I never understood how a man from Texas learned to say humble without an h. Don't get me wrong, appreciate a lot about Buzz, but I always thought it was strange. Unless he spent a lot of time recruiting in Humble, TX and never knew the difference.
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Can we go back to saying humble with an H?
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Last: 1 yr ago by bobinator
I've known a few intelligent people do that; a retired English teacher and a damn good trial attorney immediately come to mind. It's quite the head shaker, especially when they say humility sans the h.
Ya like how do you tell someone you're humble then pronounce the word like a Welsh prince
It's "Texas cool" speech.
Next you'll demand we say Houston without the Y.
One last time, for old times...
"People ask me why I pronounce Humble that way. I'll tell you. I was going to visit a recruit in Humble. It was (long pause) 2006, at 4:35 PM, in September. On a (long pause) Tuesday, I think, someone check me on that. And I was driving. I had taken a left, this was before your phone had directions, which I can't really figure out that stuff anyway, Corey still has to print me directions. But I had taken a left because I didn't read her directions right, and I ended up in a parking lot. And there was a man in the parking lot who looked like he was down on his luck. But I didn't know what else to do, and I figured he might know the area, so I asked him, "hey buddy, do you know where the high school is?" And he responded that he did and asked me for five dollars to tell me. Well I replied back that I don't just give out money, but I can give out some advice. And he and I talked for about three hours. I never even made it to the high school to see the player. Well after that he got a job, and that guy is now leading a successful life and we still exchange letters. I don't think I had anything to do with him having a successful life, but it's a reminder to myself to stay humble because anyone might be the person to give you the direction you need in life."
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"People ask me why I pronounce Humble that way. I'll tell you. I was going to visit a recruit in Humble. It was (long pause) 2006, at 4:35 PM, in September. On a (long pause) Tuesday, I think, someone check me on that. And I was driving. I had taken a left, this was before your phone had directions, which I can't really figure out that stuff anyway, Corey still has to print me directions. But I had taken a left because I didn't read her directions right, and I ended up in a parking lot. And there was a man in the parking lot who looked like he was down on his luck. But I didn't know what else to do, and I figured he might know the area, so I asked him, "hey buddy, do you know where the high school is?" And he responded that he did and asked me for five dollars to tell me. Well I replied back that I don't just give out money, but I can give out some advice. And he and I talked for about three hours. I never even made it to the high school to see the player. Well after that he got a job, and that guy is now leading a successful life and we still exchange letters. I don't think I had anything to do with him having a successful life, but it's a reminder to myself to stay humble because anyone might be the person to give you the direction you need in life."
#GetBetter
Are you stealing my bit?
I like the #getbetter, very umble of youbobinator said:
One last time, for old times...
"People ask me why I pronounce Humble that way. I'll tell you. I was going to visit a recruit in Humble. It was (long pause) 2006, at 4:35 PM, in September. On a (long pause) Tuesday, I think, someone check me on that. And I was driving. I had taken a left, this was before your phone had directions, which I can't really figure out that stuff anyway, Corey still has to print me directions. But I had taken a left because I didn't read her directions right, and I ended up in a parking lot. And there was a man in the parking lot who looked like he was down on his luck. But I didn't know what else to do, and I figured he might know the area, so I asked him, "hey buddy, do you know where the high school is?" And he responded that he did and asked me for five dollars to tell me. Well I replied back that I don't just give out money, but I can give out some advice. And he and I talked for about three hours. I never even made it to the high school to see the player. Well after that he got a job, and that guy is now leading a successful life and we still exchange letters. I don't think I had anything to do with him having a successful life, but it's a reminder to myself to stay humble because anyone might be the person to give you the direction you need in life."
#GetBetter
geez, this is a bad buzz...i would have rather have given him 5$ and not spent 3 hours...or read this...bobinator said:
One last time, for old times...
"People ask me why I pronounce Humble that way. I'll tell you. I was going to visit a recruit in Humble. It was (long pause) 2006, at 4:35 PM, in September. On a (long pause) Tuesday, I think, someone check me on that. And I was driving. I had taken a left, this was before your phone had directions, which I can't really figure out that stuff anyway, Corey still has to print me directions. But I had taken a left because I didn't read her directions right, and I ended up in a parking lot. And there was a man in the parking lot who looked like he was down on his luck. But I didn't know what else to do, and I figured he might know the area, so I asked him, "hey buddy, do you know where the high school is?" And he responded that he did and asked me for five dollars to tell me. Well I replied back that I don't just give out money, but I can give out some advice. And he and I talked for about three hours. I never even made it to the high school to see the player. Well after that he got a job, and that guy is now leading a successful life and we still exchange letters. I don't think I had anything to do with him having a successful life, but it's a reminder to myself to stay humble because anyone might be the person to give you the direction you need in life."
#GetBetter
At least he didn't try to speak in a fake cajun accent to connect with the student body. #BrianKelly.GymBroFisher said:
I never understood how a man from Texas learned to say humble without an h. Don't get me wrong, appreciate a lot about Buzz, but I always thought it was strange. Unless he spent a lot of time recruiting in Humble, TX and never knew the difference.
It's hard to be humble when you're waltzing with the Crabs!
I thought the same listening to him today. He's done it for six years in press conferences tooGymBroFisher said:
I never understood how a man from Texas learned to say humble without an h. Don't get me wrong, appreciate a lot about Buzz, but I always thought it was strange. Unless he spent a lot of time recruiting in Humble, TX and never knew the difference.
I blame the morons just south of Kingwood for starting that stupid trend. There is no such thing as "umble".
Maybe someone, long ago, looked for Humble Oil.
Buck Turgidson said:
I blame the morons just south of Kingwood for starting that stupid trend. There is no such thing as "umble".
What the ell are you talking about?
There's no way this is realbobinator said:
One last time, for old times...
"People ask me why I pronounce Humble that way. I'll tell you. I was going to visit a recruit in Humble. It was (long pause) 2006, at 4:35 PM, in September. On a (long pause) Tuesday, I think, someone check me on that. And I was driving. I had taken a left, this was before your phone had directions, which I can't really figure out that stuff anyway, Corey still has to print me directions. But I had taken a left because I didn't read her directions right, and I ended up in a parking lot. And there was a man in the parking lot who looked like he was down on his luck. But I didn't know what else to do, and I figured he might know the area, so I asked him, "hey buddy, do you know where the high school is?" And he responded that he did and asked me for five dollars to tell me. Well I replied back that I don't just give out money, but I can give out some advice. And he and I talked for about three hours. I never even made it to the high school to see the player. Well after that he got a job, and that guy is now leading a successful life and we still exchange letters. I don't think I had anything to do with him having a successful life, but it's a reminder to myself to stay humble because anyone might be the person to give you the direction you need in life."
#GetBetter
Part charlatan part Tony Robbins
#GotBetter
Buzz hasn't been humbled. I don't know why he'd be using the word.
There's clearly a few people on the board that aren't aware of the super secret #getbetter newsletter.
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