@hydra.syr.EDU) wrote:
|> : All right, let's make this a little more definite. Suppose a rogue
|> : Russian general tried to launch a nuclear strike against the US. All
...............................................
|> : "Information Interstate" in his spare time, has been reading this
|> : thread, and just to be on the safe side, has painted the letters Phi
|> : Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
|> : letters will be destroyed.
|>
|> : What do you do?
|>
|>
|> Man, you've got too much time on your hands.
|>
|> Franco P. Tarulli
And I suppose you consider yourself inventive, right? Creative?
Upredictable? Exciting? An individual? What, may I ask, lead you to such
delusions? If you're dull, or simply ordinary, you should accept it. After all, so
are most people. It's nothing to be ashamed of. But instead, you put a post like
this on talk.bizarre, symbolically denying your very nature. But we aren't fooled.
I don't think you really are either. So, please, take it out of here. There's just
no point to your staying.
- Dr. Frank N. Furter
- A Scientist
Franco Tarulli
: |> Man, you've got too much time on your hands.
: |>
: |> Franco P. Tarulli
: And I suppose you consider yourself inventive, right? Creative?
: Upredictable? Exciting? An individual? What, may I ask, lead you to such
: delusions? If you're dull, or simply ordinary, you should accept it. After all, so
: are most people. It's nothing to be ashamed of. But instead, you put a post like
: this on talk.bizarre, symbolically denying your very nature. But we aren't fooled.
: I don't think you really are either. So, please, take it out of here. There's just
: no point to your staying.
: - Dr. Frank N. Furter
: - A Scientist
RE-lax, man. I'm not flaming the guy. His stuff is funny. Besides, I
posted from alt.college.fraternities. There are others far more
deserving of your bile.
Franco P. Tarulli
James L. Coffey
(Something or other, i forget)
Frank N. Furter, it's all over. Your mission is a failure, your
lifestyle's too extreme.
Ted Frank
>> used on anything that can be destroyed(such as sweatshirts, mugs, posters,
>> etc...).
So if I am in a FIJI's killfile, and I use the letters Phi Gamma Delta,
and the post (and thus the letters in them) are deleted, what terrible
fate will befall the Phi Gamma Delta boy?
--
ted frank "Jocelyn Elders Forces Clinton's Hand"
-- Associated Press headline
Herschel A Gelman
Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>> The greek letters Phi Gamma Delta are sacred. They are not to be
>>> used on anything that can be destroyed(such as sweatshirts, mugs, posters,
>>> etc...).
>
>So if I am in a FIJI's killfile, and I use the letters Phi Gamma Delta,
>and the post (and thus the letters in them) are deleted, what terrible
>fate will befall the Phi Gamma Delta boy?
He will be, as they say in the fraternity system, "trolled." You don't
want to know the sick details involved, but I hear that one of those
newsmagazine shows is going to do an expose (imagine there's an accent
mark on there) of it soon.
So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used? Somewhere that can't
be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include? Can't everything
be destroyed? What if all FIJI members are about as bright as most of
the ones I've met, in which case they might forget what those greek
letters look like? And what represents "writing" those symbols? Can you
have something in between each letter (a period, or something like
that)? What if they accidently appear in a vertical column while, by
some strange occurance, a FIJI member is writing some equations? What if
I create an image with phi gamma delta symbols and e-mail it to people.
Does a uuencoded or binhexed version of the image count as a
representation of the symbols? If they display it on the screen, can
they never close the window or put another window on top of it? Does it
count if they keep it on the screen long enough for it to burn into the
monitor, because then they could close the window but the letters would
be permanently etched on the monitor? And then, must they keep the
image file around, or does deleting it not count as "destroying" until
it's actually overwritten by something else? What about ASCII versions?
