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My son recently got himself an apartment in Houston and is waiting tables at a relatively high end restaurant near the River Oaks area.

He had to work the morning/lunch shift on Christmas Eve.  He ended up waiting on Shaquille O'Neal (who dined with one other person).

He said Shaq was super nice.  He said he shook Shaq's hand and his hand disappeared in Shaq's grip.  He said Shaq looked much bigger in person than he does on TV.

He said Shaq bought lunch for everyone in the room and left him a generous tip.

/csb

17 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

Just the tip? 

Well, it's Shaq, so...

From everything I've read, Shaq is a very cool, very generous man. Good for him.

"Oh, shrinkflation... that's just another word for robbery."

Not sure why, but the way he delivers that line kills me.

2 hours ago, bernorange said:

My son recently got himself an apartment in Houston and is waiting tables at a relatively high end restaurant near the River Oaks area.

He had to work the morning/lunch shift on Christmas Eve.  He ended up waiting on Shaquille O'Neal (who dined with one other person).

He said Shaq was super nice.  He said he shook Shaq's hand and his hand disappeared in Shaq's grip.  He said Shaq looked much bigger in person than he does on TV.

He said Shaq bought lunch for everyone in the room and left him a generous tip.

/csb

CSB indeed. Saw someone post about that on LinkedIn. Shaq is an awesome dude, apparently does stuff like that frequently and not for publicity. The HBO doc is great as well

Just don't ask him about gas mileage.

45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

That place has a great Rueben 

That Ruben is great, it’s been a few years since I’ve been there.  Looked at the menu posted, Ruben with potato salad is $25.95 now?!  Damn!

2 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

That Ruben is great, it’s been a few years since I’ve been there.  Looked at the menu posted, Ruben with potato salad is $25.95 now?!  Damn!


When you walk up and see all the seating for people waiting, that explains their pricing 

1 hour ago, Guadaloopy said:

"Oh, shrinkflation... that's just another word for robbery."

Not sure why, but the way he delivers that line kills me.

Same here. I think it's how he kind of slurs anotherwordforrobbery together so quickly and rhythmically. 

I saw him on 6th one night and he was walking through a big crowd brushing people to the side like they were gnats. 

He's a massive human being. 

Did the tables ever arrive?

also, yeah, by all accounts shaq is a gem 

30 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I saw him on 6th one night and he was walking through a big crowd brushing people to the side like they were gnats. 

He's a massive human being. 

Saw him in an airport circa 1996. 

Friend: "Hey is that Shaq?"

Me: "Which one?"

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2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

... , that explains their pricing 

They make everything in house and they've been featured on some Food Network shows (DDD).

Met him in one of his first years in the league. He always acted like a hardass about his opponents,  especially the Spurs. But it took about 3 seconds to realize he was clowning,  and was a jewel of a human being. Met a lot of NBA players during my San Antonio days, all huge humans...but Shaq? He was on a whole other level of huge.

Shaqs one of the good ones on this earth.


-proud member of owning a pair of the greatest non Jordan shoe ever, the Shaqnosis

I 'member seeing Texas play LSU at The Summit in Houston in 1990, and LSU had this HUGE freshman center who was just having his way in the paint.  Like not even fair.

On 1/3/2023 at 10:12 PM, ztejas said:

I saw him on 6th one night and he was walking through a big crowd brushing people to the side like they were gnats. 

He's a massive human being. 

On 6th street I ran into TX Center James Thomas and shook his hands.  He’s “only” 6’8” 240  and already seemed like a giant to me. 
 

Those are basically Lebron numbers and this is how he stacks up to Shaq. 

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Years ago I went to one of the only NBA games I've ever been to. It was a Lakers/Spurs playoff game at the Alamodome. Our seats were way up in the corner, nearly the top row. We were miles away from the floor.

Shaq was the only player who I could identify from up there because he was so much bigger than everyone else.

I’d like to be Shaq for a week and go around doing Shaq stuff.   

Shaq apparently a frog fan. Betting that UGA not going to beat TCU and if they do, Shaq’s gonna eat a horned frog. Not sure that’s allowed, but ok. 

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Never been a fan of the player but absolute fan off the court, love stories about his generosity like closing down toy stores and having under privileged kids have free reign in them.  He's good people. 

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I'm guessing Shaq is not a stranger to Cajun cooked frog legs.

Then there is this.

Shaq kindly helped Yao Ming put on his Hall of Fame jacket ...

 

Yao was truly massive.

On 1/4/2023 at 5:18 PM, CycleTex87 said:

I 'member seeing Texas play LSU at The Summit in Houston in 1990, and LSU had this HUGE freshman center who was just having his way in the paint.  Like not even fair.

Saw Shaq at the UIL tourney at the Drum in late 80s (think they won it in '89?).  Obviously largest kid there, but probably only about 240 lbs. at the time.  Always have loved the dude.

Serious question -- where does Shaq live? Seems like he is around the area a lot. I heard once years ago that he has a daughter here (Austin). I know he grew up in San Antonio. 

Any idea where he calls home?

He has at least one house in Sugar Land

2 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Serious question -- where does Shaq live? Seems like he is around the area a lot. I heard once years ago that he has a daughter here (Austin). I know he grew up in San Antonio. 

Any idea where he calls home?

I read that he recently moved to Dallas.

