Beerman thinks I'm a fool
by stujo4 on Jan 17, 2010 11:13 PM CST
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You may recall that I have a certain... awkwardness, shall we say, in social situations with celebrities. I am starstruck. I've insulted many people, mostly inadvertantly and unintentionally due to my need to say SOMETHING to them, usually the wrong thing. Several instances with local celebrities, but my worst may have been with former Colt and Seahawk tight end Mark Bell (twin brother of Chiefs DE Mike Bell) where, after a minute or so of polite chatter and my mentioning (name dropping) a mutual friend, a lull in the conversation occurred and I blurted out "So, have you spent all of that NFL money?" He looked at me as if I had just farted and said "No, not all of it. Excuse me." and turned away. Which was very polite for a pretty good sized former football player.
So I knew I was going to see Billy Miller pregame on Saturday and I knew I was going to have to say SOMETHING to him, so I prepared a question, asking about his health and if he expected to play next year. As a backup question, I was going to ask about health and current status of his former teammate Mark Campbell. Didn't need it, Billy was very gracious and I thanked him and moved along. Unexpectedly, right on to former Saint WR and current Saint organization guy Michael "Beerman" Lewis, who is, surprisingly, about 5' 7" in dress heels. Not kidding. I thought he was bigger than that. But I didn't say that. I said "Got time for one more?" as he was trying to get out of there after signing a couple of autographs. He was also gracious and began signing my ticket stub without a word. Unfortunately, there was the dreaded lull. Just wait patiently and quietly until he finishes and then say thank you? Oh no. I say "Uhhh... I can't remember your uniform number.... Eighty ssss......" Perhaps you think that doesn't seem so bad, but you should have seen his face. He frowned and shook his head as if to say, "Boy's a fool." Then he handed me the stub. Suzjo4 does not have a steady hand with the camera, but her timing is pretty good. She snapped it right when I said "Oh YEAH!! 84!!!!" and Beerman gave me a big smile, like "Boy's a fool but he IS a Saints fan!" I thanked him and left with my prize. Good thing it ended there, or it could have been "So what are you, about 5 -6 or something?" or "That's a BAD suit, Beerman." No, it was a good day.
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You should have said “NOW I remember … you switched to #84, right after you let Reggie have #25.” And he would’ve been like “Uh no, that was Fred McAfee”. You could have followed that up with “Oh yeah! Did Fred work for Budweiser, too?” Or better yet, “Did you and Joe Horn not attend college together?”
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Reminds me of the old Stuttering John interviews on Stern. You should start a thread beforehand next time. We’ll hook you up with some good material.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Stuttering John Melendez
has lost his stutter.
You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.
Oh yeah? Somebody told me he writes for Leno now. I haven’t seen or heard him in quite some time.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
He was with Jay
maybe still, big NBC shake-up going down now, but somebody was working with him
You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.
Shutup!!!
Seriously?
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by Dave Cariello on Jan 17, 2010 11:57 PM CST up reply actions
At least u were there, don't lose any sleep
try a mono-pod for your Digital-shots, err when the wife shoots ’em
You think you know, and you don't know, and you never, ever will.-Jim Mora Sr.
Another great question for a football player, "So, do you work out?" LOL
At least you got this far. Congrats!
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Jan 18, 2010 1:16 AM CST reply actions
HA ha ha
That reminds me of a story I was at my nephew’s wedding a couple of years ago in chicago and there were a couple of ex bears there Doug Buffone and Gary Fencick
and at the reception I got to talking with Doug buffone
While after we talked awhile and i went back to my table I told my wife to get the camera I wanted to get a pic with him and she told me to just let it go while I still have some dignity
by mississippisaintsfan on Jan 18, 2010 5:28 AM CST reply actions
Back in Oct. I was visiting New Orleans.
We went to the aquarium. We went to this Mexican restaurant across the street. We saw the actor who played the doctor on the USA show Royal Pain. My wife thought he was cute and wanted to say something to him. I told her leave the man in peace. Later she asked me if he thought we knew who he was and I said “Yes he knew, we were staring awkardly at him the whole time.”
Many years ago
I was huddled under an awning on Canal Street on a cold, blustery, miserable rainy night, waiting for the light to change so I could cross the street on my way to catching the streetcar uptown. And this limousine pulls up to the corner. I look inside and there’s this black guy looking all dry and comfortable and very satisfied with himself as he puts a cigar in his mouth and lights up. Bill Cosby. I thought to myself, This means something…but I could never figure out quite what.
Didn’t get to ask him anything, though. If I had, it would have been “You headed uptown?”
BURN THE BLACK PANTS!!!
HA! I love that movie!
It’s amazing to me that more people aren’t familiar with it. Very funny. By the way, great post!
"I said this early on that this was a good football team, they just maybe had to have a stick put in certain parts of their body to play a little harder in certain places to where we’re able to take interceptions and score touchdowns."--Gregg Williams
by David "Satch" Kelly on Jan 18, 2010 9:49 AM CST up reply actions
Have you spent all that NFL money!!!
Damn Bro. that is seriously funny. Please tell me your making that sh*t up. Just to give us a good laugh! Nah. Now way you can make up something like that. Thanks for sharing. LMN’sO Geaux Saints !!!
by saints-fan-in-miss on Jan 18, 2010 11:50 AM CST reply actions
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