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DOG NEARLY LICKS AWAY SMALL FORTUNE (LEW ALCINDOR AUTOGRAPH)
Fox News ^ | 1 March 2004 | Paul Wagenseil

Posted on 03/01/2004 7:57:17 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Edited on 04/22/2004 12:39:05 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Twelve-year-old Sophie Flores thought her dog would love the Sears rubber basketball she bought at a yard sale near her Pollock Pines, Calif., home. When Sophie and her mom got back home, the dog was drooling to get his mouth all over the ball, reports the Sacramento Bee. Then her dad noticed something. "There was writing on it," John Flores told the newspaper. "I told Sophie, 'Wait a minute. Let me see that.'"


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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autograph; dog; lewalcindor; lick
Oh wow. What good fortune.
1 posted on 03/01/2004 7:57:18 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I thought Kareem was just the guy who played the pilot in "Airplane," you mean he really played basketball?
2 posted on 03/01/2004 7:59:18 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Wow, Airplane, a mess of Bruce Lee martial arts movies AND basketball?
3 posted on 03/01/2004 8:03:45 AM PST by Hodar (With Rights, comes Responsibilities. Don't assume one, without assuming the other.)
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To: Hodar
"Wait a minute! I know you, You're Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. You play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers."

"Sorry kid, you must have me confused with someone else."

"I think you're the greatest, but my dad says you don't work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don't even run down court. And that you don't really try ... except during the playoffs."

"The hell I don't! LISTEN, KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!"
4 posted on 03/01/2004 8:09:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I bet the dog is a pit bull! :-)
5 posted on 03/01/2004 8:12:49 AM PST by codyjacksmom
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To: dfwgator
"I have some news from The Pentagon."

"The Pentagon, What is it?"

"It's a big building with officers in it. But that doesn't matter."
6 posted on 03/01/2004 8:13:02 AM PST by Only1choice____Freedom (The word system implies they have done something the same way at least twice)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

7 posted on 03/01/2004 8:17:49 AM PST by SquirrelKing
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I heard that Jabbar was going to open a donut shop with boxer, Sugar Ray Leonard, and NY Islanders hall of Famer, Paul Cofee.

It was going to be called "Cofee with Kareem & Sugar"....ba-dump bump!
8 posted on 03/01/2004 8:23:28 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (American by birth, Proud by choice.)
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To: HEY4QDEMS
Now THAT'S bad. ;)
9 posted on 03/01/2004 8:33:56 AM PST by 4mycountry (Robots vs liberals: Let's face it. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.)
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
LOL! Classic running joke!
10 posted on 03/01/2004 8:36:06 AM PST by YankeeGirl
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To: HEY4QDEMS
Funny. Really funny...
11 posted on 03/01/2004 8:38:50 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A huge percentage of sports autographs are fake. The guy had this one "authenticated" -- but what does that really mean? The dog story could be clever marketing.

Or I could be hopelessly cynical.

12 posted on 03/01/2004 8:40:43 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
"The dog story could be clever marketing.
Or I could be hopelessly cynical."

Or both!

13 posted on 03/01/2004 8:45:12 AM PST by Redbob
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To: dfwgator
I thought Kareem was just the guy who played the pilot in "Airplane," you mean he really played basketball?

'Shirly you can't be series'
14 posted on 03/01/2004 8:47:49 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (American by birth, Proud by choice.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I smell a lawsuit from whoever was putting on the garage sale. I seem to recall somebody selling some Titanic boading passes a few years ago for a fraction of what the buyer re-sold them for and then suing to get a share of the profits.
15 posted on 03/01/2004 10:42:23 AM PST by beelzepug
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