Jerry - you hit the nail with your head. I had trouble finding the words to describe it and I think 'honest' works great...as does 'sincere'.
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I normally don't care for PDP (public displays of piety) any more than I > care for PDA. > > Usually they seem either insincere (cause my mom would be mad if I didn't), > prideful (look at me), or angry (take THAT you heathens). > > But I find Tebow honest in his. > > He seems to really not care what I think about it. I think he would do the > same thing if all alone. And I don't think he is even aware of US while he > does it). > > So, like a pair of old geezers looking soulfully into each others eyes > while holding hands and blocking all foot traffic, it is actually a little > endearing. > > Great story btw. > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:48 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > The other day I was talking to my son about Peyton Manning going to >> > the Broncos. He asked me what would happen to Tim Tebow and I told him >> > he would likely be traded. >> > >> > His response to that was (and this was all in one breath): >> > >> > 'You know what woudl be cool? If Tebow goes to Miami, we can ask Coah >> > Philbin to ask Tim to talk to us. And then I can say, 'Hey dude, we >> > are home schooled, too.' And then we can be friends and have a secret >> > handshake' >> > >> > Please note: My wife 'kind of' knows Joe Philbin (head coach of >> > Dolphins). Her best friend is Coach Philbin's sister-in-law. >> > >> >> I was at a Chiefs/Broncos game 2 years ago. Sitting behind us was an >> elderly lady and her grandson, maybe 10 years old. Grandson was decked out >> in a Tebow jersey. The rest of us stood throughout the whole game, making >> as much noise as possible...cheering, etc. just doing the general Arrowhead >> fan stuff. This old lady and her grandson never stood up....i'm not sure >> they ever saw any plays. They just kind of sat there, though neither looked >> all that unhappy about it. >> >> Near the end of the game i chatted up the lady. Apparently they drove >> several hours to the game to quietly support Tebow, because once, he had >> visited someone they knew who was very sick. He spent some time with her, >> and them, and just generally cheered them up. >> >> I love to curse Tebow as much as the next person, and nobody hates public >> displays of religious piety more than me. But whenver i'm tempted, i just >> remember the innocent look on that kid's face, and how desperately >> important this was to him in the way that it only could be for a >> child...and thus his grandma. >> >> I hope your kid gets to meet him. >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
