OMG I met Yao!!

by **kevC** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:43 am

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...

by **cyanide** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:13 am

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!

by **AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:36 am

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...

by **BOSS** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:54 am

aww shiet man, u lucky

by **The X** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:33 pm

who's Yao? :wink:

by **Jona** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:40 pm

Wow, must have been a cool experience!!

by **kevC** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:30 pm

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...

by **idiot** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:11 pm

so how big are his hands?

by **kevC** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:17 pm

I pretty much shook just a quarter of his hands lol

by **J@3** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:22 pm

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

by **T-Comm55** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:16 pm

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

by **Mazzocchi** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 3:27 pm

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"
:lol:

by **Fresh8** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 4:29 pm

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

by **MaD_hAND1e** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:55 pm

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

by **J@3** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:10 pm

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

He obviously liked you (Y)

by **8-Hype** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:18 pm

No, he got frightened when looking into KevC's face :lol:

... just a joke. You're really lucky, man, to meet him one-on-one. :wink:

by **Indy** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:56 pm

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 (Y)

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

by **ShivaSquad** on Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:49 pm

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) :shock:

by **Indy** on Sun May 01, 2005 1:59 am

ShivaSquad wrote: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.

YouTube · by **shadowgrin** on Sun May 01, 2005 5:11 am

Jae wrote:
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.. :roll:

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

by **Filip** on Sun May 01, 2005 5:31 am

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

by **J@3** on Sun May 01, 2005 5:39 am

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

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

by **kevC** on Sun May 01, 2005 5:42 am

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

by **santini88** on Sun May 01, 2005 12:47 pm

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.

by **The X** on Sun May 01, 2005 8:19 pm

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....

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