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My mother once told me, “if you have nothing good to say, then don’t say it all.”
Of course, I was told this after I said something rude and obnoxious and I still haven’t learned that valuable lesson. Sorry mom, I’m still growing up.
And Joe Frazier apparently suffers from the same disorder.
When Frazier was interviewed for the HBO documentary “Thrilla in Manilla,” he had these kind words to say about his former rival, Muhammad Ali:
“I’m sorry that (Muhammad Ali) is the way he is, but I didn’t have too much to do with it. It was the good man above. Maybe I did have a little to do with it, but God judges, you know what I’m saying? We don’t have the power to judge that the man has above.”
Well, I guess since Frazier said he was sorry first, before he ranted about Ali having has the “shakes” should make his comments OK.
But if I were any of Frazier’s friends, I’d try to stay clear of him for a while. You never know when a random lightning bolt will happen to strike him in the middle of the afternoon.
I wonder about some people. And in this case, it’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Greg White. Oh, I’m sorry, that’s not his name any longer.
Now I can understand in some cases why people would want to change their names. For instance, some people do it for religious reasons, see Muhammad Ali. While others may do it because their parents had too much coffee in the delivery room and decided to give them a name like “Jacques Strap“.
Well, Mr. White has now officially changed his name to Stylez G. White. Sound familiar? If you’re a product of the 80’s, then you should know that Stylez was the best friend of Michael J. Fox in Teen Wolf. Although the character’s name was Rupert “Stiles’’ Stilinski, lets give White some credit for changing it up a bit.
White’s reason for changing his name? He’s just always liked the name. Fantastic.
Great reasoning. I like the name Seymour Butz. Time to take the necessary steps. Momma is gonna be so proud.
