An hour ago, I got this text from my girlfriend:
"Omg Tyler Hansboro is in my yoga class."
As many readers know, I have a special affinity for the big fella who never lost in Cameron. Normally, I would've been at this class with her, but a knee injury suffered last night while playing ping pong has me sidelined. DAMN YOU, CURS'ED LIFE!
I told her to remember EVERYTHING, but I think the text arrived late. Still, she came away with some good details. Here now is her full report of the episode I'm calling
A Heartfelt Tribute to Pyscho-Chi
(Props to @chrisalyss for the wordlplay.)
Girlfriend:
So I'm waiting in the lobby a few minutes before class starts, and a really tall guy with a dark-haired friend came in. He walked to the desk, and the woman there asked if he'd ever been to the studio before.
"Yeah, I've been a couple times," he said.
"What's your first name?" she asked.
"Tyler."
"Last name?"
"Hansbrough."
She began to type his name into the computer, and a confused look came over her face.
"Hamsborough?" she asked. "Like H-a-m-s?"
He corrected her, and went into the yoga studio. He was in the back row, but there wasn't much room because the class was crowded. The teacher showed him a good spot to set up so he'd have some space. He started to lay out his mat, but she brought a new one over.
"Use this," she said. "It's much longer."
So Psycho T, with his extra-long mat, began the class. I was in the front of the class, so I only got to see him when the teacher had us change direction a few times during class. Here's what I picked up:
1 – He can touch his toes. For such a tall guy, that was impressive to me.
2 – Although he didn't seem like the most flexible guy in the world, I give him credit for trying every pose.
After class, I thought about trying to get a picture of him, but he and his friend took off pretty fast. The only other thing to report is that he was polite and didn't have any diva-ish special requests or anything like that. Strangely enough, we did a pose called "Goddess with cactus arms" that looked almost exactly like this:
All in all, I give him 8 out of 10 Yoga stars.
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Thanks, girlfriend! If there's one thing we've learned from this story, it's that we should all start calling him "Hamsborough." Or just "ole hamsy."
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He got seated ahead of me at Shiki Sushi one time. I’ll never get over it. Jerkface.
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Where’s the damn “Like” button, Alan?
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Alan, they probably thought he was a new shipment of white tuna.
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Where’s the damn “Like” button, Shane?
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I’ll talk to the powers-that-be.
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I never liked the guy as a player, but sat next to him and his g-f a few years ago at a restaurant in ChapHill. I was impressed when he held his lady’s handbag for her while she chatted with friends. (She even complimented my shoes. Hard to hate on that!)
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one time Rasheed Wallace got his bucket of chicken nuggets before me. And I ordered mine first! Oh, this terribly unfair world!!!