Maybe I’m a little late on this issue, but what’s the deal with all this Greek hazing stuff?
I mean, I think schwaerma stinks too, but I still eat it.
Humus-you can’t beat it … or maybe you can; with a cane.
Seriously, is hazing really that bad?
It’s just part of growing up.
Were would I be without the three hours I spent naked in a meat locker, bathing in a plastic, Fisher Price swimming pool filled with ice water?
Maybe I would still have feeling in my lower extremities, but it was a small price to pay for the life lesson I learned.
What was that life lesson?
Being cold sucks, and I’m better off for knowing it.
Have you ever seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding?
Great movie; I think John Corbet is just dreamy.
Any-who, I just don’t get the separation of Greek and non-Greek.
Who cares? One pays thousands of dollars to eat, drink and dance, and have t-shirts to prove it, while others spend thousands of dollars to eat, drink and dance only they don’t have the t-shirts.
Is it really that big of a deal? I think not.
So tonight I will attend my first Greek event, the acclaimed semi-formal.
I even bought a new suit for it; well, new to me.
I got a date, not sure how, but I got one.
I got reservations at a nice restaurant, and I might even take a bath-maybe.
But really what I can’t wait to do is beat the ever living crap out of some gyros.
Oh yeah, that’s right. Welcome to hell pledge.
You wanna be on my menu pledge? You gotta work for it.
What you laughin’ at falafel; you’re next.
Hold the wall Mr. Pita. Bows and toes! Bows and toes!
Oh, musaka you’re late.
Where’s your side of rice?
You don’t have it? You don’t have it!
Not unless you are showering should you be without your side of rice!
This is the worst damn pledge menu ever!
On your face feta …now!
I should black ball you humus, you have a bad after taste, and you suck as a lubricant!
Maybe you’re just not cut out to be Greek food.
Why don’t you go be a normal po-boy or something.
Sorry, I get a little excited when I think about hazing Greek cuisine.
It’s what I live for.
No, but really why does it have to be a Greek vs. Non-Greek thing.
Cause when it comes down to it we all put our pants on one leg at a time, unless you’re Andy Rooney, but that’s another story all together.
Off the Cuff
November 14, 2003