LawTalkers - Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03

Originally posted by NotFromHere
That doesn't sound right. Most sororities will not allow a man above the first floor. In my house, men were only allowed in the "formal living room" not the TV room or the dining room. Ever. Also, no alcohol. That's what frats are for. So, weird etiquette:
Many weird smoking rules - it was PC to smoke in those days but - NO lighting the cigarette without holding it between two fingers (in other words don't let it hang out of your mouth while you light). Never hold a cigarette in your mouth - you must hold it between your fingers at all times. Otherwise it makes you look cheap. No gum, ever (I think that rule should hold now - I hate gum chewers).

The girdle check was my favorite. There was also a brassier check - you had to wear yours at all times.

Jesus, how old are you? What century were you in a sorority? Are they still like this? I could never be in a sorority even if I wanted to bc I am a drunken braless man upstairs tramp with the cigarette hanging out of my mouth when my hands are otherwise engaged. I thought cheapness came from the inside.

greatwhitenorthchick

05-20-2003 12:42 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Poll: what is the weirdest supposed "etiquette" rule you've ever heard pronounced? Aside from the above, it would be an edict from some chick who came to do some lecture on "business manners," who proclaimed a bunch of odd stuff, but one was that at a restaurant no one was allowed to nibble bread or drink anything until the full meal order had been taken. ?WTF? That stuff is only on the table to enable people to survive the slow service. Then again, this chick also said it was "rude" to have a regional accent (she said in her nasal Yankee honk), so no one
paid any attention anyway.

Not really a rule of etiquette - more like a custom - but whatever. My sister married into an East African culture that has a tradition of large weddings (i.e. the whole community attends). Her husband is well-known in the community so they had about 2000 guests. Apparently there is an custom in this culture that the bridesmaids have to serve the wedding cake to all the guests. So I had to deliver about 1000 pieces of cake that day. I felt like Sisyphus.

(I think the "custom" is bullshit - I think they all just wanted to laugh at the silly white girl running her ass off)

NotFromHere

05-20-2003 12:42 PM

Bizarre Etiquette Rules Poll

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Originally posted by Paigow
Jesus, how old are you? What century were you in a sorority? Are they still like this? I could never be in a sorority even if I wanted to bc I am a drunken braless man upstairs tramp with the cigarette hanging out of my mouth when my hands are otherwise engaged. I thought cheapness came from the inside.

If you read back a page - these bizarre rules came up during intiation. We were forced to read the manual from the 50's as a sign of how "lenient" the rules are now. Because most of us thought that "no guys" "no alcohol" rules were quite imposing. As I recall, there was also a "leg check" where they would make sure you were wearing hose and had shaved.
Hey looking cheap only came into vogue during the XTina years.

NotFromHere

05-20-2003 12:56 PM

Speaking of Etiquette

When you get on the elevator - let's say there are 2 people in the elevator - is it first one in, first one out? Or first in, last out? I know if it's crowded, it's last in, first out - but what if it's not crowded?
And another thing - when you step off the escalator - DON'T STOP - there are people behind you who can't stop. This is just a warning - that if I have to step around you or push you out of the way, I will.

Sidd Finch

05-20-2003 01:01 PM

Speaking of Etiquette

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
When you get on the elevator - let's say there are 2 people in the elevator - is it first one in, first one out? Or first in, last out? I know if it's crowded, it's last in, first out - but what if it's not crowded?

Typically, people get off at their floor, regardless of when they got in the elevator.

Sheesh.

Did you just call me Coltrane?

05-20-2003 01:02 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by Oliver_Wendell_Ramone
And give each other spankings when you were naughty. Right? Right?

This reminds me of a girl who was telling me about the upstairs of her sorority and I said, "You all strip down to your panties and have tickle fights, right? AND DON'T RUIN THE FANTASY BY SAYING NO!" And she responded w/out blinking, "More like nipple fights", as she shook her chest back and forth.

