I was the men's basketball manager at the University of Toledo (Ohio) in the late 1980's. During a road trip to Kent State University, the funniest hot air story I have personally seen took place.
A constant traveling companion with our team during the 87-88 season was Bobby Grainey. Bobby was in his late 20's and he suffered from Down's Syndrome. He is a wonderful person.
On a frigid January weekend the Rockets traveled over to Kent State to play the Golden Flashes. Bobby traveled with us even though he was suffering from a terrible stomach virus.
I was one of the mangers for the team and Bobby helped us out, his father was a big booster with the athletic department so Bobby was a constant companion.
Bobby usually took the teams warmups back into the lockeroom and would then come out and sit with us on the bench. This day Bobby was pretty sick so I told him that after taking the warmups into the locker room that he should just stretch out and rest until the game was over.
The game went very badly for the Rockets this day we scored like 15 point in the first half on our way to getting beat by like 30.
The team came back into the lockeroom after getting crushed and our head coach, Jay Eck, began to vent his splein over the horrible way the team had played. I was busy taking care of post game manager jobs. I saw that Bobby was in the row of stalls behind where Coach Eck was standing but I kept on doing my job.
The coach was pretty upset at the players and he continued to yell and scream. During a moment of silence between tirades Bobby Grainey released one of the loudest and longest periods of flatulence that I have ever heard, at least 10 second. When Bobby finished he said (in the voice of a Down's syndrome victim) "Oooooh that feel better".
The assistant coaches stepped back into a hall way so coach Eck couldn't see them crack up. Most of the players were shaking with silent laughter, not wanting the head coach to know they were laughing. I had to throw a towel to every player so they could cover their face, I joined the assistant coaches in the hall way laughing.
Coach Eck finished quickly after this release of noxious gas. I never knew for sure but I figure he left the locker room to laugh like the rest of us did as soon as he left.
When Bobby came out of the stall he was greeted with a huge round of applause from the players and assistant coaches. We were very angry and hurt at the way we were beaten but Bobby gave us a laugh with his flatulence that I will never forget.
Taken from Neal Boortz's web site.
A constant traveling companion with our team during the 87-88 season was Bobby Grainey. Bobby was in his late 20's and he suffered from Down's Syndrome. He is a wonderful person.
On a frigid January weekend the Rockets traveled over to Kent State to play the Golden Flashes. Bobby traveled with us even though he was suffering from a terrible stomach virus.
I was one of the mangers for the team and Bobby helped us out, his father was a big booster with the athletic department so Bobby was a constant companion.
Bobby usually took the teams warmups back into the lockeroom and would then come out and sit with us on the bench. This day Bobby was pretty sick so I told him that after taking the warmups into the locker room that he should just stretch out and rest until the game was over.
The game went very badly for the Rockets this day we scored like 15 point in the first half on our way to getting beat by like 30.
The team came back into the lockeroom after getting crushed and our head coach, Jay Eck, began to vent his splein over the horrible way the team had played. I was busy taking care of post game manager jobs. I saw that Bobby was in the row of stalls behind where Coach Eck was standing but I kept on doing my job.
The coach was pretty upset at the players and he continued to yell and scream. During a moment of silence between tirades Bobby Grainey released one of the loudest and longest periods of flatulence that I have ever heard, at least 10 second. When Bobby finished he said (in the voice of a Down's syndrome victim) "Oooooh that feel better".
The assistant coaches stepped back into a hall way so coach Eck couldn't see them crack up. Most of the players were shaking with silent laughter, not wanting the head coach to know they were laughing. I had to throw a towel to every player so they could cover their face, I joined the assistant coaches in the hall way laughing.
Coach Eck finished quickly after this release of noxious gas. I never knew for sure but I figure he left the locker room to laugh like the rest of us did as soon as he left.
When Bobby came out of the stall he was greeted with a huge round of applause from the players and assistant coaches. We were very angry and hurt at the way we were beaten but Bobby gave us a laugh with his flatulence that I will never forget.
Taken from Neal Boortz's web site.
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