Cloudy wrote:
I had to return to this thread, because I couldn't go to the grave without defending my fraternity from those, who besmirched it.
Phi Delta Theta was founded in 1848, one of the Miami of Ohio Triad that included Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi. Some of the fraternity brothers did pretty well for themselves. This would include Neil Armstrong, Lou Gerhig, Grantland Rice, Dabney Coleman, Bill Bixby, Ron Cey, Weeb Ewbank, Adlai Stevenson (Sr.), Frank Lloyd Wright, Bert Reynolds, Tim Conway, Roger Ebert, President Benjamin Harrison, and a quite a few more:
235,000+ Phis have been initiated since 1848
1100+ Phis have lost their lives in defense of their country * (Steve Riggs, a tremendous hockey player, who was a fraternity bother of mine at Colgate, is on that list.)
400+ Phis have played Professional Football (200+ in the NFL)
111 Phis have been U.S. Congressmen *
34 Phis have been Governors (31 State and 3 Territory) * 1
31 Phis have combined to win 53 Olympic Medals (26 Gold, 14 Silver, 13 Bronze)
31 Phis have been United States Senators 2
16 Phis have Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame *
10 Phis have combined to win the Emmy Award 23 Times 3
9 Phis have won the Pulitzer Prize *
8 Phis have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor 4
6 Phis are in the Baseball Hall of Fame * 5
6 Phis are enshrined in the National Football Hall of Fame
5 Phis have won the Golden Globe
5 Phis have been honored with United States Postage Stamps
5 Phis have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
4 Phis have won the George Foster Peabody Award
4 Phis have won the Academy Award
3 Phis have served on the US Supreme Court
3 Phis have been NASA astronauts
3 Phis have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame
3 Phis have won the Heisman Trophy
3 Phis have won the Tony Award
2 Phis have won the Grammy Award
2 Phis have been Canadian Premiers (equivalent of a US State Governor)
2 Phis been recognized with imprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood *
1 Phi has been a United States President
1 Phi has been awarded the Nobel Prize
1 Phi has been awarded the Victoria Cross
So where is Cloudy on these lists...? Sorry guys, I didn't make any of them, because they didn't include, "World's best beer drinkers", as a category.
Phi Delta Theta was founded in 1848, one of the Miami of Ohio Triad that included Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi. Some of the fraternity brothers did pretty well for themselves. This would include Neil Armstrong, Lou Gerhig, Grantland Rice, Dabney Coleman, Bill Bixby, Ron Cey, Weeb Ewbank, Adlai Stevenson (Sr.), Frank Lloyd Wright, Bert Reynolds, Tim Conway, Roger Ebert, President Benjamin Harrison, and a quite a few more:
235,000+ Phis have been initiated since 1848
1100+ Phis have lost their lives in defense of their country * (Steve Riggs, a tremendous hockey player, who was a fraternity bother of mine at Colgate, is on that list.)
400+ Phis have played Professional Football (200+ in the NFL)
111 Phis have been U.S. Congressmen *
34 Phis have been Governors (31 State and 3 Territory) * 1
31 Phis have combined to win 53 Olympic Medals (26 Gold, 14 Silver, 13 Bronze)
31 Phis have been United States Senators 2
16 Phis have Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame *
10 Phis have combined to win the Emmy Award 23 Times 3
9 Phis have won the Pulitzer Prize *
8 Phis have been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor 4
6 Phis are in the Baseball Hall of Fame * 5
6 Phis are enshrined in the National Football Hall of Fame
5 Phis have won the Golden Globe
5 Phis have been honored with United States Postage Stamps
5 Phis have been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
4 Phis have won the George Foster Peabody Award
4 Phis have won the Academy Award
3 Phis have served on the US Supreme Court
3 Phis have been NASA astronauts
3 Phis have been enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame
3 Phis have won the Heisman Trophy
3 Phis have won the Tony Award
2 Phis have won the Grammy Award
2 Phis have been Canadian Premiers (equivalent of a US State Governor)
2 Phis been recognized with imprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood *
1 Phi has been a United States President
1 Phi has been awarded the Nobel Prize
1 Phi has been awarded the Victoria Cross
So where is Cloudy on these lists...? Sorry guys, I didn't make any of them, because they didn't include, "World's best beer drinkers", as a category.
And, of course, 1 Phi continuously & without shame fails to follow the rules of multitudinous threads here on Scaratings.
One guess as to who that might be.
