Archive for February 18th, 2008

When a dude walks into your furniture store with a football jersey on I take notice instantly.  Normally mad respect.  In this case the polar opposite.  I seriously took one glance at the back of his 10 year old San Diego Charger football jersey that read Means on the back and knew instantaneously that it was Natrone Means.  It looked something like this picture. 

Seriously, the fact that I knew that shows I know way too much about sports than I should.  But, secondly that man should have retired that jersey to his closet 9.8 years ago.  Not to mention why the fuck you would buy such a jersey.  Not to mention he looks like trailer trash.  Not to mention the jerseys tattered.  So, right now I’m going to go talk to him and find out if he actually knows who Natrone Means is.  Be Right Back…

Oh my god, that conversation was unbelievable.  Somehow I think I figured out this whole mans life in 5 minutes.  Pleasant Man, but Absolute Trailer Trash.  42 A little harsh, but the man had the Means jersey tucked into his FUBU jean shorts.  Oh yeah and he’s white and like 60 years old, wow this is killing me, he’s still walking around.  Maybe I should pay a little more attention to him, seriously how can’t he be a criminal, he’s probably got as many accessories as possible stuffed into those baggy Fubu shorts.  So, I learned the guy never lived in San Diego or never was a Charger fan, interesting.  He just liked the way the man played, he fought for every yard, as he said a FB/RB type back.  I’m assuming he was trying to make a point with that statement, and by wearing that jersey, but without telling people that, no one looks at a Natrone Means jersey and thinks oh I bet that man worked hard for everything in life.  Then, I brought up Super Tecmo Bowl the video game because I felt like Means had to be in it, it seemed about the right time frame.  Boy, did this poor man try and act like he knew what that video game was, but he failed miserably.  When I brought up the game, he gave me one of those fake smiles and was like yeah I think he was.  No you don’t, you probably couldn’t afford a fucking Nintendo system, even though they sell on E-bay for probably under 50 bucks and the game goes for like 5.  But, no you wouldn’t know how to navigate the internet because you’ve never used a computer.  Wow, I’m getting mean, don’t know if I should continue.

Side Note 42: I think during the conversation it hit me why I remembered Natrone Means.  I think there was a slogan back in his playing day, that went Natrone ‘Means Business.’

Originally appeared September 7, 2006.  Jesus Christ, I’ve been blogging for a while now.