What would FIJI members do if, somewhere at the bottom of this post, I
drew an ASCII phi-gamma-delta? Is it just the action of putting the
letters onto something destroyable which is bad, or is destroying the
"something" also bad? So, if I make up sweatshirts with the greek
letters on them and sell them, would FIJI members be unable to beat the
crap out of anyone who wears them because that would be destroying the logo?
Is there an FAQ for this?
--
I want to start a frat whose letters are FAQ.
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Bruce Tindall
>So if I am in a FIJI's killfile, and I use the letters Phi Gamma Delta,
Followups to soc.culture.oceania.
B "memory hole" T
who wishes he had two middle names so he could also say
"Philosophia Biou Kiborspace"
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P. O. Box 447, Morrisville NC 27560 USA.
Jon Y Hirata
note that although it's okay to use FIJI and phi gamma delta, it's not
okay to use the _greek_ letters...
Ted Frank (th...@kimbark.uchicago.edu) wrote:
: >> The greek letters Phi Gamma Delta are sacred. They are not to be
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Jeremy Collins
>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used? Somewhere that can't
>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include? Can't everything
>be destroyed?
Well, Herschel, there are 7 places that the greek symbols of Phi
Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
The places where they can appear are items that can be destroyed, but
highly unlikely.
>And what represents "writing" those symbols? Can you
>have something in between each letter (a period, or something like
>that)? What if they accidently appear in a vertical column while, by
>some strange occurance, a FIJI member is writing some equations? What if
>I create an image with phi gamma delta symbols and e-mail it to people.
>Does a uuencoded or binhexed version of the image count as a
>representation of the symbols? If they display it on the screen, can
>they never close the window or put another window on top of it? Does it
>count if they keep it on the screen long enough for it to burn into the
>monitor, because then they could close the window but the letters would
>be permanently etched on the monitor? And then, must they keep the
>image file around, or does deleting it not count as "destroying" until
>it's actually overwritten by something else? What about ASCII versions?
>What would FIJI members do if, somewhere at the bottom of this post, I
>drew an ASCII phi-gamma-delta?
I dont spend every waking moment worrying about this. Out of
respect for my Fraternity, I usually use FIJI instead of the greek
letters Phi Gamma Delta. Whatever you do is your business, and if you
want to write these greek letters--that's up to you!
>So, if I make up sweatshirts with the greek letters on them and sell
>them, would FIJI members be unable to beat the crap out of anyone who
>wears them because that would be destroying the logo?
To warn you in advance, if you do decide to print up sweatshirts
with the greek letters on them, no FIJI would ever buy them. In other
words, it wouldnt be a very intelligent decision.
As for FIJI's beating the crap out of you, I havent heard anything
about that!?!
>I want to start a frat whose letters are FAQ.
That would be hard to do considering there is no F or Q in the
greek alphabet...
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| FFFFF IIIII J IIIII || The Fraternity of |
| F I J I || Phi Gamma Delta |
Rich Holmes
Russian general tried to launch a nuclear strike against the US. All
have failed, but there's one bomber coming in now. It is, let us say,
heading for New York -- or Chicago, or San Francisco, or Seattle, or
whatever your favorite US city is.
Now, let us suppose you, as a FIJI brother, are the pilot of the sole
US fighter plane that's in a position to shoot this bomber down.
(Your co-pilot's another FIJI, of course.)
Here's the problem: the rogue Russian general, who surfs the
"Information Interstate" in his spare time, has been reading this
thread, and just to be on the safe side, has painted the letters Phi
Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
letters will be destroyed.
What do you do?
--
- Rich Holmes
Of course it's daft, it's traditional.
- Terry Pratchett
Kay Dekker
> >I want to start a frat whose letters are FAQ.
> That would be hard to do considering there is no F or Q in the
>greek alphabet...
