From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Charles Barkley:   
   	- He thinks the Knicks and Celtics will be better.  Maybe the   
   Knicks will make the playoffs, with draws boos.   
   	   
   	- He's nicknamed Chucksterdamus.  They call him a lot of stuff.   
   He apparently makes the worst predictions.  But the teams have to play   
   well, believe it or not.  If he gets 7 of 10 right, they make a big deal   
   of the three he gets wrong.  It's the coworkers ...   
   	   
   	- He said Yao Ming would never score 19 points in a game.  He   
   had to kiss a donkey's rear end when it did happen.  Barkley didn't   
   think he'd score twenty points as soon as he did.  He thought he'd have   
   to kiss his coworkers.   
   	   
   	- He likes gambling; does he bet on non-NBA sports?   
   Unfortunately, yes, he took the Rockies.  He'd bet on football, but   
   never basketball.  Football's good for betting on.  The guys who play   
   football are those who weren't good enough to play basketball.  Everyone   
   in football is so bad they couldn't cut it in basketball: the big guys   
   were too fat, and the little guys too little.  They're not talented, and   
   he's specific about it.   
   	   
   	- He's very candid, sometimes causing trouble.  Like, what he   
   said about Sam Cosell from the LA Clippers: he loves him.  But if   
   there's anyone saying he doesn't look like Gollum ...   
   	   
   	- Ugliest team in NBA history: the Celtics with Danny Ainge,   
   Dennis Johnson, Larry Byrd, Kevi McHill and Robert Parish.  Other than   
   Lakers the second-best team he ever played against, but not pretty   
   people.   
   	   
   	- Does he want to slip in a jub jub, a thousand dollars to his   
   favorite charity?  Kind of flimsy: as much money as you got.  Conan's   
   got to save his money since he knows what his career is going like.   
   Barkley's advice: have them sign a long-term contract where they have to   
   pay him.   
   	   
   	- Conan offers two thousand dollars; it's all he can afford, he   
   drives a Ford Taurus.  It's the SHO.  Has the stick shift and will do 80   
   mph in a straight-away.  Barklay wouldn't drive a dinky car like that;   
   he's got a Ford Bronco and loves the Navigators.  Conan's a little guy   
   ... they stand.  Yeah, in comparison.  Isn't Conan's arm like someone   
   poured pudding in a sleeve?   
   	   
   	- $2500!  Barkley says $2000 ... or $3500 ... or $3000, that's   
   where he forgot.  Three thousand counting Joe Buck.  Conan tries   
   figuring what he could get for the microphone.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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