Beat: Mr. Larry Bird

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Brag: still rich obv
variance: Wife cheating on him obv forcing him to spend said cash on the hooks and bloooowah

same could be said for Mr. Cal Ripken.

[Wheelzie]

who?

[dsalt]

I don't know.

[Smell The Glove]

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I'm in Vegas for a male bonding trip with my dad. It's 2 AM so my dad is asleep, and I'm out roaming the Strip casinos drinking and gambooling. I'm at the Mandalay Bay looking for a craps table, and there's one $10 table that has one tiny spot open, all the way on the edge next to the dealer.

I squeeze into the spot and put down a $10 pass bet. The dice are at the opposite end of the table with this group of 4 or 5 thirty-something investment-banking types wearing ugly $200 shirts that don't fit them.

Everyone at the table is betting the pass line, except for one guy, who's at my end of the table. And he is stylish. He's got on a mink coat, mink hat, mink cane, gold fronts, and he's about 5 foot 3. And he's betting all the chips he has in front of him, about $1000, on don't pass.

And he's talkin' [censored], calling out for the shooter to throw a seven. SEVEN! I know you gonna roll a SEVEN. He goes on.... three and a four... a three and a four.... CHARLES BARKLEY THIRTY-FOUR, CHARLES BARKLEY THIRTY-FOUR.

Shooting rolls a seven and our friend doubles up. Dice goes to the next i-banker, who's at the end of the table (which means that I'll be getting the dice next). Everyone bets pass except for our friend, who bets his $2K on don't pass. Shooter rolls and the point is six.

Our friend in the mink coat goes back to talkin' [censored]. You gonna roll a seven I can feel it. THIRTY-FOUR CHARLES BARKLEY. The shooter's roll goes on forever, not rolling a six or a seven...

Shooter takes the dice and mink coat is calling it out THIRTY-FOUR CHARLES BARKLEY THIRTY-FOUR CHARLES BARKLEY. Just as the shooter is about to let go of the dice, I open my mouth for the first time and call out...

THIRTY-THREE LARRY BIRD

Shooter rolls a hard six. Send the mobneys.


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[doubLe a tom]

Larry Legend is the man.

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Larry Legend was the man;is now borderline obese.

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[doubLe a tom]

A couple months ago NBAonDemand had a Larry Bird special, with his top 25 plays. He was unbelievable and I refuse to speak down upon him merely because he is aging.

[selurah]

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Larry Legend is the man.

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Agreed. My favorite player of all time by far.

[skunkworks]

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A couple months ago NBAonDemand had a Larry Bird special, with his top 25 plays. He was unbelievable and I refuse to speak down upon him merely because he is aging.

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Does your living in the vicinity of Boston have anything to do with this as well, perhaps? (imo?)

[doubLe a tom]

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A couple months ago NBAonDemand had a Larry Bird special, with his top 25 plays. He was unbelievable and I refuse to speak down upon him merely because he is aging.

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Does your living in the vicinity of Boston have anything to do with this as well, perhaps? (imo?)

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well, maybe a little, but not that much. im pretty sure any basketball fan would acknowledge the fact that bird was one of the top 5 (top 3 imo, jordan and magic are the others) players of all time. and the thing about him was that he did it without the supreme athleticism that almost all other basketball superstars have.