The list for August 22, 1996
The Top 15 Things Overheard at NFL Training Camps
- “How the HELL do they expect me to support my wife AND my girlfriend on just $5 million a year?!”
- “Be honest. Don’t these pants make my butt look HUGE?”
- “Does this look infected to you?”
- “Has anyone here ever SEEN a football?” (Giants and Jets camps only)
- “Hey, I said XXXXL! Do I *LOOK* like I wear a XXXXXL?!?”
- “Look, kid… no $100, no autograph. Now get lost, ya little twerp!”
- “Listen, rookie, there’s a big difference between a sportsman-like pat on the ass and copping a feel!”
- “Idiot! Wilhelm Tiselius was Europe’s foremost biochemist! What the hell’d YOU do in college?”
- “Has anyone seen my spleen?”
- “That’s chump change! *My* contract caused a $5.00 jump in ticket prices.”
- “Fellas, be reasonable. Everybody can’t room with Irvin.”
- “Quick! Pull my finger!”
- “No, no, no. It’s RIGHT hand out palm down, THEN left hand out palm down…”
- “Hey Rookie, go run an Irvin and meet us back at the hotel.”
And the Number 1 Thing Overheard at NFL Training Camps…
- “Dammit! I just finished paying for that knee!”
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CREDITS
Selected from 130 submissions by 38 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Joel Auslander, Seattle, WA — 1
- Ed Brooksbank, Sacramento, CA — 2
- Marc Cukier, Toronto, Canada — 3
- Chris McKenna, Malibu, CA — 3
- David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 3
- Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA — 3
- Lisa Stepaniak, Dearborn, MI — 4
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 5, 14
- Joel McClure, Sterling Heights, MI — 6
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 7
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 8
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 9
- Greg Pettit, Houston, TX — 9
- Jennifer Hart, Arlington, VA — 10
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — 11, 14
- Gayle Ehrenman, New York, NY — 12
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 13
- Randy Wohl, Ma’ale Adumim, Israel — 15
- Jennifer O. Gall, Los Angeles, CA — 15
- Jesse Guidry, New Orleans, LA — Topic
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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