OMG I met Yao!!

This is true! Today I was getting gas at Conoco near my house and there he was! I completely froze and stuttered "Hey Yao, I I I umm... am a big fan." and I shook his hand! I asked him if I could get an autorgraph or a picture but he refused... I was kind of upset but I understand because he looked extremely tired. He drove a BMW and his seat had to be pulled back all the way to the back! I'm too stoked to speak comprehendibly now...

Did he smile when he refused to give you a picture or autograph, or was he annoyed? Btw, congrats on meeting him.. quite a rare opportunity!

Did he smile when he refused to give you a picture or autograph, or was he annoyed?

You know, if I was like Yao, and everybody in t estreet recognized me and came looking for my autograph, not giving me a single second to relax, I'd be pissed off most of the time... just imagine being Yao, all famous and too tall to go anywhere incognito...

aww shiet man, u lucky

who's Yao?

Wow, must have been a cool experience!!

He didn't smile or seem annoyed he just looked freakin' tired... I think he was coming back from practice since he was in his basketball "shorts" and a white shirt...

so how big are his hands?

I pretty much shook just a quarter of his hands lol

I swear I've seen this thread somewhere else...

lol, Dude are u serious? Did u really meet him? Wow!

haha imagine Yao trying to get through a crowd in disguise haha

"Hey! Thats Yao Ming!"
"Really? I cant see him"
"Just stand on that chair and look around your bound to see him"

Nice KevC... u met Yao... sounds liek ehs surviving in the States... Beamer and all... dude...

Did u say "yo" to him? and then he answers "Yao" like in that advert
damn... too much reading CoolMacs posts ... tht post resembled him too much

I asked him if I could get an autorgraph or a picture but he refused

He obviously liked you

No, he got frightened when looking into KevC's face ... just a joke. You're really lucky, man, to meet him one-on-one.

Hey, Im sure you didnt notice this (and i dont know if youve seen him in person before) but, did you see how huge his calfs were??? When i saw him at the Pacers-Rockets game his rookie year i sat first row and his calfs are ENOURMOUS!!!!

congrats on meeting him , and thats not surprising he didnt give you an autograph, they almost never give autographs in non-game situations.

my friend met ben gordon's friend at the mosque yesterday... they started talkin about bball and ben gordon's friend said that wen ben gordon comes around well go meet him. i never knew that i live 30 minutes from where ben gordon grew up... thats cool

bitch yea im gonna meet ben gordon

(if this actually happens ill be amazed... but still... i might meet ben gordon)

my friend met ben gordon's friend at the mosque yesterday... they started talkin about bball and ben gordon's friend said that wen ben gordon comes around well go meet him. i never knew that i live 30 minutes from where ben gordon grew up... thats cool

bitch yea im gonna meet ben gordon

(if this actually happens ill be amazed... but still... i might meet ben gordon)

thats cool, my mom teaches him pilates before every bulls home game, so ive met him a couple times. Hes a nice guy, except he plays for the Bulls.

I asked him if I could get an autorgraph or a picture but he refused

He obviously liked you

There's a joke in there, I won't dare touch it though..

Maybe if you pumped the gas for him he would have given you an autograph?

Ouch, this thread is gonna be a 4 pages long super-flame-war.

Indeed it will, thus I have split the flame bits to preserve this piece of internet genius

http://www.nbaliveforums.com/ftopic23873.php

no need, Jae. I have no intention to keep up with this discussion I'm about to go to a viewing party...

I grew up in New Orlenas and my mother worked in a bar where all the Saints use to hang out, so given the fact that there are very few famous Saints, they were gods to me Steve Stonebreaker, John Taylor and Archie Manning. I met John Taylor in my fake Green Bay Packer's helmet and shoulder pads...he was nice to a snotty nosed kid. Later I met Alexander Haig in Germany, and George Bush senior in Korea neither had have the effect on me as meeting Mr. Taylor. It could be because I was younger and therefore more impressionable, but I think Haig and Bush were less impressionable men.

just remember people, they're just normal people....chances are that you have better form on your jump shot....I noticed that when I play some crap ass NZ-level pro basketballers....they just have more athletic gifts than u (more height, atheticism, weight,e tc0....

so, remember, normal people....if I'm going for a shite in a public place, I don't want no cocksmoking mama's boy asking for an autograph, would u?!? think over that one carefully....