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Brian owns up to stealing another guy's pizza!

Brian owns up to stealing another guy's pizza!

By Brian Allen

 This afternoon, while eating lunch, Austin took a piece of macaroni salad off my plate and ate it. I said "Did you ask to eat that?" He said no, but that it was there and he knew Daddy would share. He was right so no harm, no foul. But it reminded me of something that happened about 15 years that I have never owned up to until now.

 When I worked at WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, I would sometimes act as the technical director for "Sound Off"; a sports call in program. It was hosted by two local legends; Jim Zabel and Larry Cotlar. They were both good guys. Often times, during the show, they would order a pizza that they would then have delivered to the station and they would take bites during commercial breaks.

 One night, the show ended and they left. They left their pizza behind. About 90 minutes had passed and still the pizza was there but no sign of them. I was getting hungry, so in my mind, I deduced that they had left the pizza behind for whoever wanted to eat it. Meaning me. So I went over to their studio and grabbed the pizza box, brought it back to my studio and started eating pizza At one point, I went out in the hallway to check the news wire when out of nowhere, here comes Larry Cotlar! He looks at me and says "Have you seen my pizza?" Keep in mind, I have half-an-eaten piece of pizza in my left hand...he can't see it. I ball up that hand and shove the piece of pizza into my pocket while saying "No Larry, haven't seen it." He walks off in a huff. I'm scared to death! I go into my studio, grab the pizza box, put it back in their studio and wait. Pretty soon, here comes Larry, he does a double take at seeing the pizza box. He picks it up and leaves.

 He left a pizza behind for an hour and a half and then came to get it? Granted, he never said I could have any pizza. I totally assumed it. I learned my lesson. I think I'll probably forward this to Larry Cotlar, just so he knows what really happened.

 Quote Of The Day: "Fine art and pizza delivery, what we do falls neatly in between!" David Letterman

 This Day In History: The 22nd and 24th president of the United States, Grover Cleveland, died in Princeton, New Jersey on this date, June 24th 1908.

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Tuesday, Jun 24 at 10:58 PM Jeff wrote ...

Well, the statute of limitations on theft should have expired, so all is good there.

Tuesday, Jun 24 at 3:59 PM Phil wrote ...

Great story. Thanks for sharing it. Oh, by the way, there's some tomato sauce on your chin.

Tuesday, Jun 24 at 3:22 PM George A wrote ...

I just remember Cotlar trying to get up in the morning to do morning sports!

Tuesday, Jun 24 at 2:40 PM JP wrote ...

Now, don't you feel better that you've unloaded that piece of baggage that's been burdening you for all these years? *LOL*

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