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Ricky Williams is the son your dad always wanted to have in at least two regards: he is athletically gifted, and he's learning a trade for the future just in case he needs something to fall back on after football. Ironically, it seems to require far more study than anything Lenny Dykstra claimed to be doing in his post-baseball career as a financial whiz kid. It should also be mentioned that like Donald Trump, Dykstra appeared to be living out some kind of exaggerrated fantasy of what being wealthy is like, and is now living on a healthy and nutritious diet of lawsuits and foreclosed cheese. He was. And still is. But Ricky, he says, is "tainted," because of the name-tag baggage that comes with the NFL suspensions. And he's always felt Ricky was a kid's name. So in certain circles he's Errick. "If I introduce myself as Errick, and someone calls me, 'Ricky,' I usually correct them," he says. "I'll say, 'I didn't introduce myself to you as that. Please call me Errick.' "Certainly, Errick. I would like you in return to call me "Irvin Bumppo the Eighth," and to pronounce it in full each time we talk. I'm sorry, I don't know a Spencer, Errick. Perhaps you mean Mr. Bumppo the 3rd. He's right here and waiting to hear his proper name addressed to him...Errick.
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Theres a big picture of rickys face covering the article?
by astrotown on Jul 16, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions
Come on now…he’s gonna go from the grid-iron to the massage table? The league better drug test him and make sure he didn’t start smokin’ that wacky tabacky again!!!!
by buckeyenut on Jul 16, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions
Cannabis has a lot of theraputic value … and is much safer than pretty much all prescription BS drugs! USA is very slow at adapting to a better quality of life lucky for Ricky he finds out answers for himself … Americans in general let Doctors take complete control of their lives and most are too ignorant to see that nature has provided all the answers and BIG PHARMA just want your money!
by Goos Giant on Jul 16, 2009 10:39 PM EDT reply actions
Cannabis has a lot of theraputic value … and is much safer than pretty much all prescription BS drugs! USA is very slow at adapting to a better quality of life lucky for Ricky he finds out answers for himself … Americans in general let Doctors take complete control of their lives and most are too ignorant to see that nature has provided all the answers and BIG PHARMA just wants your money!
by Goos Giant on Jul 16, 2009 10:40 PM EDT reply actions
Don’t you mean Irrrrrvin Bumppo the Eighth? And why is there a picture of Serena Williams here? Or should I say Serrrena Williams?
by ChiAdam on Jul 17, 2009 1:38 AM EDT reply actions
And those who belive that smoking pot has no impact on brain function should just sit down and attempt to have a conversation with Ricky, oh sorry Errick.
by ElChicano on Jul 17, 2009 7:52 AM EDT reply actions
Are you required to say Errick the Massage Therapist with a lisp? He’ll be coming out soon.
by shytnik on Jul 17, 2009 6:52 PM EDT reply actions
ELCHINO said … And those who belive that smoking pot has no impact on brain function
should just sit down and attempt to have a conversation with Ricky, oh
sorry Errick. WHAT A CROCK! It goes far beyond Cannabis … It is how your brain was buildt … Most people have some kind of learning disorder and that is directly related to all the PROCESSED CRAP they eat! I know many people that are very smart and have high ranking jobs that prefer Cannabis over Booze
by Goos Giant on Jul 17, 2009 7:43 PM EDT reply actions
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