Didn’t realize (I guess) that Shaq was from San Antonio. Penders didn’t offer?

On 1/3/2023 at 2:54 PM, Hook1997 said:

That Ruben is great, it’s been a few years since I’ve been there.  Looked at the menu posted, Ruben with potato salad is $25.95 now?!  Damn!

Well it’s brisket so no surprise 

1 hour ago, CycleTex87 said:

Didn’t realize (I guess) that Shaq was from San Antonio. Penders didn’t offer?

From an article I read, Larry Brown saw Shaq playing pick-up basketball with soldiers at a base in Germany, where Shaq's dad was stationed.  Shaq was dominating the soldiers, and so huge that Brown thought he was a soldier, too.  When he asked Shaq how old he was after the game ended, Shaq told Brown that he was in eighth grade.  Brown asked to see Sgt. O'Neal and started recruiting Shaq for LSU right then and there.  Penders may have offered, but, from what I've read, Shaq was a lock to LSU early.

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44 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

From an article I read, Larry Brown saw Shaq playing pick-up basketball with soldiers at a base in Germany, where Shaq's dad was stationed.  Shaq was dominating the soldiers, and so huge that Brown thought he was a soldier, too.  When he asked Shaq how old he was after the game ended, Shaq told Brown that he was in eighth grade.  Brown asked to see Sgt. O'Neal * and started recruiting Shaq for LSU right then and there.  Penders may have offered, but, from what I've read, Shaq was a lock to LSU early.

*Sgt Harrison 

From an article I read, Larry Brown saw Shaq playing pick-up basketball with soldiers at a base in Germany, where Shaq's dad was stationed.  Shaq was dominating the soldiers, and so huge that Brown thought he was a soldier, too.  When he asked Shaq how old he was after the game ended, Shaq told Brown that he was in eighth grade.  Brown asked to see Sgt. O'Neal and started recruiting Shaq for LSU right then and there.  Penders may have offered, but, from what I've read, Shaq was a lock to LSU early.
Close, but it was Dale Brown
2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

*Sgt Harrison 

Oops.  Forgot.

22 minutes ago, Catpfish said:
3 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:
From an article I read, Larry Brown saw Shaq playing pick-up basketball with soldiers at a base in Germany, where Shaq's dad was stationed.  Shaq was dominating the soldiers, and so huge that Brown thought he was a soldier, too.  When he asked Shaq how old he was after the game ended, Shaq told Brown that he was in eighth grade.  Brown asked to see Sgt. O'Neal and started recruiting Shaq for LSU right then and there.  Penders may have offered, but, from what I've read, Shaq was a lock to LSU early.

Close, but it was Dale Brown

Shit.  And I'm not even drunk.

9 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

From an article I read, Larry Brown* saw Shaq playing pick-up basketball with soldiers at a base in Germany, where Shaq's dad was stationed.  Shaq was dominating the soldiers, and so huge that Brown thought he was a soldier, too.  When he asked Shaq how old he was after the game ended, Shaq told Brown that he was in eighth grade.  Brown asked to see Sgt. O'Neal and started recruiting Shaq for LSU right then and there.  Penders may have offered, but, from what I've read, Shaq was a lock to LSU early.

Dale Brown

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CSB...

tutored Shaq during my tenure at LSU (he didn’t need it, but athletes had to get X hours in the tutoring lab signed off no matter what, so he'd come in and i'd sign off on his logic homework/hours and he'd go about his day...occasionally he'd ask a question, sometimes sit and shoot the shit b/c we were both from Texas).  great guy, authentic and personable af even back then.  and very grateful about seemingly everything.  he had a maroon Ford Explorer with a booming system he’d crank up on weekends in the dorm parking lot and just hang out there with his peeps to keep away from trouble...you'd NEVER see him out in Tigertown, The Chimes, Varsity, etc.  just bumped his Explorer for all to hear.  he knew where he was headed.

when he announced he was going pro early, he stood in the middle of the quad the following day and thanked everyone who walked by for their support.

 

Back in my server days I waited on Earl Campbell, Oliver Miller, Kevin Costner, Flickerstick, Chewbacca(sans costume), and Kelley Clarkson.

On 1/12/2023 at 4:10 PM, Kyrie Eleison said:

CSB...

tutored Shaq during my tenure at LSU he had a maroon Ford Explorer with a booming system he’d crank up on weekends in the dorm parking lot and just hang out there with his peeps

 

my Ford Explorer boomin' with the clumped-up funk, 
all you jealous punks can't stop my dunks, 
they're brand new like Heavy, 
built like Chevy, Impala, 
but Shaq's a smooth balla, 
I can hold my own, 
knick-knack shaq-attack, give a dog a bone,

Apparently shaq has a tree made out of all the rims he broke from their backboards

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On 1/14/2023 at 8:18 PM, Fudbelty said:

Back in my server days I waited on Earl Campbell, Oliver Miller, Kevin Costner, Flickerstick, Chewbacca(sans costume), and Kelley Clarkson.

That's an eclectic dinner group.

On 1/14/2023 at 8:18 PM, Fudbelty said:

Back in my server days I waited on Earl Campbell, Oliver Miller, Kevin Costner, Flickerstick, Chewbacca(sans costume), and Kelley Clarkson.

Sexy Kelly or nah?

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