When my friend Jason Burkhead was in 10th grade the varsity baseball team brought him up from JV to play in the playoffs. Now, you must know, Burkhead might just be the coolest guy around. He's about 5'6'' tall, 140 pounds, has a huge afro and laughs all the time. He will also kick your rear in any sport or hike. Just invite him along next time you go to Table Rock and he will destroy you. Anywho, before the game both teams lined up on the 1st and 3rd base lines to get their names called out. Everything was going as planned for the announcer that night until he stumbled upon the tongue twister - Jason. This posed far too complicated a problem and he did what anybody would do in his situation....just make up a ridiculous fake name. So instead of saying "Jason Burkhead" this is what came out:
"J.....Ja......Ja.......Jaba Barslar!!"
That's right. Jaba Barslar. Of course everyone laughed and called him that the next 3 years of high school. How in the world did the guy get Jaba Barslar out of Jason Burkhead? Who knows. Some things are just too awesome for our explanation. So please tell Jaba hi next time you see him.
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