Ever Met a Famous Bodybuilder?

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Oh! I forgot this one:

I used to do graphic art for a BBing promotion company in the 80’s. Lee Haney guest posed at one of their shows and I met him there. Later, he called me when he was in the beginning stages of his TotaLee Awesome promo stuff (he discussed me designing a logo for him). His accent was so thick to me back then, I struggled to understand him! We spoke on the phone several times about the logo design, but he later ended up going with another artist… and I didn’t think that artist did a good job. [/quote]

LOL @ “accent”. The guy is American. Coleman has a stronger “accent” than Haney.

Do you mean “slang”?[/quote]

No, I mean “accent” as in Southern accent. He spoke proper English and used no slang. Twang, yes. Slang, no. lol

I was only 21 or 22 when I spoke to him, and I barely ever heard a Southerner speak before that. I had never traveled below the Mason/Dixon Line either, so my exposure to the south was non-existent.

Years later I heard Lee being interviewed and I noted to myself that he had “improved” his accent. I figured he had some vocal coaching. This was probably not the case though. I was probably just getting accustomed to the southern drawl.

In any case, Lee was indeed a gentleman (emphasis on the word gentle).
When he took the stage in the small theater as guest poser, I was floored by his immense upper body. Although he had good legs, his upper body just filled the stage. Up to that time, I never saw anyone possessing so much mass.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Oh! I forgot this one:

I used to do graphic art for a BBing promotion company in the 80’s. Lee Haney guest posed at one of their shows and I met him there. Later, he called me when he was in the beginning stages of his TotaLee Awesome promo stuff (he discussed me designing a logo for him). His accent was so thick to me back then, I struggled to understand him! We spoke on the phone several times about the logo design, but he later ended up going with another artist… and I didn’t think that artist did a good job. [/quote]

LOL @ “accent”. The guy is American. Coleman has a stronger “accent” than Haney.

Do you mean “slang”?[/quote]
I think Americans have accents…many different ones.

I think I’ve heard Lee Haney in a youtube video and he has what I scientifically call a “Southern Twang”

The only people without accents are Canadians from Central Canada and perhaps North Dakotans.

If the dictionary could talk it would sound like me.

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LOL.

Dude, I’m from Houston. I am sure I have an “accent” to some degree as well. We know that people have accents from different areas …like Boston is way different than backwoods Mississippi. However, it would be RARE for me to hear someone speak and not be able to understand them at all…unless they were from West Virginia and only had one tooth.

science fact: West Virginia has highest tooth loss rate in the nation.

Yikes.[/quote]

Go to the sonic in greenwood mississippi and see if you can understand them. I used to have to translate for my friends that weren’t from the south, thought it was even hard for me to understand.

Not to mention there are some pretty heavy accents out in Texas (boomhauer from king of the hill type accents).

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

science fact: West Virginia has highest tooth loss rate in the nation.

Yikes.[/quote]

I wonder why. Is it significantly higher or just happens to be the highest (guess one place has to be)

If anyone has met a famous bodybuilder from west virginia with all their teeth i guess they win the thread!

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[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Oh! I forgot this one:

I used to do graphic art for a BBing promotion company in the 80’s. Lee Haney guest posed at one of their shows and I met him there. Later, he called me when he was in the beginning stages of his TotaLee Awesome promo stuff (he discussed me designing a logo for him). His accent was so thick to me back then, I struggled to understand him! We spoke on the phone several times about the logo design, but he later ended up going with another artist… and I didn’t think that artist did a good job. [/quote]

LOL @ “accent”. The guy is American. Coleman has a stronger “accent” than Haney.

Do you mean “slang”?[/quote]
I think Americans have accents…many different ones.

I think I’ve heard Lee Haney in a youtube video and he has what I scientifically call a “Southern Twang”

The only people without accents are Canadians from Central Canada and perhaps North Dakotans.

If the dictionary could talk it would sound like me.

[/quote]

LOL.

Dude, I’m from Houston. I am sure I have an “accent” to some degree as well. We know that people have accents from different areas …like Boston is way different than backwoods Mississippi. However, it would be RARE for me to hear someone speak and not be able to understand them at all…unless they were from West Virginia and only had one tooth.

science fact: West Virginia has highest tooth loss rate in the nation.

Yikes.[/quote]

Go to the sonic in greenwood mississippi and see if you can understand them. I used to have to translate for my friends that weren’t from the south, thought it was even hard for me to understand.

Not to mention there are some pretty heavy accents out in Texas (boomhauer from king of the hill type accents).[/quote]

I’ve met some “Boomhauers”. The key is to simply read body movements and facial expressions. Surprisingly, this can even work for those speaking a foreign language.

I can now understand Boomhauers just fine.

“mumblegftejs[ingomeo,…ass”

“yes, we will be at the strip club shortly.”

“mumbleonfgomaunetvainfokaybbd…titties”

“No, Ted Kennedy will not be there tonight.”

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Oooh, visual aids make posting fun.

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[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I just noticed I had typed Cave Draper (instead of Dave Draper)! LOL

Sounds like a Neanderthal man who invented interior decorating!

LOL[/quote]

Ha!

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Oh, Brick thanks for reminding me. Didn’t list him because he’s not actually a pro, but my daughter and Frank Sepe’s kid are friends, so he’s been to my house and vice versa.

Nice guy…

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Who Cares! Famous Bodybuilders Suck!

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[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
I just noticed I had typed Cave Draper (instead of Dave Draper)! LOL

Sounds like a Neanderthal man who invented interior decorating!

LOL[/quote]

That had me choke on what I was drinking.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

…The only people without accents are Canadians from Central Canada and perhaps North Dakotans…

[/quote]
You had to have written this in jest.[/quote]

Yeah, I was joking a bit. Our accents are rather bland.

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[quote]Nards wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]Nards wrote:

…The only people without accents are Canadians from Central Canada and perhaps North Dakotans…

[/quote]
You had to have written this in jest.[/quote]

Yeah, I was joking a bit. Our accents are rather bland.
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Ever talk to a Newfie Nards?..bland my ass lol. Can’t understand a word der sayin’ dare bye, kiss da cod!

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[quote]Hitkiller wrote:
I forgot to mention that I met Lou Ferrigno when I was 14, a the time he was the most massive guy I have ever seen, however he wasn’t as friendly as any of the other pro’s I met.[/quote]

I totally forgot, I met Lou as well but it was back in '03 at the San Diego Comic-Con. Here’s a pic.

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I don’t really have anyone famous :frowning:

Scott Milne trains at my gym and I met him a couple times and we talked.

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Al Beckles, here in Burbank ,CA

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Me doing my best to make Kai look small…

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Let’s try this again…

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[quote]Rooster1980 wrote:
Me doing my best to make Kai look small…[/quote]
good pic, Kai seems to be a cool guy.

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[quote]gswork wrote:

[quote]Rooster1980 wrote:
Me doing my best to make Kai look small…[/quote]
good pic, Kai seems to be a cool guy.[/quote]

He was super fucking cool, I got nothing but a positive vib off him. He was almost surprised that I was a fan of his, here is another photo of him with my wife.