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sebastian_dangerfield · 04-23-2004, 01:03 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Hotboxing is when you bring in five of your best into a room, lock the door and convince the rushee that this is the place he wants to smoke weed and pull wool.
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And then you fuck him?

All that expectation and that's what you're giving us? Jesus man, that term was so ripe with possibility.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 04-23-2004, 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Oh Lord, at voting I'd just get drunk as hell and vote for the funniest looking people. We had this one cat who'd put the names of rejected people back in the "approved" box. Made a real mess of bid day. We couldn't say "no, you were a drunken mistake" to a guy who was psyched to be in the house, so we'd just accept him.

Never called it "wool" in my day. There was a lot of "tagging betties," "bagging chicks" etc, but no wool.

Is this man Worthy?

He is James Worthy.

It's just a hilarious time. People screaming and drinking. "Dinging" a guy just b/c a guy in your house who you hate likes him. Making fun of the brothers who took it so seriously. The brothers who yelled "pull wool smoke weed" were always the drunk guys in the back that didn't give a shit. Everybody always listen to them though b/c they made a good case. Good times.

greatwhitenorthchick · 04-23-2004, 01:05 PM

This lingo discussion is reminding me of the time I wondered why Naughty by Nature was down with the Ontario Provincial Police. seems I was not alone

http://www.tannock.net/archives/001707.php

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 04-23-2004, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
Did you guys tip cows too, or were your animal hijinks limited to abusing sheep?

The sheep/flock/wool term obviously doesn't stand the test of time. But leave it up to a bunch of stupid frat guys to expand the metaphor.

Hank Chinaski · 04-23-2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Oh Lord, at voting I'd just get drunk as hell and vote for the funniest looking people. We had this one cat who'd put the names of rejected people back in the "approved" box. Made a real mess of bid day. We couldn't say "no, you were a drunken mistake" to a guy who was psyched to be in the house, so we'd just accept him.

Never called it "wool" in my day. There was a lot of "tagging betties," "bagging chicks" etc, but no wool.

Is this man Worthy?

He is James Worthy.

so the ability to knock over 1/2 gallon liquor bottles with cock wasn't party of the voting? the fact you had 2 guys who could do that was a co-incidence?

Bad_Rich_Chic · 04-23-2004, 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
It appears that the new Apprentice's business track record has been exaggerated - http://thesmokinggun.com/archive/0416042rancic1.html

Well, in fairness to Bill, a "multi-million dollar business" doesn't necessarily attract a "multi-million dollar sale or liquidation price." You can be doing millions of dollars a year of sales, and the purchase value of your business may only be inventory plus, maybe, a very small multiple of sales. The value of most small businesses is in running them, not selling them. And I note that the recent annual sales figures of Bill's business (or even the pro formas) are not shown by the Smoking Gun (and I'm not interested enough to hunt for the rest of the 10-K on the SEC site).

But, yeah, to the extent that most people don't understand how businesses are valued, "multi-million dollar" might be misleading.

Oliver_Wendell_Ramone · 04-23-2004, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
The sheep/flock/wool term obviously doesn't stand the test of time. But leave it up to a bunch of stupid frat guys to expand the metaphor.

Or to ignore the "metaphor" part entirely.

Shape Shifter · 04-23-2004, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
so the ability to knock over 1/2 gallon liquor bottles with cock wasn't party of the voting? the fact you had 2 guys who could do that was a co-incidence?

You can't?

Tyrone Slothrop · 04-23-2004, 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Or to ignore the "metaphor" part entirely.

They could go halfway and make it a simile.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 04-23-2004, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Well, in fairness to Bill, a "multi-million dollar business" doesn't necessarily attract a "multi-million dollar sale or liquidation price."

Looks like the value of the sale was essentially the customer list and a little bit of goodwill.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 04-23-2004, 01:13 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Like you've never gotten blasted and had a threesome in some off campus apt or fraternity house...

Hell, we've all done the "walk of shame" in various permutations. I've walked miles without shoes just because, well, they were good shoes, but they weren't so good I was goin to wake her up to ask where they were...

I'm the first to admit that the Greek system is silly, exclusionary and unbelievably immature. But our campus wasn't one where Greeks only hung out with Greeks. I've been to campuses where some houses won't let you socialize with certain other houses and frown upon non-Greeks.

It was fun as hell. Better than Cats.

sebastian_dangerfield · 04-23-2004, 01:14 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
It's just a hilarious time. People screaming and drinking. "Dinging" a guy just b/c a guy in your house who you hate likes him. Making fun of the brothers who took it so seriously. The brothers who yelled "pull wool smoke weed" were always the drunk guys in the back that didn't give a shit. Everybody always listen to them though b/c they made a good case. Good times.

I used to get a case of Maker's Mark for voting. Hell, the last president we had ran on a platform of buying community dope. He won a unanimous vote.

I wasn't surprised when the state Police came and shut us down a few months later. I was just happy to have moved the social funds to my personal account. God, that was the best semester ever. I don't think I'll ever eat that much fungus in my life. And I got a frigging 3.5. My school was such a goddamn joke.

Did you just call me Coltrane? · 04-23-2004, 01:19 PM

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
Or to ignore the "metaphor" part entirely.

Going "hoggin" has nothing to do with sheep.

Hank Chinaski · 04-23-2004, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
You can't?

fuck you. Racist.

sebastian_dangerfield · 04-23-2004, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I'm the first to admit that the Greek system is silly, exclusionary and unbelievably immature. But our campus wasn't one where Greeks only hung out with Greeks. I've been to campuses where some houses won't let you socialize with certain other houses and frown upon non-Greeks.

It was fun as hell. Better than Cats.

Oh, agreed. Its totally silly. We let anyone eat at our house and let everyone into parties. I never hazed anyone or any of that shit. I still don't know the secret handshake. We were thrown off ultimately for not being exclusionary. And exhibiting "poor risk management."

I still hang with about ten guys from my house as a core social group. Every holiday I see those cats. Two live within 10 min of me. And my wife was in the sorority who hung with us. I still see all those chicks all the time. In a sense, I never left, and I'm certain my scarred liver is proof.