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MineralMan

(146,364 posts)
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:14 AM Nov 2013

Funny thing happened as I was falling asleep.

The AM radio station I listen to most of the time carries CBS news and talk most of the time, but they're also broadcasting the Minnesota Timberwolves basketball games. Annoying, but I still had the radio on as I was drifting off last night. The Wolves were playing the New York Knicks (Wolves won).

Anyhow, I kept thinking I was hearing "World Peace" as the name of one of the Knicks' players. I kept trying to hear it correctly, but it kept sounding like the player's name was "World Peace." Weird. Was I not comprehending some unusual name?

Nope. There is a new Knicks player with the name, Metta World Peace. I checked Google this morning. Formerly named Ron Artest, the player changed his name. It's certainly a memorable name.

Apparently, Mr. World Peace also has a penchant for making interesting statements to the media. I think I'll be watching for this guy's comments.

I know this is a sports figure, but it's an interesting story, generally, so I posted it in General Discussion.

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Funny thing happened as I was falling asleep. (Original Post) MineralMan Nov 2013 OP
He hasn't always been about world peace. panader0 Nov 2013 #1
Oh, well... MineralMan Nov 2013 #3
The Cavs used to have a player named World B. Free. Fuddnik Nov 2013 #2
It's a funny world we live in. MineralMan Nov 2013 #4
This is a Metta post. Brickbat Nov 2013 #5
I never Metta post I didn't like. MineralMan Nov 2013 #6
Whirled Peas to you. Eleanors38 Nov 2013 #9
Yo, I'm a girl who doesn't even follow sports all that much frazzled Nov 2013 #7
I try to learn a new thing every day. MineralMan Nov 2013 #8
Interesting gopiscrap Nov 2013 #10

panader0

(25,816 posts)
1. He hasn't always been about world peace.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:22 AM
Nov 2013

When he was Ron Artest he was in a brawl. I remember him running up in the seats a punching a heckling fan.
He served a record suspension for that one.

MineralMan

(146,364 posts)
4. It's a funny world we live in.
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:24 AM
Nov 2013

"....and World Peace." I can't keep from hearing Sandra Bullock saying that.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
7. Yo, I'm a girl who doesn't even follow sports all that much
Mon Nov 4, 2013, 10:29 AM
Nov 2013

and I knew Metta World Peace.

And I should be happy that the Wolves beat the Knicks, since I lived in Mpls. for 15 years. But I also lived in New York during the time when the Knicks reigned supreme, with Willis Reed, Walt Frazier, Earl Monroe, et al. And that was when I loved basketball the most. So the Knicks will always sort of be my team.

Go Bulls! (My new home-town team)

(I've left out two other of my home teams: the Pacers (which didn't exist when I grew up in Indpls., but basketball was huge) and the Celtics (during my five-year stint in Boston.)

Peace to all the teams.

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