[Groop]Shocking event at Sergio's Table...

[Shane Clarke]

Ahhhh... poor poor Gary.... So obsessed to have every single piece of groo 
material in existence.

To be so close to an Original Sketch Card. (I'll show you mine if you're 
down in the area going to your sons college, again)

That was a 'fun-elbow' at Garys ribs.



At 11:20 PM 7/27/00 -0400, SheikOfEntropy@aol.com wrote:
>Well, Gary really should be the one to tell this one, but since he's away and
>I'm impatient, I'll relate this tale. Gary was there for the unveiling, I
>came by moments later to see Gary PRACTICALLY hyperventilating...
>
>Sergio keeps a nice selection of merchandise at his table, from Groo TPB's in
>English & Spanish to Groo hats (got 1!), Groo trading cards and the Groo card
>game (played it over lunch with Jeff and Greg, by the way).
>
>Well, it seems a couple came by the table and decided to buy a box of Groo
>trading cards. They started opening them at the table there with Sergio (it
>was slow, no line) and on the third pack pulled one of the ORIGINAL SKETCH
>CARDS!!! Not knowing what they had, they asked Sergio to sign it, and his
>eyes BUGGED OUT!
>
>Gary started hyperventilating, and about now I walked up to say hi. Gary and
>Sergio both go "Did you see what they did...?" Gary is simultaneously
>explaining how rare and valuable one of these cards are (only 50 made) and
>trying to negotiate a trade for it. (This is to Gary's credit. Anyone who's
>met him knows that no matter how obsessed he is, he'd never trick someone or
>cheat them. Gary's as honest as they come).
>
>Eventually they asked Sergio once again to sign the card, and Sergio pointed
>out that it was signed already, that it was an original signed sketch. So he
>signed something else for them instead.
>
>Anyway, I'm sure when Gary gets back, he'll tell the whole story in his own
>way, adding embellishments and correcting inaccuracies (He'll probably say "I
>wasn't hyperventilating, I was just breathing fast. And I'm NOT OBSESSED")
>
>Bye all!
>
>-Larry Steller AKA The Sheik of Entropy
>
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