hangin at the village with smokin bill simpson
as part of my community service for driving while under the influence of too many cold medications i was sent to The Village, a dreary place where we send the old folks. but during a recent visit i stumbled upon smokin bill simpson who you may remember once dominated the middleweight boxing scene in north central new jersey. in one wild night smokin bill beat and battered ernie 'brown' macleod, sam 'the enforcer' barnes, george 'the fightin german' otterbein, and dyer 'the king of the clear stuff' weed. oh how that man could fight.
he's just a shell of his former self now, hunched and slow-of-foot, but i saw that old twinkle in his eye just before he landed a nice left uppercut on my right jaw.
"thanks smokin bill," i told him. "i'll take that one to my grave."
he's just a shell of his former self now, hunched and slow-of-foot, but i saw that old twinkle in his eye just before he landed a nice left uppercut on my right jaw.
"thanks smokin bill," i told him. "i'll take that one to my grave."
posted by Bill Simpson at 12/04/2006 09:15:00 PM
3 Comments:
Hey, Bill!
Thanks for the update on Smokin' Bill. I heard he was off the ropes and on his feet. See you all soon...
Love, Mary
Nice to see you two in the ring together. He's still a handsome devil, reminding me of dinners around the Board of Plenty when he would be looking at himself in the mirror above Mo's fireplace and my Dad would yell across the table, "So Bill, ever see anyone you liked as much?" That twinkle would come up, with that rueful smile - "Naaah."
2 fine looking Bills, if you ask me.
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