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The Display Case #10: Bobby Orr And......Birth Control?!?!?!

October 29, 2012, 4:34 PM ET [9 Comments]
Shawn Gates
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Peanut butter and jelly. Coffee and doughnuts. BBQ and beers. These are things that, over time, have become synonymous with each other. You hear them mentioned and there is no head scratching as to why they were blurted out together.

Then there are those instances where you hear two things mentioned together that have ABSOLUTELY no business being together. Zero. You hear these things and they send your head spinning. Now in my time at Hockeybuzz I have rarely had to deal with these types of things (my day job is a whole other story!). Then came the latest submission for “The Display Case”...

Hey Shawn

I got this and 1500 unused condoms from a movie producers’ office. He bailed and it was on the wall. The office PA's were gonna bin it I came in knowing the office was closing and quizzed the girls about it. They offered it to me. I walked out with it past my chums, all die hard hockey fans with the picture in hand. Says "Happy birthday XXXXX love you mean it Bobby Orr." I don't even know if it's real. I was working on the XXXXX and final season of XXXXX (NOTE: I was asked by the guy who submitted this to omit certain info related to the project he was employed on at the time) . Doubt he had a fake but it's possible.


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As I hope people can appreciate, I was caught a bit off guard by the combination between Bobby Orr and 1500 condoms! Actually, I’ve never needed to draw a link between ANYTHING and 1500 condoms. At the same time, when I put the call for submissions out there I do emphasize uniqueness and an interesting story, and without a doubt, this hits those criteria! Although I do question his need to state they were “unused”....

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