*bzzzzzzt*. Not any more, I admit, but early Greek used three letters
which they'd got from the Phoenicians: digamma, written much like a
slightly-forward-leaning F, sounding W or V (oinos, the word for 'wine',
was originally spelled [vw]oinos with an initial digamma, which more
clearly shows its etymological relationship with other IE 'wine' words
such as Latin 'vinum'); koppa, looking like a Q with a more vertical
stroke; and sanpi, which looks like a rightwards-tilted pi (or a dying
mushroom, take your pick).
So FAQ is perfectly constructible: Digamma Alpha Koppa.
Kay 'mine of useless information' Dekker
--
Did I drink some poison/ that I don't remember now?/ Is there blood on my
hands?/ No, my hands are clean./ Did I do something in another lifetime/
that was really really mean? -- Laurie Anderson: Poison
Rich Holmes
>So FAQ is perfectly constructible: Digamma Alpha Koppa.
Digamma Alpha Koppa? Isn't that the frat that does fundraising by
sending out mail order catalogs full of incredibly cheezy electronics
with a page full of breathless, first-person hype for each product,
all of which have been renamed to something like "Sonic Cyber
Blaster"?
Jeremy Collins
>>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include?
>I know a guy who had it tattooed on his ankle...
>LizR
Liz,
That is one of the seven places where it is allowed! A lot of the
FIJIs that I know get the Phi Gamma Delta tattoo because that's one of
the few places where they can put it!
Jeremy Collins
Phi Gamma Delta IX
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Cindy Kandolf
>In article <3ctfj0$9...@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> hag...@pitt.edu (Herschel A
>Gelman) writes:>In article <1994Dec16.2...@midway.uchicago.edu>,
>>Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>>> The greek letters Phi Gamma Delta are sacred. They are not to be
>>>>> used on anything that can be destroyed(such as sweatshirts, mugs, posters,
>>>>> etc...).
>
>>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include?
>
>
So what if he gets cremated?
-Cindy Kandolf, certified language mechanic, mamma flodnak
ci...@nvg.unit.no
Trondheim, Norway
Oportet Ministros Manus Lavare Antequam Latrinam Relinquent!
Liz R (RLIZ)
>Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>> The greek letters Phi Gamma Delta are sacred. They are not to be
>>>> used on anything that can be destroyed(such as sweatshirts, mugs, posters,
>>>> etc...).
>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used? Somewhere that can't
>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include?
I know a guy who had it tattooed on his ankle...
LizR
David DeLaney
>> That is one of the seven places where it is allowed
>
>Where is KIBO allowed?
Anywhere on Usenet. (Poor Spot, however, is Not Allowed almost everywhere...)
ObUL: Several locations in various countries were named in honor of Him Whom
Greppeth.
>jest curious
Dave "Ah! A prospective student of the Ancient Art of Trolling!" DeLaney
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http://enigma.phys.utk.edu/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ / CanterSiegelKibozeBait!!
Christian P. Hansen
One of the Immortals, sans doute.
Chris "Or perhaps it'll be stored with Al Einstein's eyes" Hansen
ch...@abbot.win-uk.net
Expatriate U.S. Programmer in London
The Godfather
: Here's the problem: the rogue Russian general, who surfs the
: "Information Interstate" in his spare time, has been reading this
: thread, and just to be on the safe side, has painted the letters Phi
: Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
: letters will be destroyed.
: What do you do?
Come on man. Don't you have anythhing better to do? You are
blowing this way out of context. We don't use the letters out of
respect, but this is ridiculous. Is this the best you could do?
And to answer some questions posed by other lurkers, the
International Fraternity Of Phi Gamma Delta is one of the only
fraternities to have a copyright on it's letters. Just like a brand name
on a product, others can't use the letters without permission from the
national office.
My letters are "sacred" to me and is what we do really your
business?
--
Matt Pappas
-----------
papp...@uidaho.edu
University of Idaho
Phi Gamma Delta
Rich Holmes
>Rich Holmes (rsho...@hydra.syr.EDU) wrote:
>
>: Here's the problem: the rogue Russian general, who surfs the
>: "Information Interstate" in his spare time, has been reading this
>: thread, and just to be on the safe side, has painted the letters Phi
>: Gamma Delta on the nose of the bomber. Shoot the bomber down and the
>: letters will be destroyed.
