Big Brown

dilligaf · 06-03-2008, 06:07 PM

We didn't get our buttons until today (tonight I should say).

UPS Lifer · 06-03-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dilligaf

We didn't get our buttons until today (tonight I should say).

Please save me a button!!!! I have a delivery tomorrow!!!!

dilligaf · 06-03-2008, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by UPS Lifer

Please save me a button!!!! I have a delivery tomorrow!!!!

I'd love to but I probably won't be there. I will tell your driver though!!!!!!!!!!

dilligaf · 06-03-2008, 06:25 PM

Lifer, you need to clear some space in your PM's. It is full.

moreluck · 06-03-2008, 06:34 PM

That's a great idea....why doesn't everyone just take a couple minutes and clear out those old PM's. My private messages read "0" right now.

dilligaf · 06-03-2008, 06:38 PM

More, mine are at 10 and 10. I just can't bring myself to get rid if Dilligaf Chili yet!!!!!!!!!!

Mike Hawk · 06-03-2008, 07:50 PM

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Did any of you get the Big Brown buttons to pass out to your customers? We got them in my center and we all laughed and then all agreed that this was a tremendous waste of money. Even the CM agreed that the money could have better spent elsewhere. Maybe they could have finally listened to soberups about his 3 pt seat belts.

Maybe they were, a couple pins and some straps off a box and you have a 3 point belt

moreluck · 06-05-2008, 05:15 PM

So will he now be called Big Brown Hooters?????.........

New York Daily News – June 4, 2008
Hooters Jumps Aboard Big Brown With Sponsorship Deal
… Until now, United Parcel Service was Big Brown's sole sponsor, and the worldwide delivery company is said to be less than thrilled about sharing the limelight with the raunchy company. "UPS wanted to be the exclusive sponsor and we offered them every possible way to do [that], and they basically turned it down," said Kelly Wietsma, spokeswoman for Big Brown's owner, IEAH Stables. The deal was ironed out yesterday, but Hooters would not reveal how much it paid for the rights. Hooters said the owners and the jockey approved the deal.

looper804 · 06-05-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by moreluck

So will he now be called Big Brown Hooters?????.........

New York Daily News – June 4, 2008
Hooters Jumps Aboard Big Brown With Sponsorship Deal
… Until now, United Parcel Service was Big Brown's sole sponsor, and the worldwide delivery company is said to be less than thrilled about sharing the limelight with the raunchy company. "UPS wanted to be the exclusive sponsor and we offered them every possible way to do [that], and they basically turned it down," said Kelly Wietsma, spokeswoman for Big Brown's owner, IEAH Stables. The deal was ironed out yesterday, but Hooters would not reveal how much it paid for the rights. Hooters said the owners and the jockey approved the deal.

Heard on the radio that the racing commission is not happy about this deal and will not allow the jockey to wear any hooters emblems.

helenofcalifornia · 06-05-2008, 07:37 PM

What do the buttons and tee shirts look like?

mountaingoat · 06-06-2008, 01:27 AM

Forget about the Hooters logos, they plan to make the jockey wear the Hooters apparel. This will not be a pretty sight ;-)

thom1842 · 06-06-2008, 01:02 PM

Here is what the button looks like for those of you who haven't gotten one:

scratch · 06-06-2008, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by thom1842

Here is what the button looks like for those of you who haven't gotten one:

lol thom1842,
I was just about to post a photo of the button. We got ours today, I grabbed a few of them. Most people didn't seem too interested. I thought about going by the local Hooters restaurant to try to pin one on a waitress, but on second thought I decided that wouldn't be a great idea.

helenofcalifornia · 06-06-2008, 04:55 PM

Did anybody get the T shirts? Long sleeved and short? What do they look like?

thom1842 · 06-06-2008, 08:51 PM

I'm hoping to someday pair my button with the $2 win ticket I just got from the local track up here to sell on ebay in 20 years after BB wins the triple crown!

trickpony1 · 06-07-2008, 02:46 PM

BB didn't win today.
Not to worry though.
The company doctor will give him a bottle of 400 mg ibuprofen, a pat on the bottom and put him back on the track.

moreluck · 06-07-2008, 02:50 PM

BB gets a steroid shot (legal) every month. They skipped it this month. Oops! I think it was also probably too darned hot there today.

The jockey took care to not let the horse get hurt. That's a good jockey.

There'll be more races.

moreluck · 06-07-2008, 02:52 PM

They need to study the slow motion films carefully. BB may have gotten kicked in the front legs by the winning horse when he got up real close in the beginning of the race.

UPS Lifer · 06-07-2008, 02:53 PM

Hats off to Ken - It's not all about winning. He showed how much he cares for that horse.
That is a great jockey!

On the bright side..... look at all that publicity. I was going to go to dinner tonight and wear the pin! ..... I don't think so now!

gator · 06-07-2008, 05:36 PM

very disappointing. not in the horse because he kicked butt in the other 2 races but just that he didn't win the triple crown. i knew the trainer was way to confident! still, go big brown.

06-07-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by gator

very disappointing. not in the horse because he kicked butt in the other 2 races but just that he didn't win the triple crown. i knew the trainer was way to confident! still, go big brown.

He may not have won, but he came in a close dead last! Horse was originally bought 2 years ago for $60,000, said today he was worth $50.000,000! Would have been worth 100 million if he had won. What an investment!

local804 · 06-07-2008, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by moreluck

BB gets a steroid shot (legal) every month. They skipped it this month. Oops! I think it was also probably too darned hot there today.

The jockey took care to not let the horse get hurt. That's a good jockey.

There'll be more races.

It was way too hot here 2day