Wednesday, December 14, 2005

The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor

I found myself thinking of a story I had read about John Riggins some time ago, and found this description in wikipedia: In 1985, at a Washington Press Club dinner, an intoxicated Washington Redskins player John Riggins infamously told [Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor]: "Come on, Sandy Baby, loosen up. You're too tight," then passed out on the floor. The next day, the women with whom she shared an early morning exercise class presented her with a T-shirt that read: "Loosen up at the Supreme Court." She apparently bore him no ill will — years later, when he made his acting debut at a local playhouse, she gave him a dozen roses on opening night.

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