So, my boss has an Ickey Woods jersey sitting at his mom's house in a box and he was dumb enough to tell my friend Hugg about it. Hugg told me and her I am...

 

Now, the first full season of NFL I ever watched was the 2nd Bengals Superbowl season ever which was the culmination of Boomer Esiason's arm throwing us to the playoffs and that crazy dance known as the Ickey shuffle catching fire. Ickey Woods was, and probably always will be, one of my favorite Bengals. He only had about two good seasons and to many he was a flash in the pan and injuries cut his career waay short; but I loved the guy as a kid and that's hard to forget (he was charismatic as hell off the field too and many a post game interview was followed after the games with me sitting in awe of the Bengals singing "Who Dey-Who Dey-Who Dey think they gonna' beat them Bengals?" with Ickey dancing and leading the charge).

 

And my boss has the jersey. The jersey that, no matter how much I look, I cannot find ANYWHERE. I've looked online, the throwback places don't have the rights. I look around Cincy and Columbus and get laughed out of the stores (by guys in powder blue Charger jerseys no less). And then, my boss has the one thing I've sought, the holy grail of jerseys.

 

Except he won't sell it because it has sentimental value.

 

This turd, because his aunt got it for him when she was at a game YEARS ago will not sell me back my childhood. He's not a Bengals fan at all. His comments on the Bengals make him look stupid (basically like he doesn't know what he's talking about). And, to top it off, the jersey is a Medium (my size) and the dude doesn't wear anything outside of an XL. And IT'S SITTING IN A BOX AT HIS MOM'S HOUSE TWO AND A HALF HOURS AWAY!

 

I'm a part-timer who only works two days a week and fills in whenever he needs me to (usually if it doesn't conflict with school). I'm OWED this jersey (particularly in light of the fact that A) it's not an authentic, it's a replica and B) I've offered him up to 40 dollars for it). The guy doesn't like the Bengals and is only keeping it why? Because his aunt got it for him? So what!?

 

This is wrong on a few levels. I'm a fan of the Bengals and Ickey Woods is more a part of my memory than will ever be a part of his, darnit. And that jersey having sentimental value for me means I'd wear it and/or hang it on the wall (or, BEST CASE scenario: when I see Ickey at PBS have him sign it; dude's at every home game). What does keeping it in a box at your mom's house do? Really, if it had sentimental value, it would be at HIS house, on HIS wall.

 

I need to convince this fool to give me that jersey... Any ideas?

Are you willing to be embarrased in front of your co workers?

 

I'd offer him The 40 bucks and tell him that if you get The Jersey you'll promise to do a touchdown run in your office culminating in you doing THe Ickey Shuffle.

 

If seeing that is not worth the jersey, I don't know what is.

tell him what you told us, make him realize how much it means to you with this story and of course more money...

 

 

if that fails just throw a rock through his car window with a message taped to it

speaking of cool jerseys, at the heat game, i saw a Warwick high Michael Vick Jersey, a Joe montana Jersey, a TO iggles jersey, and KII browns jersey. wow.

my fave jersey is the bob mcadoo buffalo braves jersey

i want to get a Marino 75th anniversary throwback jersey, a csonk jersey, a griese Sr. jersey, buonocontti (i know the spelling is f***ed) jersey...

 

 

now if i could just stop dreaming

Are you willing to be embarrased in front of your co workers?

 

I'd offer him The 40 bucks and tell him that if you get The Jersey you'll promise to do a touchdown run in your office culminating in you doing THe Ickey Shuffle.

 

If seeing that is not worth the jersey, I don't know what is.

He wouldn't go for it and I'd be too eager to do the shuffle at work. He doesn't care enough about the Bengals to see the shuffle either. He'd say, "I just can't sell it, it has too much sentimental value."

 

Tomorrow I'm going in there with the intention of annoying the hell out of him. It's a war of attrition, but I will win in the end. I just need a clever way to do it.

just bug him with the story of your love for the begals. phlub up the way you talk about them

my fave jersey is the bob mcadoo buffalo braves jersey

Mine too since he's from here in the 'Boro and he went to UNC.

my fave jersey is the bob mcadoo buffalo braves jersey

Mine too since he's from here in the 'Boro and he went to UNC. represent for the heels (just look at my sig and you know i love em)

 

that mcadoo jersey is so sweeet

Originally posted by Marlins02...

phlub up the way you talk about them

 

Now THAT'S brilliant! LoL!

 

Haha! I know I'm a Packer homer!

 

But man if I were you I'd just wear a piece of Bengals memrobillia to work everday, and DON'T bug him about it or he'll just fire you because you pi$$ him off and annoy him.

 

Do what he says, ask him what else you can do, always wear a Bengals Hat or Lapel/Button or jersey (depends on exactly where you work, proper attire is important at work)

 

But also only talk to him about the jersey once a week or so.

 

Throw more money at him then Boomer Esiason did TD passes to Bengals WR.

 

And play the sentimental angle on him by telling him how much an integral part of your childhood the Bengals were.