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Young Brandon Jacobs fan gets his $3.36 back, plus bounce house time with his hero
Yahoo ^ | 6/21/12 | MJD | Shutdown Corner

Posted on 06/21/2012 12:42:39 PM PDT by Nachum

Remember the adorable little New York Giants fan named Joe who sent the contents of his piggy bank to Brandon Jacobs because "money" was the reason that Jacobs had to leave the Giants? The young fellow got his money back this week, hand-delivered by Jacobs, along with a signed Giants helmet and a bouncy, memorable afternoon with his favorite football player.

Jacobs told Matt Barrow of the Sacramento Bee that he and his son took Joe and his brother out to a bounce house for the afternoon and had a blast.

"It was just us in the whole place and we were just going room to room - just bouncing and flipping all over the place, hitting each other with balls, sweating, our shirts filthy. We were just dirty, stinky boys, you know?"

Added Joe's mom, Julie:

"He told me he really wanted to get out there with the kids. [...] He really wanted to enjoy it, and he did. It was amazing."

I love a story that ends with warm fuzzies all around. It was a sweet act by the child to send Jacobs his piggy bank money, and it was sweet of Jacobs to make sure the little guy knew that the gesture was appreciated. Jacobs is even pulling inspiration from the whole thing to get him motivated for the season.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brandon; fan; jacobs; young
Bounce time. Too cute :)
1 posted on 06/21/2012 12:42:42 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

It’s nice to see a happy story involving an athlete.


2 posted on 06/21/2012 12:45:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Yes (almost afraid to ask but what praytell is a “bounce house?”)


3 posted on 06/21/2012 12:48:43 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: faithhopecharity

They are big indoor spaces filled with all different styles & sizes of those air-bounce things...
They’re a blast.
Would have loved to have had them when I was a kid!


4 posted on 06/21/2012 12:53:17 PM PDT by spankalib (The Marx-in-the-Parks crowd is a basement skunkworks operation of the AFL-CIO)
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To: faithhopecharity

A bounce house is a warehouse sized building with several bouncy castle type attractions, like you see at a carnival. You pay $6 or $7 per kid and stay as long as you want. There are like 5 in my area, and my kids have been to all of them. It’s like going to the park, without the blazing heat of the sun, and no bugs. The kids go nuts in that place.


5 posted on 06/21/2012 12:55:40 PM PDT by christx30 (Freedom above all.)
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To: faithhopecharity
They are rubberized and pressurized air bladders that look like castles or other stuff and cost a boat-load of cash to rent for birthday parties... But dad does it.

Kids love 'em.

Dads are less enthusiastic about them. But, then again... I wasn't very happy about paying for 2 weddings, either.

/johnny

6 posted on 06/21/2012 12:59:02 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: christx30
You pay $6 or $7 per kid and stay as long as you want.

I remember the days when we went to the range and the adults paid a few bucks for the day, and kids shot for free.

How times have changed. ;)

THAT was entertainment.

/johnny

7 posted on 06/21/2012 1:02:54 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Nachum
just bouncing and flipping all over the place, hitting each other with balls, sweating,

It's nice to see that posted in a story that isn't about Sandusky.

8 posted on 06/21/2012 1:03:35 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: EEGator

Here’s a good one. Justin Verlander surprises 11 Shayna Hersh who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Apparently her mother died recently as well.

http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-05-02/sports/31532985_1_cystic-fibrosis-sweet-surprise-mlb-fan-cave

From what I’ve read locally he goes the whole mile and visits Shayna and her dad fairly regular and they have an open invitation to sit in Verlander’s reserved seats at Comerica park.


9 posted on 06/21/2012 1:08:52 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: spankalib

A profit-making version of a rubber room, eh? Sounds great! (Maybe we can put a collection together to send BHusseinO and NancyP?)


10 posted on 06/21/2012 1:10:17 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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11 posted on 06/21/2012 1:21:32 PM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Doogle

Thanks. Can grownups go to a bounce house? (I think I’m almost ready...)


12 posted on 06/21/2012 1:27:21 PM PDT by faithhopecharity
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To: faithhopecharity

WARNING: Kids bouncing after meals or milkshakes.....wear goggles.


13 posted on 06/21/2012 1:30:42 PM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: cripplecreek

That is a cool one. Thanks for the link.


14 posted on 06/21/2012 1:44:13 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

I believe that was the same weekend Delmon Young was getting himself arrested for a drunken fight.


15 posted on 06/21/2012 2:11:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: JRandomFreeper
I remember the days when we went to the range and the adults paid a few bucks for the day, and kids shot for free.

That's much more fun with a bounce house. :-)

16 posted on 06/21/2012 2:18:17 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Congrats to Ted Kennedy! He's been sober for two years now!!)
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To: cripplecreek

You need to balance the stories out. :)


17 posted on 06/21/2012 2:18:53 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: VeniVidiVici
You are just broken, broken, wrong... ;)

But yeah.. I can see your point.

/johnny

18 posted on 06/21/2012 2:35:47 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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