Kobe's Victim Can't Be Called A Victim

[Franklinnoble]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0601041kobe1.html

What I found interesting from this page was Kobe's middle name... Who knew?

[sabotai]

BEAN!?!? His middle name is BEAN!?!?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[teh \/1ru§ is kewl!!]

umm

you guys didnt know that?

they often refer to him as kobe bean bryant..

[teh \/1ru§ is kewl!!]

i thought this was rather well-known, you guys must not like the nba

6 dollars says jeeberd, mrbug, and neuqua all know his middle name is bean

[Franklinnoble]

No, I didn't know that.

Rowan Atkinson must be pissed.

[sabotai]

you guys must not like the nba

Nope.

[heybrad]

I knew.

[Ryan S]

I would have thought that it would make more sense to refer to a person in this situation (or any kind of trial) as "the accuser" rather than "the victim", as this does not assume a defendants guilt. Otherwise you might as well call the defendant "the criminal".

[Franklinnoble]

I knew.
It wouldn't surprise me that Lakers fans would know this... or even big NBA fans... but I don't think this is common knowledge to casual fans....

[teh \/1ru§ is kewl!!]

YOUR A KINGS FAN

YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANTING BEAN AT ARCO YEARS AGO

[Ksyrup]

I don't like the NBA, but I knew that.

The dude's from a well-off family; Bean as a middle name seems perfectly acceptable.

[WSUCougar]

They should have named him Kona instead of Kobe.

[JeeberD]

6 dollars says jeeberd, mrbug, and neuqua all know his middle name is bean

Nope, didn't know that. But I can understand why that would be his middle name since his dad's nickname is "Jellybean".

Oh, and I'll PM you my address so that you can send me my six bucks... :)

[MrBug708]

I might have known, but I would have been more inclined to believe if it was Jelly Bean

[korme]

Sorry, I was lookin at old threads. I am stunned that Bug and Jeeber did not know this. I thought this was common info, especially for a DIEHARDLAKERSFAN (ahem Bug),

I popquizzed Neuqua.

KKiTTLeS21 (5:46:55 AM): im sure i heard it before, B---
kormelink3 (5:47:11 AM): kobe bean bryant
KKiTTLeS21 (5:47:22 AM): see, i had B and 4 letters

You guys should all be ashamed.

[JeeberD]

I still haven't recieved my six bucks, Shorty. Either send it now or I'll sick a collection agency on your ass...

[korme]

i was betting the 6 bucks against the general population, with you assisting me in winning those 6. Since you failed to help my bet, you should owe me, like, those 6 bucks times all your posts.

[molson]

FYI, Kobe is the son of former NBA player Joe "Jellybean" Bryant. Hence the Bean.

[MrBug708]

I might have known, but I would have been more inclined to believe if it was Jelly Bean

Ahem