Has it been 10 years already?

Toper · Post by **Toper** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:14 pm

Simmons on OJ, 10 years later:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/040611

Hope this thread doesn't degenerate into the usual, just wondering if you remember where you were when you heard the verdict. I was sitting in class (a criminal justice class, no less) at college when I heard the announcement.

Anyways, my favorite OJ moment: definitely watching the bronco chase live on tv, even though it came on while I was watching the nba finals.

Toper

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:15 pm

Toper wrote:Simmons on OJ, 10 years later:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/st ... ons/040611

Hope this thread doesn't degenerate into the usual, just wondering if you remember where you were when you heard the verdict. I was sitting in class (a criminal justice class, no less) at college when I heard the announcement.

Anyways, my favorite OJ moment: definitely watching the bronco chase live on tv, even though it came on while I was watching the nba finals.

Toper

i was watching the jim rome show on ESPN 2. H ebroke the story and stayed with it. it was awesome.

GROGtheNailer · Post by **GROGtheNailer** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:24 pm

Really though, is there anyone on this site who actually believes he is innocent?

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:29 pm

Bronco chase happened the night of my best friend's bachelor party. It was a pretty low-key party, just went out to play pool and drink beer. We were watching the Knicks-Rockets when they broke in.

Verdict: I was working in publishing in New York. We heard the verdict was going to be announced, so about two dozen of us packed into a room with a TV to watch it. Couldn't believe it. I really thought, despite the prosecution's bungling, he was going to be convicted.

In fact, I think the only other event in my working life where everyone stopped what they were doing to watch the news was 9/11. The only other event in my life I can remember generating that much media attention for that long was the Iranian Hostage crisis. Not equating those events with OJ's trial, just saying that's how much of a grip the trial had on our interest.

RiverRat · Post by **RiverRat** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:38 pm

Chase: Don't really remember. I think I was at home.

Verdict: Waiting to be seated at a sit-down resteraunt in Des Moines, IA for a business lunch. Every head sitting or standing, even the wait staff, was watching the verdict. Guess what the reaction was.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:55 pm

Chase: Out at a bar with a buddy, eating wings over a pitcher of beer.

Verdict: At home, learning the true meaning of the term "getting away with murder."

Out,
PK

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:05 pm

i was working at adam & eve when the verdict was read. there were almost a few fights.

a kid i worked with there looked just like ito. poor kid.

GROGtheNailer · Post by **GROGtheNailer** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:09 pm

You know, i watched that whole trial, I dont think I missed more than an hour of it.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:14 pm

GROGtheNailer wrote:You know, i watched that whole trial, I dont think I missed more than an hour of it.

No wonder you feel dirty on the inside

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:22 pm

Chase: At the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball game

Verdict: Algebra 2 class

F308GTB · Post by **F308GTB** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:32 pm

Chase: Trying to watch the Rockets NBA Finals game but getting pre-empted for the slowest car chase in history

Verdict: Coming home from work and hearing it on the radio

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:36 pm

Brando70 wrote:
GROGtheNailer wrote:You know, i watched that whole trial, I dont think I missed more than an hour of it.
No wonder you feel dirty on the inside

You know Grog...you are asking for some major ridicule over the next couple years with that bowel thread. It's already starting...

Everyone who remembers the good times at SR, think: Siam sliding into third base right through a pile of dog s***.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:47 pm

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Brando70 wrote:
GROGtheNailer wrote:You know, i watched that whole trial, I dont think I missed more than an hour of it.
No wonder you feel dirty on the inside
You know Grog...you are asking for some major ridicule over the next couple years with that bowel thread. It's already starting...

Everyone who remembers the good times at SR, think: Siam sliding into third base right through a pile of dog s***.

When did Siam slide through SR?

Chase: At home trying to watch the NBA Finals
Verdict: At work. Me, the foster parent, and the children I worked with glued to the tv.

GROGtheNailer · Post by **GROGtheNailer** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 4:56 pm

You know Grog...you are asking for some major ridicule over the next couple years with that bowel thread. It's already starting

I don't give a sh1t

I have thick skin...probably due to my dirty bowel.

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 6:17 pm

It's official, you need to start a band called "Grog and the Dirty Bowels". Your first single will be "Release" of your debut album "15 Pound Backup".

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:09 pm

I'll download it.

grtwhtsk · Post by **grtwhtsk** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:13 pm

Chase - In a hotel room in Baltimore

Verdict - At work in NYC huddled around a radio with a bunch of coworkers

Airdog · Post by **Airdog** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:21 pm

Dunno about the chase. But for the verdict I was in my grade eight French class. I think it was eight, anyway.

Leebo33 · Post by **Leebo33** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:38 pm

Chase: At home watching TV

Verdict: Huddled around a radio at a PennDOT site in East Stroudsburg, PA

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:09 am

Chase: I didn't see it live. Still can't remember where I was.

Verdict: Took the first job out of college...collections. Also the worst job I ever had. I was in the lunch room surrounded by predominately african americans, and when the verdict came down they went crazy with celebration. Not much I could say except walk quietly away and mutter bulls**t under my breath.

XXXIV · Post by **XXXIV** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:30 am

Id like to be watching on TV as someone slits his throat and guts his belly

RobVarak · Post by **RobVarak** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 12:57 am

Chase: At the beer garded at John Barleycorn in Chicago. Went in for a round of drinks and couldn't figure out why they were showing traffic reports on the projection TV...

Verdict: In the student lounge of my law school preparing for an exam. I don't think I've ever seen more lawyers in one place not speaking in my life.

kevinpars · Post by **kevinpars** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:02 pm

I was in my apartment in St Pete, FL watching the Knicks - Rockets and switched over to the chase.

I was on lunch break in my car when the verdict was announced.

It is really scary to me when I think that the real killer is still out there somewhere!

lexbur · Post by **lexbur** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 2:13 pm

Chase: Coming home from a friday night Tribe game I heard about it on the radio, then got home and found it was on practically every TV channel.

Verdict: At lunch with a coworker at a bar. Everybody was gathered around the TV. The entire world seemed to stop to hear the verdict.

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