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[Story] Kurtis the Stock Boy and Brenda the Checkout Girl

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  1. gucci888

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    KURTIS THE STOCK BOY AND BRENDA THE CHECKOUT GIRL

    In a supermarket, Kurtis the stock boy, was busily working when a new voice came over the loud speaker asking for a carry out at register 4. Kurtis was almost finished, and wanted to get some fresh air, and decided to answer the call. As he approached the check-out stand a distant smile caught his eye, the new check-out girl was beautiful. She was an older woman (maybe 26, andhe wasonly 22) and he fell in love.

    Later that day, after his shift was over, he waited by the punch clock to find out her name. She came into the break room, smiled softly at him, took her card and punched out, then left. He looked at her card, BRENDA. He walked out only to see her start walking up the road. Next day, he waited outside as she left the supermarket, and offered her a ride home. He looked harmless enough,and she accepted. When he dropped her off, he asked if maybe he could see her again,outside of work. She simply said it wasn't possible.

    He pressed and she explained she had two children and she couldn't afford a baby-sitter, so he offered to pay for the baby-sitter. Reluctantly shea ccepted his offer for a date for the following Saturday. That Saturday night he arrived at her door only to have her tell him that she was unable to go with him. Thebaby-sitter had called and canceled. To which Kurtis simply said, "Well,let's take the kids with us."

    She tried to explain that taking the children was not an option, but again not taking no for an answer, he pressed. Finally Brenda, brought him inside to meet her children. She had an older daughter who was just as cute as a bug,Kurtis thought, then Brenda brought out her son, in a wheelchair. He was borna paraplegic with Down Syndrome.

    Kurtis asked Brenda, "I still don't understand why the kids can't come with us?" Brenda was amazed. Most men would run away from a womanwith two kids, especially if one had disabilities - just like her first husband and father of her children had done. Kurtis was not ordinary - - - he had adifferent mindset.

    That evening Kurtis and Brenda loaded up the kids, went to dinner and the movies. When her son needed anything Kurtis would take care of him. When he needed to use the restroom, he picked him up out of his wheelchair, took him and brought him back. The kids loved Kurtis. At the end of the evening,Brenda knew this was the man she was going to marry and spend the rest of her life with.

    A year later, they were married and Kurtis adopted both of her children. Since then they have added two more kids. So what happened to Kurtis the stock boy and Brenda the check-out girl?

    Well,Mr. & Mrs. Kurt Warner now live in Arizona , where he is currently employed as the quarterback of the National Football League Arizona Cardinals.

    He & his Cardinals will be playing in the 2009 Super Bowl. Is this a surprise ending or could you have guessed that he was not an ordinary person. It should be noted that he also quarterbacked the winning Rams in SuperBowl XXXVI. He has also been the NLF's Most Valuable Player twice and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player.
     
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  2. BiGGieStuFF

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    I did not know that about him. Very cool.
     
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  3. kaleidosky

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    that's cool.. though others will appreciate it if you could add in spaces where appropriate in your post. Every other sentencehasthree or four wordsthatruntogether for some reason..
     
    #3 kaleidosky, Jan 26, 2009
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    Cool!
     
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  5. El Toro

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    I smell a copy/paste from an email!

    BTW this story was a very popular "sermon" this past Sunday. I know of a few people who've told me they heard their pastor recite this and offer life's lessons from his story.
     
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  6. Rocketman95

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    nice little piece of fiction.

    but the real story is even better.
     
    #6 Rocketman95, Jan 26, 2009
  7. gucci888

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    Fixed it, I copy and pasted it from an e-mail I got.
     
    #7 gucci888, Jan 26, 2009
  8. Dr of Dunk

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    Party pooper! :D I knew I had heard this story before... I guess it was the last time Kurt was leading his team toward a championship.
     
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    I for one, still knew the story back when Kurt started tearing up the league after Roidney Harrison went Tonya Harding on Trent Green before the season started.
     
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    kurtis should get his eyes checked
     
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    I thought Kurtis' only true love was Jesus?
     
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    Brenda the Checkout Girl got herself a new wig.
     
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    http://www.cracked.com/article_16989_p2.html


    The Rags to Riches Story:

    We've all gotten the email about a young man named Kurtis and a pretty girl named Brenda, who worked at a local super market together. They met, got married and the (twist) ending is that Kurtis became Kurt Warner: The man who went from stocking groceries to winning a Superbowl MVP!

    So all you dudes out there, grinding away long hours in the stockroom stacking dog food and altering the expiration dates on the sour cream; you used to play some ball in school, right? This could be you! Hanging onto those dreams doesn't make you like that sad uncle in Napoleon Dynamite! You're just the next "Kurtis" Warner!

    Why It's a Load of Crap:

    You know how long Kurt Warner actually stocked groceries for? According to Warner himself, "A few weeks." So how did he have time to meet his wife, and reenact the entire plot of a romantic comedy? He didn't. The tale is just as fictional as the above rags to riches stories. And even worse, the real story is actually more interesting.

    Just like Gates, Warner was incredibly gifted from a young age. He was his college conference's offensive player of the year as a senior. He and Brenda met when he was a promising college quarterback, and when he couldn't land a job in the NFL, he went to the Arena league and was a star there. He went to play in Europe, starred there, then got picked up on an NFL roster.

    So he was never "Kurtis the Stockboy." He was always Kurt Warner, that guy waiting for a roster spot to open up in the NFL. Finally, he got his chance with the Rams thanks to the inspirational drive and determination of safety Rodney Harrison, who destroyed the knee of the guy starting ahead of Warner (Trent Green) in an exhibition game. The rest is history.

    But as Deadspin recently pointed out, the real tragedy of this particular heaping spoonful of sugar-coated bull**** is that it downplays what the couple--particularly Kurt's wife--really went through.

    In reality, Brenda caught more bad breaks than most blues musicians sing about in an entire career. She's a former Marine, and was married to another Marine before she met Kurt. Her first husband developed a brain tumor that would cause immense seizures. So much so, that one attack caused him to drop their newborn baby, resulting in permanent brain damage. Their marriage fell apart.

    A few years later, her parents were killed by a ******* tornado.

    The fact that she didn't collapse into a drunken heap--or go on a shooting spree--means she should have a ****ing email forward of her own, instead of being the female prop for Kurt's tale. She's the one who made it to hell and back; he's just one of countless dudes who "persevered" as a pro athlete because he wasn't qualified to do anything else (see: grocery bagging job).

    But now he's set to play in the Super Bowl--again--and they're both filthy rich. Good for them (and by them, we mean Brenda). It's not like they don't deserve it. But like with Mr. Gates, the real moral of the story is that talent and hard work are great ... but success may never have come without a whole bunch of help along the way. We just hope that every Christmas the Warner family sends a very large gift basket to one Mr. Rodney Harrison.
     
    #15 Lil Pun, Jan 30, 2009
  16. Smokey

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    I heard it 10 years ago when Warner first took the Rams to the Super Bowl.
     
    #16 Smokey, Jan 30, 2009
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