This is a story that Jay Leno calls a classic.

Let me start by telling you that this story is true and is a great example of how something that could have gone really badly ended up being used for good. Only the names and locations have been changed to protect the guilty.


I was about 18 years old in my hometown of Grand Rapids, Mich., doing one of my favorite things – fishing. (Yeah, black people fish.) The lake we were fishing at, however, was in “East Grand Rapids,” which at that time meant “rich white folks only.”

It was getting dark out, and my dad and I just brought the boat ashore. (I know what song just came to your mind right now: “Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore…” Stop it and stay focused.)

After landing the boat, I had to go get the truck and trailer that were about a mile’s walk, so instead of walking I started jogging. Then, a white lady who was also jogging came around the corner in front of me. After about 10 feet or so, she noticed that I was behind her and instantly started to run faster. Unfortunately, because her head was turned, she tripped over the grass and fell down. It seemed like she had hurt herself yet she was desperately trying to get away from me.

At this point, all I wanted to do was help her or see if she needed me to get help, but I couldn’t. She was so afraid of me, or what she thought I represented, that all she could do was panic.

I’d like to know what would’ve happened if I had stuck around after she screamed. There was a police station just down the street and pedestrians not too far off. Likely, I would have gone to jail that night and maybe even have been convicted of something. It would have been my word against hers. So instead I just ran off; I couldn’t even do what I knew was right.

This was really a hard thing to have gone through, for both of us. I couldn’t even bring myself to talk about this for almost a year or so after it happen.

But thanks to my ability to look at things from a different perspective, I have been able to take this seemingly bad situation and use it to bring laughter to millions.

Leave whatever comments you like on this subject, then checkback here to see my team and I going thru your comments on May 14th.Then on the 24th see the results.

Happy Commenting!

The Premise: “The THROW BACK JERSEY”ready, set, comment!

1. James Lex – “I got free tickets to “the game.”
2. LeRoy Jenkins - “Tebow’s playing”
3. Brandon Wald - ” Today’s not Easter or mothers day”
   
4. Alie Makk – “I couldn’t get the stamp off of my hand from the night before.”
5. Linda M. Brown – “ I can watch it on tv.”
6. Linda M. Brown - “All they want is my money.”
7. Ronald Lee Gentry- “God has Blessed me Enough, already!!”
8. Gary Murrieta – “ On the 7th day God rested. If it’s good enough for God it’s good enough for me…”
9. Kelly Carriker- “ I will get struck by lightning.”
10. Brittany Noller – “I don’t need to go to church to be a Christian”
11. James Farmer- “Why go to Church when I have a Wife at home who is always preaching to me….”

1. Allison Cupertino – “You tell him you love him and he says, “Thanks.”"
2. Hunter Snelson - ” When she pulls you away from Christ!!!”
3. Stacey Bailey - “ They take out a restraining order against you.”
4. Brant Smith – “ she says, “you’re such a good man. A much better man that I used to be.”"
5. Mike A Jackson – “When she asks you for advice on how to get back together with her baby daddy.”
6. Randy Hurtado - “HER name is Fred”
7. Zach Rudolph- “If he spent $150 on his shoes but makes you pay for dinner”
8. Jack Plew – “When she’s fam!”
9. Pam Gessler- “If he starts out by telling you how much he hates marriage.”
10. Colleen Sommers – “When he says we aren’t breaking up but i want to date other people. And i would be thrilled to see you with someone else.”
11. Tad Griffin- ” She’s wearing a wedding ring and you two aren’t married.”

1. Michael Grant – “The restraining order”
2. Brant Smith - “ If you’re at a fancy dinner and the camera crew from Cheaters shows up.”
3. Wanda Rose Bush - “ If they’ve changed their relationship status on Facebook back to “single.”"
4. Arthur Croswell – “As your sitting together watching TV, the commercial for eHarmony comes on and they comment “Oh, that looks interesting.”"
5. Haley Cox – “He or she brings you their two weeks notice”
6. Danielle Boone – “She has this really pretty, smart, fun friend and thinks you two would be so perfect together.”
7. Kelly Carriker - “They invite you over to meet new boy/girl friend”
8. Stephen Taylor – “When she always cancels dates because her grandmother just died, and apparently she has over 6 grandmothers”
9. Steve Lopez – “They’re aiming a laser pointer at your forehead.”
10. Allen Schrock – “You receive a wedding invitation with a post it note attached that says…call me we need to talk.”
11.  Angela Jackson - “ If you just saw ur face pop up on America’s Most Wanted with them sitting next to you.”