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June 29, 2005
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ... Robert Kraft's on the phone: During a recent meeting between American business leaders and Russian president Vladmir Putin, Putin pocketed Kraft's 2005 Super Bowl ring. Did Kraft mean for Putin to have it? Did Putin think it was a gift? And how does ask a president for a ring back? Bling bling inside.
He pocketed it then said: "das vidanya, Mr. Kraft..."
posted by chris2sy at 11:00 AM on June 29, 2005
This is classic.
posted by 86 at 11:07 AM on June 29, 2005
It sounds like a Curb Your Enthusiasm plotline, except with ex-spy dictators.
posted by cobra! at 11:08 AM on June 29, 2005
At least his wife and kids weren't part of the photo-op. I'll bet Josten's is laughing today...laughing all the way to the bank.
posted by YukonGold at 11:37 AM on June 29, 2005
In Soviet Russia, superbowl ring owns you! or something...
posted by dzot at 01:04 PM on June 29, 2005
He doesn't need more than one ring, though, does he? I mean, really.
posted by jane at 03:11 PM on June 29, 2005
What does need have to do with jewel-encrusted rings in the first place?
posted by billsaysthis at 04:20 PM on June 29, 2005
"eet ees nice ring...hey look overz zare!" *zoink*
posted by smithnyiu at 05:58 PM on June 29, 2005
That's what he gets for going to kiss the ass of a borderline-dictator to further his own business interests.
posted by drjimmy11 at 06:57 PM on June 29, 2005
Since Super Bowl rings mean so little to Kraft, he should just give the team to me...I'd cherish that hardware and stomp Putin like a narc at a biker rally if he tried to take it. KGB, my ass...we won the Cold War, we'll win the War of the Rings, too! Friggin' Commies.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:24 PM on June 30, 2005
Dennis Miller, The Off-White Album
posted by yerfatma at 05:35 PM on June 30, 2005
Good call. After all these years, still a platinum line. "...ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough...hey asshole, ain't no dance floor WIDE ENOUGH... Ah, good times, good times.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:51 PM on June 30, 2005
Yeah, the only reason I recognize it is because it's still in the rotation along with "You gotta be a real piece of Samsonite™." The ™ is a pain in the ass to pronounce though. Man I cried the day Dennis Miller passed away.
posted by yerfatma at 06:24 PM on June 30, 2005
Glasnost anyone? My feeling is that if Putin decides he wants something, he just kinda takes it. Super Bowl rings, total parilamentary control, what have you. Frankly Kraft's only option is to say it really was a gift. Then quietly make another one. Say he had two all along.