haterz gonna hate

So I have to tell a funny story. Mostly it's because if I don't want to forget it and I have a horrible memory. It's for sure one of those "you had to be there moments", but I'll share regardless.

I was in a meeting of mixed work individuals recently. I guess it was really more of a multi-family group session. We had at least fifty people all sitting in one big circle. We had each family introduce themselves and say something about themselves. It was around the time of year when the Superbowl happens and several men in different families started a little light ribbing about their favorite teams versus others. Overall, several men were picking on one team in particular.

The introductions came almost all the way around the big circle and to a man who is LDS, and a VERY big fan of the team being picked on.  He's in his early sixties, and a business man with impeccable manners and very kind.

He decided that he would attempt to trash-talk back to all the haters...despite his distinct inherent inability to do such a thing. I really don't know how to describe that any better. Maybe if you were to imagine someone like Elder Holland, or another GA trash talking about sports, you might get the picture. They can say the words but it's clear their heart isn't really in it.

He sets himself up by saying "Well I've just got one thing to say to all the haters......." and he grabs the base of his fleece pullover. It's clear that he's going to probably pull the jacket up and show that he is wearing his favorite football team's shirt.

Unfortunately he fails miserably and ends up flashing the whole room his garment top while sort of making a "suck it!" face and bouncing side to side.

I almost fell off my chair laughing.

The best part was his sweet wife's high-pitched "Nooooooo!" as she tried to get him to pull his shirt down and stop showing off his religion. He realized his mistake and corrected by pulling one layer down and showing off his shirt.

Now of course his garment top looked simply like an undershirt and really didn't shock anyone in the room, but those of us who are LDS were laughing so hard we started weeping. That night as I was going to bed, I actually laughed myself awake when I thought of it.