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Was Your Pledging In Vain Posted on 07-24-2004
Princess_1908

I got this in an e-mail and I thought it was interesting. What are your thoughts on this?
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Was Your Pledging In Vain? > >NO MATTER IF IT'S 2 WEEKS, 2 MONTHS, OR 2 YEARS OF "HUMBLING" PAIN, >WAS YOUR PLEDGING IN VAIN? > >OKAY YOU WENT OVER, NOW ARE YOU PREPARING FOR THE NEXT LINE TO WEAR YOUR >CROWN, > >DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THIS TOWN, > >OR DO YOU SPEND YOUR TIME TORMENTING THE ONE'S THAT WANT TO BE DOWN? > >CAN YOU SAY YOU LOVE AND HONOR YOUR SOROR OR FRAT BROTHER, > >BUT HAVE THE AUDACITY TO SPEAK THEIR BUSINESS AMONGST OTHERS. > >FOR MEETINGS, HAVE YOU BEEN THE "PREPARER", > >OR ARE YOU JUST A T-SHIRT WEARER? > >TELL ME, DID THOSE THREE LETTERS MAKE YOU BETTER, > >OR JUST MAKE YOU A "FORGETER"... > >BY FORGETTING TO RESPECT OTHERS AND TO RESPECT YOURSELF. > >DO YOU THINK THAT HAZING IS A MEANS TO ACCUMULATE WEALTH? > >AND IF YOU WERE HAZED, SO WHAT, > >THAT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY EXCUSE TO PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE "CUT". > >NOW DON'T READ THIS AND ASSUME THAT THE WRITER IS INSANE, > >I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU WOULD PLEDGE IN VAIN. > >AFTER ALL THOSE NIGHTS ON THE SET, > >DOING ALL THOSE THINGS YOU KNOW YOU REGRET, > >AND YOUR FOUNDERS, > >AFTER ALL, IT’S THEIR HARD WORK AND SWEAT, > >AND YOU, YES YOU! > >YOU STILL HAVEN’T FIGURED IT OUT YET. > >DID YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE A COOKOUT AND YOU INVITED EVERYONE AS YOUR >FRIEND, > >OR DID YOU INDIRECTLY SAY THAT ONLY GREEKS COULD ATTEND? > >THE PARTY IN THE GYM, > >DID YOU "BLACK BALL" THAT PERSON BECAUSE THEY WERE DANCING WITH HER OR HIM, > >OR DID YOU WAIT UNTIL THE HOMECOMING STEP SHOW, > >OR TO POINT THEM OUT TO YOUR SORORS AND YOUR BROS? > >ALSO, AT HOMECOMING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MEETING OLDER MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE >THEIR KNOWLEDGE, > >OR DO YOU AVOID THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO BE CHALLENGED? > >ARE YOU CORDIAL WHEN PEOPLE ADMIRE WHAT YOU "GOT", > >OR DO YOU CUT YOUR EYES WHEN THEY WALK PASS YOUR PLOT? > >I JUST DON'T KNOW, > >IT’S SOMETHING ABOUT 3 LETTERS THAT CAUSES SOME PEOPLE TO CHANGE, > >MAYBE IT'S THEIR LINE NAME, > >OR MAYBE ITS ALL THE ATTENTION THEY GAINED, > >OR MAYBE, AND SAD TO SAY, MAYBE, > >THEY PLEDGED IN VAIN!
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replied on 07-24-2004 04:51PM [Reply]
hmm, goes to e-mail this to a couple of friends :arrow:
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IdealOne007 from Asheville, NC replied on 07-24-2004 06:35PM [Reply]

I guess it's true to some people. I may have come accross some Greeks like that and not know it.
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KärolinaPläyboy from charlotte, NC replied on 07-25-2004 10:17AM [Reply]
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>ALSO, AT HOMECOMING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MEETING OLDER MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE >THEIR KNOWLEDGE, > >OR DO YOU AVOID THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO BE CHALLENGED?
Damnn! i couldn't get past how this part didn't rhyme at all! I was trying to make it work and pronounce it another way, but i just couldn't get it 2 work. :cry: *thinks to himself* Words that rhyme with knowledge.... :arrow: college :arrow: ummmm :arrow: uhhh :arrow: hmmmmm :arrow: errrrr, dang i guess thats all, huh! :cry:
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replied on 07-25-2004 10:33PM [Reply]
KärolinaPläyboy wrote:
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>ALSO, AT HOMECOMING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MEETING OLDER MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE >THEIR KNOWLEDGE, > >OR DO YOU AVOID THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO BE CHALLENGED?
Damnn! i couldn't get past how this part didn't rhyme at all! I was trying to make it work and pronounce it another way, but i just couldn't get it 2 work. :cry:
COSIGNS LOL
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replied on 07-26-2004 01:35PM [Reply]
Well that was interesting enough...off to sent it to some folks!
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Soundcheck 1898 replied on 07-26-2004 04:37PM [Reply]
KärolinaPläyboy wrote:
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>ALSO, AT HOMECOMING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MEETING OLDER MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE >THEIR KNOWLEDGE, > >OR DO YOU AVOID THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO BE CHALLENGED?
Damnn! i couldn't get past how this part didn't rhyme at all! I was trying to make it work and pronounce it another way, but i just couldn't get it 2 work. :cry: *thinks to himself* Words that rhyme with knowledge.... :arrow: college :arrow: ummmm :arrow: uhhh :arrow: hmmmmm :arrow: errrrr, dang i guess thats all, huh! :cry:
LOL yeah... i had to look at that twice too lol... I'm bout to send this to some people too...
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Deuce_214 from Tallahassee, FL replied on 07-26-2004 05:48PM [Reply]

SoundCheck 1898 wrote:
KärolinaPläyboy wrote:
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>ALSO, AT HOMECOMING, DO YOU ANTICIPATE MEETING OLDER MEMBERS TO ACQUIRE >THEIR KNOWLEDGE, > >OR DO YOU AVOID THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE AFRAID TO BE CHALLENGED?
Damnn! i couldn't get past how this part didn't rhyme at all! I was trying to make it work and pronounce it another way, but i just couldn't get it 2 work. :cry: *thinks to himself* Words that rhyme with knowledge.... :arrow: college :arrow: ummmm :arrow: uhhh :arrow: hmmmmm :arrow: errrrr, dang i guess thats all, huh! :cry:
LOL yeah... i had to look at that twice too lol... I'm bout to send this to some people too...
cosigns
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blaque_babigurl_barbie from Choudrant, LA replied on 07-27-2004 02:14AM [Reply]

This is a nice poem...i liked it...
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La replied on 07-27-2004 11:56AM [Reply]
Interesting poem. I liked that.
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