Another pro athlete story I have isn't hockey but NFL. This one isn't awkward, I just think its kind of funny. When I was living in Vancouver my cousin & I went to a football camp, and Indy Colts RB Dominic Rhodes (who IMO should've been Super Bowl XLI MVP, but I digress) was there. At the end of the day, he was signing autographs & taking pictures for a bunch of people.
I know athletes are used to fans kissing their ass, so I usually try to mess with them a little(not in a bad way, just joking around), its usually funny. So when it finally got to our turn, I asked him if we could get a pic. He said sure, so I handed him my camera and asked if he could take a pic of my cousin and I. He seemed kinda thrown off and said "Uhh, sure", took my camera and started lining up the shot. I finally started laughing and said, "No I'm just kidding, I want to get a pic with you". He still seemed confused, but handed me the camera and my cuz got a pic of Rhodes & I. We actually chatted for a couple mins after, as my ruse seemed to help snap him out of robot autograph mode, he's actually a pretty funny guy.
The funniest is when I got the pics back a couple weeks later (didn't have a digital camera back then). I hadn't realized it, but he actually had managed to snap a pic of me & my cuz. So I have this pic of my cuz & I side by side, with me laughing (he snapped it right as i was starting to tell him what I was doing), taken by an NFL RB. I laugh whenever I see that pic.
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