Jeebus. Look at Shaq standing with Dwight Howard (about 1:00 left). Howard looks like the high schooler that he is.
Friend of mine once shook Shaq's hand, he described Shaq's hand as not really shaking his but enveloping it.
Yeah, I think his ass alone is about the size of me.
I didn't think people came in Extra-Value size; it's really surprising how big NBA players are. No frame of reference on the TV.
Shaq could squish me and not notice.
Remember when Burger King or someone had a campaign, where they put Shaq's handprint and footprint on the soda cups? Neat.
There is as much difference in height between Shaq and me as between me and Average Height Man. Wow.
There is as much difference in height between Shaq and me as between me and someone who is 3' 7".
If only Shaq could unhinge his jaw, he would swallow you whole, heebie-geebie.
Heebie-geebies cause heartburn and acid reflux, followed by gastrointestinal distension. It is ill-advised.
I didn't think people came in Extra-Value size; it's really surprising how big NBA players are.
What's interesting to me is how lithe they are. I had very good seats for an NBA game, and almost all the players looked like praying mantises. I couldn't really see why a sizeable shock wouldn't snap each and every one of them like matchsticks.
I sortof watched the race. I had the TV on mute and a book to read. It is very beautiful without the inane chatter. (And Fox has done to racing what it did to the World Series.) But I turned up the volume and paid attention for the last 20 laps. It was a very dramatic ending to a dramatic race.
I saw a bit of this on the TV at the gym. The sound was off so I couldn't quite tell what was going on but it seemed like they were making a big deal that he was able to beat some senior citizen looking guy at a footrace?
Yes, it was dramatic, and probably the best in recent years. I've developed the knack of listening to the chatter with half an ear, picking up useful information amid the noise, which is like the meaningless syllables of auctioneering and square-dance calling—and delivered in the same accent.
Thanks, it was beautiful.
Mark Martin, the senior-citizen-looking-guy, is only about 48. And the very, very best. He'd have been a great sentimental winner, but some things not to be.
Yeah, he's only a year older than we are.
Funny thing, in the tight shots where you see these cars tailgating it is not obvious how damned fast they're all going. The strength and skill is amazing (Not sure it is a sport though.)
Also, I have never seen anyone finish upside down and on fire.
NBA players: objectively better dancers than the Chicago Bears.
I've seen that before. They are so fragile too, yet the drivers seem to be much less threatened with injury and death than they were. Changes coming to the designs, to make it even more so, but I'm a committed fan, and have been all my life.
Amazing a 320+ pound man in his mid 30s can be so nimble. Shaq is about the only guy his size in the history of the NBA who is actually a skilled athlete, not just a clumsy oaf who happens to be huge. Or maybe he's just the only guy his size in the history of the NBA.
Dwight Howard can't dance at all -- I think it has something to do with being a fundamentalist Christian. (Now I can never be hired as a campaign blogger!).
It's kind of sad and lonely, though.