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    My Dad's friend, Charles Barkley

    My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
    https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/...harles-barkley

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    I hadn't pictured you as an Asian woman.
    In with the 9.

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    God dammit Benny. I don't like to cry at work. That one got to me a little misty.

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    + 1. Good read for the afternoon break if you have an office with a door.
    Quote Originally Posted by GiBo View Post
    God dammit Benny. I don't like to cry at work. That one got to me a little misty.

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    Fuck i was like ain't no way that shit can reach me, I'll read it just to prove it.

    I was wrong.

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    It's like Seth Myers says, this is just the story we need now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by berko View Post
    I hadn't pictured you as an Asian woman.
    It all kind of makes sense now.
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    And there will come a day when our ancestors look back...........

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    Read that over the weekend. Sweet and honest tale of goodness in the world

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    wow, it's nice to read about people being warm to each other

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    My wife and daughter were staying in a hotel like 4 doors down from the CBS studios during the NCAA's in 2017, they ate dinner in the bar. Charles would come running in and pound a drink during commercial breaks, watching the TV to see when he needed to be back.

    People were cheering as he bolted out the door to get back and the whole place would go nuts when he was shown on camera like 90 seconds after he left the bar.
    Last edited by iceman; 12-18-2018 at 05:44 PM.

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    God damn it! I didn't think he'd die in the end.

    Ice, that is hilarious. I would be buying him drinks.

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    My favorite Charles Barkley story: after getting an intentional foul called against him for an elbow to the chest of a skinny Angolan player in the first dream team Olympics, Barkley was unapologetic, saying that basketball is a tough game and if the Angolan wasn't tough enough he shouldn't have been out there. Said Bob Costas: "And Charles has obviously been overcome by the Olympic spirit."

    The OP certainly shows a different side of him.
    Last edited by old goat; 12-18-2018 at 08:19 PM.

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    Chuck banged a girl I knew in the pooper.

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    I bet that left a mark.

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    Quote Originally Posted by berko View Post
    I hadn't pictured you as an Asian woman.
    Benny thought the guy's name was Long Wang.
    Daniel Ortega eats here.

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    nice story. i agree charles appears honest to a fault and that is reliable whether one agrees or not.

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    Quote Originally Posted by berko View Post
    I hadn't pictured you as an Asian woman.
    Definitely a JAP though.




    I’ve always liked Sir Charles, probably more now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Reverend Floater View Post
    Chuck banged a girl I knew in the pooper.
    Are they still friends to the, ahem, end?

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    My wife and daughter were staying in a hotel like 4 doors down from the CBS studios during the NCAA's in 2017, they ate dinner in the bar. Charles would come running in and pound a drink during commercial breaks, watching the TV to see when he needed to be back.

    People were cheering as he bolted out the door to get back and the whole place would go nuts when he was shown on camera like 90 seconds after he left the bar.
    When I was a kid, we lived in a ritzy area of North County San Diego for a few years in the early 90s. I had a friend down the street whose folks were serious art dealers. They had an in at the NBA all star game and my buddy went and met the big shots at maybe 10 years old. He said that Sir Charles was the NBA superstar who would go out of his way to chat up the little kids, sign autographs, and generally be great. Jordan was an asshole.

    I've never forgotten that. CB's schtick might get a little old sometimes as a commentator, but he's a pretty decent human being in addition to knowing hoops. That's somewhat rare in a jock of his stature.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Are they still friends to the, ahem, end?
    this is cracking me up
    skid luxury

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    Wow, it's seems like he's kind of a role model

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    Quote Originally Posted by iceman View Post
    I bet that left a mark.
    Probably how he found out.

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    LOL. Only on TGR can a sweet story go poopenhousen by post #14!

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    I'm imagining the TGR version of this when one day Harry's kids find out he skied with Benny.
    "timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang

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    I wanted to see him fuck the ball father up.
    "Can't you see..."

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