Story Time

[Guess Who]

Now that I think about it, I had a lot of fun bartending at that resort in Phoenix. I remember when Dr J and the sixers were there a female patron at the hotel was a big fan of them. i don't remember how or why but I scored a couple of tickets to the game and took her to the game. I'm sure I could have been rewarded by her but I was the perfect gentleman that night. She probably is telling her grand kids the story.

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

So, this was a bit over 3 years ago now. I was a sophomore in college(at Georgia Tech).

We(me and some people in my fraternity) were at the Gatech athletic fields throwing around the frisbee. We had just finished an intramural game, and lost by a sizable margin if I remember correctly(we weren't very good), and we wanted to practice a little. Although it was more fucking around than actually practicing.

Then, some dude wearing shades, a chick, and a guy with a video camera come up to us.

Mr. shades asks us, "Y'all want to be a in a rap video?"

We looked at each other and were like "**** it, why not".

So the shades dude tried to direct us a bit. He wanted us to "act natural" and just throw the frisbee around while he and this chick got real close to each other. I guess we were helping paint the background,so to speak. We also walked behind him at one point,threw up our hands, and did a "street" pose or whatever. As a group of mostly white college kids still sweaty in our intramural jerseys, this whole thing was fucking hilarious.

And like I said, it was just him, this chick, and a dude with the camera. Nothing else.Filming maybe took like 30 minutes. Afterwards, he was like "Y'all gon' be on worldstar!".

Turns out the shades dude was OG Maco, a rapper from Atlanta who got big after making a song while drunk called "***** u guessed it"(it was a relatively big song around 2014). He was making a video for a song called "Love in the City"(about Atlanta obviously), which I guess needed Georgia Tech kids throwing a frisbee on the campus athletic fields. He also did some filming at the Varsity(which is an Atlanta staple, and also sucks).

Video is below, because I figured y'all would ask. Not a fan of the song.

[video=youtube;KVsFOy5o-Wk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVsFOy5o-Wk[/video]

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Oh yeah, I had Jerry Taft in my car for an uber ride one time a few summers ago. Nice guy. This was before tipping and he handed me a $5. It was like a ten minute ride.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Now that I keep thinking about it, I've had odd run-ins with a lot of national and local celebs. My dad and I shared a cab with Sutcliffe in the 80s. I freaked out one of the weather girls. She was on Fox a few years ago, can't remember her name.

 

[Tater]

Many years ago, our band used to play at Wrigley Field before Cubs games (after batting practice). Got to meet a bunch of players like Sandburg and Andre Dawson, and got to meet and go in the booth with Harry Caray. We also played at Arlington Park between races and played at a Luv-a-Bulls private party. Good times...

 

[AussieBear]

speaking of nba players..

i got in an argument wiff chauncey billups in the magic player tunnel before he was guud.....i had sum of dat corporate near all access privileges....... he wasnt dressed.. be hurt.. still in a suit.. we got into it....i basically called him a bum.. a chump..you aint shit, ye lazy non practicing, no heart, fake injury modafucka..that he needed to man up.. grow a sack...etc etc...... he went on to win championships in detroit.. i wasnt wrong about him... its just the aussie motivation worked... im glad he be took me advice

 

[AussieBear]

Many years ago, our band used to play at Wrigley Field before Cubs games (after batting practice). Got to meet a bunch of players like Sandburg and Andre Dawson, and got to meet and go in the booth with Harry Caray. We also played at Arlington Park between races and played at a Luv-a-Bulls private party. Good times...

link to yo band.. youtubes?

 

[dennehy]

When I was a kid we used to go visit my mom's college friend and her family in Platteville, WI. Turns out her husband was coach of the UW-Platteville football team. And also turns out that's where the Bears held their training camp at the time (around 1983 or 4). I got to meet about 20 players, including Walter, and got a signed ball. On the way back to their house we were passed in by a jeep going about 100 on a two lane country road. As the jeep passed it slowed next to us for a moment and there was Jim McMahon and some other player I didn't know. McMahon made a goofy face at us and drove away.

 

[remydat]

Not really a crazy story but I tutored Julius Peppers in college and no I didn't do his work for him. Dude was pretty chill and humble. I also had to help keep an eye on him as he was always sneaking into the gym and playing pick-up basketball just dunking all over people. Football coaches didn't want him getting injured playing basketball so the gym staff and the tutors always knew to inform them if they saw him in the gym. Dude used to try and wear hoodies and shit to try and hide but it was pretty obvious, lol. Eventually he was like **** it and joined the basketball team which was always his first love. We stayed in touch briefly after he went to the NFL as he was with the Panthers but lost touch after I graduated and went to Boston for work. Not that we were every tight but used to hang out on occasion.

 

[Tater]

link to yo band.. youtubes?

It was over 20 years ago, I don't even have many pictures.

 

[KoreanBear]

I have an NBA story, too.
So about 10 years ago my church hosted a basketball tournament and other local churches signed up and stuff. This is in the north suburbs so mainly white folks and some Koreans as my church is a Korean church. Then one team from the south side signed up (all black ppl) and all the other teams were scared to be matched up against them as they were dunking all over the place during warmups. To cut the story short, they made it to the finals and then for the championship game brought an extra player who was like 6'7" but moved like a cat. I forget his name, but he said he used to play for the Supersonics. He wasn't a starter though. They won the tournament, took the winnings, and showed up the following year for a repeat....

 

[KoreanBear]

One Urlacher story.
I heard this from a friend, but here goes.
So there's a Japanese restaurant in Highland Park that has a plastic football displayed with a signature that's all sun faded and barely visible. So my friend asked the owner what that was? It turns out Urlacher was a regular there, but the owner didn't know who he was, but was always sort of intrigued that other guests would come up to him saying hi and stuff. So one day the owner asked Urlacher, who he was, and was told that he was a Bear. The owner then ran out to the nearby whatever store and bought a plastic toy football and a sharpie for Urlacher to sign. The sharpie was so new that the tip was still too hard and the signature was really thin and now sun faded...

 

[ruprecht]

Should have called this celebrity story time

 

[KoreanBear]

I was at the library about three weeks ago just when this corona shit started to take off. Was browsing around and all of a sudden got the shits. Got over to the men's room and started lining the seat with tp when i tripped the sensor and the thing started flushing. I backed off for a sec then went back to lining the seat while it was still flushing. Then the fucking water pressure just went hulk on me and it started splashing all over the place and it got on my face, my lips, my hair, everywhere ... Went home showered and laid in bed thinking for sure i'd catch something... But hey, I'm a okay!!

 

[1COBearsfan]

**** you

-happily ever after

 

[Omeletpants]

Taco was helping me do some yard work on the expansive Omelet Estate (if you call $7.50/hr helping). There is a planting bed with a huge rock formation at the far end of the property. While eradicating some weeds a swarm of bees rose up from the ground like a Phoenix from the ashes. They were all over him and he began to furiously swing his arms. In his panic, he tripped over one of those huge boulders and fell flat on his face. The bees were merciless as they stung him repeatedly. Once he gained his composure, Taco plotted his revenge. He filled a soda bottle full of gasoline and waited till dark when the bees returned to their underground home. He poured the gas into that opening and stuck the bottle in to stop their escape. The next morning they were dead, all dead and he laughed manically. Unfortunately, I never saw Taco again.