>
>: What do you do?
>
> Come on man. Don't you have anythhing better to do? You are
>blowing this way out of context. We don't use the letters out of
>respect, but this is ridiculous. Is this the best you could do?
> And to answer some questions posed by other lurkers, the
>International Fraternity Of Phi Gamma Delta is one of the only
>fraternities to have a copyright on it's letters. Just like a brand name
You misspelled "trademark". Has FIJI trademarked "its" too? Is that
why you don't use it?
>on a product, others can't use the letters without permission from the
>national office.
> My letters are "sacred" to me and is what we do really your
>business?
If they're the only thing standing between us and total thermonuclear
war, damn betcha it is. We want to know hot this affects your ability
to do the job, you see.
>--
>
>
>
> Matt Pappas
> -----------
> papp...@uidaho.edu
> University of Idaho
> Phi Gamma Delta
>
Hmm, lots of whitespace in that sig. You could fill it with a BUAF
phi gamma delta, but then somebody would probably go and delete it.
Maybe you'd better not.
Dave Polewka
eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used?
>
> Well, Herschel, there are 7 places that the greek symbols of Phi
>Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
EAT ME!
Jeremy Collins
>
>eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>
>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used?
>>
>> Well, Herschel, there are 7 places that the greek symbols of Phi
>>Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
>
>FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
>
>EAT ME!
Dave,
Im glad to see that you have pride in Phi Kappa Theta...You seem
like a highly refined gentleman, and serve as a great example for your
fraternity! Keep up the great work.
Jeremy Collins
--
Pudman
>
>eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>
>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used?
>>
>> Well, Herschel, there are 7 places that the greek symbols of Phi
>>Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
>
>FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
>
>EAT ME!
>
inappropriate newsgroups, you mindless, conformist lemming so desperate for
acceptance that you'll drink vomit and walk around campus with your pants
around your ankles.
______________________________________________________________
"Well I've watched you walk around and meet
Boyfriends that you think are so deep
But...if all your new boyfriends were really that great
Couldn't they take this place and take it straight?"
-The Modern Lovers
Liz R (RLIZ)
>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used? Somewhere that can't
>>>be destroyed, apparently, but what would that include?
>>I know a guy who had it tattooed on his ankle...
>>LizR
> That is one of the seven places where it is allowed
Where is KIBO allowed?
jest curious...
LizR
Jeremy Collins
Pudman <pmil...@ocvaxa.cc.oberlin.edu> wrote:
>In article <3d5vmv$j...@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, al...@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka) writes:
>>
>>eas...@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jeremy Collins) says:
>>
>>>>So, where can the letters Phi Gamma Delta be used?
>>>
>>> Well, Herschel, there are 7 places that the greek symbols of Phi
>>>Gamma Delta are allowed. These are spelled out by the Fraternity itself.
>>
>>FUCK YOU! PHI KAPPA THETA RULES! YOU SUCK, ASSHOLE!
>>
>>EAT ME!
>>
>Excuse me, but stop cross-posting this idiotic sophmoric drivel to
>inappropriate newsgroups, you mindless, conformist lemming so desperate for
>acceptance that you'll drink vomit and walk around campus with your pants
>around your ankles.
>
Hey Pud(isnt that your name? It fits!)
Lets take a look at what you posted. You said to stop
cross-posting, then you went ahead and did it yourself. Re-read it Einstein.
I posted it again to emphasize the point. And talking about
acceptance...you seem desperate for it by putting me down. I think you
should get together with that Phi Kappa Theta freshman!
P.S. If dont like a post...move on. Dont bother making a fool out of
yourself by commenting on it, especially if you dont even know what
you're talking about!
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