Where is a frat going to get $4.2m?

When is he going to come back to life? Maybe when this frat is given their official papers again as an official organization in the university system?

Will he be back then?

Where is a frat going to get $4.2m?

They'll haff to throw quite a few fund raising keggers in order to pony up that kinda dough.

Where did all this happen?

Texas again?

Uh-huh.

Not saying anything with that

Just saying.

Be Well.

Texas again?

Uh-huh.

Not saying anything with that

Well you should. Everyone knows that Texas is the only state in the country whose colleges' fraternities have drinking parties. It probably doesn't happen anywhere else in the world, either.

BTW, spud, you did notice it was a UT, frat, didn't you? You know, the most liberal college in Texas, in the People's Republic of Austin?

Not saying anything with that. *grin*

I think the guy's name Phoummarath is pronounced 'foam mouth' in his native tongue and he really died of rabies.

BTW, spud, you did notice it was a UT, frat, didn't you? You know, the most liberal college in Texas, in the People's Republic of Austin?

Austin? That Ryhmes with Boston don't it?

Damn, this might as well have happened in San Fransicko, eh?

*Grin*

Just saying that in terms of headlines hereabouts all of the states seem to vie fer the title of "weirdest Place EVAR" but at the end of the day Florida and Texas seem to be battling fer first while long time Champion Californicatia idles in a distant third.

Spud just put the word "Austin" and "Drink" into the ole google and discovered that Austin is also the site of the KOSby KidZ's latest schmooz-a-thon aka YearlyKos.

You can tell they haven't all sold out cos it's a cash bar!

a scholarship in Phoummarath's memory

How do they decide who gets the prize?

First person to learn how to memorise the spelling of "Phoummarath" wins?

Drinking contest?

Oh right.

Prolly not, eh?

Be Well.

Spud just put the word "Austin" and "Drink" into the ole google...

I'm sure 6th street came up on every hit. That's a great party row. By far my favorite part of Austin, even Texas in general for partying. I never had anything but a great time on 6th stret.

6th Street.

Would you reccomend B D Rileys or Buffalo Billiards?

Spud would pick the latter based purely on the wordplay.

Also Spud is luff to shoot stick and drink beer.

Is there a decent Steak House in Austin or is it all Vegan there?

^_^

Be Well.

I'm not a billiards player, so can't comment on that.

I've never really had a bad steak there except once, so I can't really say one is better than the other. However, last year my son and I ate at a regional chain that was really bad, "Texas Land and Cattle Co." They used good cuts of meat, but I can't figure out what kind of wood they used in the grill. It was not the traditional mesquite, definitely wasn't hickory or pecan. I think it may have been oak, but not sure. Whatever it was, it was awful. They are also here in SA on the River Walk and when you walk by there you can smell that same funky wood. Don't go there.

"How do they decide who gets the prize?"

The contestants (also known as "The Unworthy Petitioners") gather in the central room of the frat house ("The Delphic Chamber"), salute the frat symbol ("The Sacred Red Dragon of Death") affixed to the wall over the fireplace ("The All-Consuming Flame"), and sit in a circle ("Ring of Illumination") on the floor. Each is given an 8 oz. ceramic cup ("Goblet of Knowledge") made in Shanghai. Stepping into the middle of the circle, the referee ("The Hell Master") holds aloft a copper pot ("The Cauldron") covered by a red bandana ("The Veil"), utters words of welcome ("The Incantation to the Four Quarters"), places the pot in the center of the circle and whips aside the bandana. The contestants dip their cups into the pot and begin to withdraw its contents ("The Brew," which consists of equal parts Everclear, Bacardi 151, and the finest made-in-Tijuana alcohol puro).

"Kambai!" the contestants shout in unison, saluting the blessed memory of Jack Phoummarath as they drain their cups.

The ritual is repeated until the pot is empty. the first contestant who can then say "Phoo, phoo, Phoummarath, poomaru, monkey face, so are you" three times in succession wins.

Goatman:
Don't EVEN go with the UT=liberal bullshit.
Should we talk then about the deaths and permanent injuries at Texas A+M, due to the drunken construction of the annual Bonfire?

The family also is working with UT officials to set up an $8,000 to $10,000 annual scholarship in Phoummarath's memory.

At least some good will come of this.

I was consistently amazed by the number of idiots that treated college like some giant mixer. Guess that is why at our reunions they have done very little with their lives.

You do have to love that all these stories of darwinism either come from Texas or Florida.

I certainly drank my fill in college at fraternity parties. One difference now is that the binge drinking has escalated. Students are more affluent and the 60's weirdos had all the loco parentis rules thrown out so that their are no supervision and no standards of behavior.

Most freshmen matriculate as babies now. Parent's haven't taught their kids anything. These babies no nothing about preparing their own food, washing their clothes, working a job, or accepting any responsibility for anything. More than half these kids are wasting their time. If they make it though and go on to grad school, they will never have to grow up.

Now hear this . . . now hear this:
FWTHOM is John McCain!
FWTHOM is John McCain!

You do have to love that all these stories of darwinism either come from Texas or Florida

726: I hate to break the news, but in the real world outside of this blog, college students from all over the country abuse alcohol, and even die from it, too. It doesn't happen just in Texas or Florida.

You really shouldn't rely on the DR for your only source of information.

BTW, this happened at the most liberal college in the most liberal city in the state. I guess if I were closed minded enough to use your logic I could say, "You do have to love that all these stories of darwinism involve liberals." But I wouldn't make such a claim based on only the things I read on a blog. I'm smarter than that.

Cheers!

There are no liberal schools or cities in Texas. Some are merely less right wingnut.

There are no liberal schools or cities in Texas

You've obviously never been to the People's Republic of Austin. It is the Portland, Oregon of the southwest.

Most of you guys wouldn't know a liberal if he bit you in the ass. Just because a town bans public lynchings doesn't make it liberal.

Binge drinking does not have a political vector. Fraternities always were apolitical also.

"It is the Portland, Oregon of the southwest."

Then there's at least some hope for Texas?

Alcohol poisoning? Christ on a stick. About as stupid as this:

They'd have to be injecting Everclear into my veins before I'd ever get to .41. I think I'd pass out or puke up the alcohol LONG before I reached .41 the normal way.

Four-plus million!!! That reminds me of a Westminster Kennel Club show winner being run over, partly, and losing some of his tail. The owner sued and collected about that much.

The guy who read that news item at 6 a.m. commented, as I almost ran into a tree: "That's a lot of money for a little piece of tail." herm

I've seen Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, Dallas, San Antone, Dalhart, Del Rio, Pecos and Fort Stockton, but somehow missed Austin, which must be the refuge for Texans with IQs over 100. herm

I've seen Amarillo, El Paso, Houston, Dallas, San Antone, Dalhart, Del Rio, Pecos and Fort Stockton, but somehow missed Austin, which must be the refuge for Texans with IQs over 100.

Is this what people with IQs over 100 do herm? They drink themselves to death? It might just be me, but that doesn't sound too smart. Are you sure you didn't mean IQs under 100?

"Is this what people with IQs over 100 do herm? They drink themselves to death?"

Despite criss-crossing the Lone Star State several times, Goat, I don't know how the Texas mind, if any, works. I do sense that if any intelligent life is left in the land of Hightower, Ivins, Richards and Ms. Jordan (three out of four dead), it resides in the People's Republic of Austin. herm