I almost fainted.

Nipple fights.

Mister_Ruysbroeck

05-20-2003 01:03 PM

Layering ...

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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
OK, I wear sweaters about the neck with some frequency, though I don't do it by way of accessorization (I accessorize my neck with scarves and pearls, like a sane person). I wear them around my neck not because I am cold but because I am warm. I get cold a lot, and so wear a lot of sweaters and cardigans, and when I am not cold they are too warm, so I remove them and need someplace to put them. I refuse to wrap the damn things about my waist so as to emphasize the size of my ass, or wad them up into a handbag, which seem to be the other options, so about the neck they hang. (Or I wear them over my shoulders, all the better to impersonate a librarian, but this doesn't strike me as a superior look.)

It's called layering people. The benefits are you can take stuff on and off to regulate temperature. The side effect is you need something to do with the stuff you remove.

Don't try to pass off your crappy fashion sense under the guise of utility.

;)

leagleaze

05-20-2003 01:06 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
This reminds me of a girl who was telling me about the upstairs of her sorority and I said, "You all strip down to your panties and have tickle fights, right? AND DON'T RUIN THE FANTASY BY SAYING NO!" And she responded w/out blinking, "More like nipple fights", as she shook her chest back and forth.

I almost fainted.

Nipple fights.

Damn. Why wasn't I in a sorority?

Yet another example of opportunity lost. *sigh*

Wait a minute. What the hell is a nipple fight?

Did you just call me Coltrane?

05-20-2003 01:10 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by leagleaze
Damn. Why wasn't I in a sorority?

Yet another example of opportunity lost. *sigh*

Wait a minute. What the hell is a nipple fight?

I have no idea but it sounds wonderful.

Actually, I have an idea: Two girls nipple to nipple. Doesn't really sounds like a fight, but damn if I was going to get into a argument about semantics.

spookyfish

05-20-2003 01:12 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by leagleaze
Wait a minute. What the hell is a nipple fight?

About the only kind of fight I can think of where there are no losers.

Anne Elk

05-20-2003 01:13 PM

Elevator Pet Peeve

Since I work on one of the upper floors on my elevator bank I usually end up in the back of the elevator for the 5:01 local to the lobby. My peeve is that all teh gentlemen, dont' get off right away. They step aside so that I can get off for them. Very nice and all and I appreciate the gesture, but it's a pain in the ass to negotiate my way around all the bodies and bags. Sometimes men should not be chivalrous, they should just get off the damn elevator!

paigowprincess

05-20-2003 01:23 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by spookyfish
About the only kind of fight I can think of where there are no losers.

apropos of nothing- when bored, I would sometimes try to put my nipple in to the "eye" of my bfs penis. It hurt. And not in a pinching way. Why?

NotFromHere

05-20-2003 01:23 PM

Elevator pet peeve

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
Since I work on one of the upper floors on my elevator bank I usually end up in the back of the elevator for the 5:01 local to the lobby. My peeve is that all teh gentlemen, dont' get off right away. They step aside so that I can get off for them. Very nice and all and I appreciate the gesture, but it's a pain in the ass to negotiate my way around all the bodies and bags. Sometimes men should not be chivalrous, they should just get off the damn elevator!

Geez - you should work here. If a partner from "that other law firm in the building" is getting on or off the elevator - they always go first - no matter who is waiting. It's quite rude. But yeah, in a crowded elevator - the hell with etiquette - if I'm going home just get off the elevator already. And you get to go home at 5:01? Can I work there?:cool:

leagleaze

05-20-2003 01:26 PM

Bizarre etiquette rules poll

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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
I have no idea but it sounds wonderful.

Actually, I have an idea: Two girls nipple to nipple. Doesn't really sounds like a fight, but damn if I was going to get into a argument about semantics.

Ok, that definitely isn't an argument. That is either (a) foreplay or (b) sex.

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