# The Orlando Magic stopped me on my way to work.... **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883 "2008-04-18T13:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/1 "2008-04-18T13:15:10Z")
…in one of the trippier driving-to-work incidents of my career. I was driving into downtown Orlando, minding my own business, jamming to the song from Big Blue on SNES\* F-Zero\*, when in the distance I saw a bunch of guys in blue waving flags (at the intersection of Colonial/50 and Bumby, for you locals). “Bit early for a high school carwash,” I thought. Then I looked closer. They were the biggest kids I’d ever seen… “That looks like Hedo Turkoglu,” I said to myself. “That IS Hedo Turkoglu!” Then the giant Dwight Howard popped out from behind a van, and I almost ran all of them over, I was so surprised. Turns out they’re handing out free tickets for tonight’s playoff game. I guess we’ve sucked for so long that nobody is paying attention - so the first playoff series in twelve years that they might actually win isn’t sold out. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/2 "2008-04-18T13:23:01Z")
So – you going to the game? ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/3 "2008-04-18T13:39:39Z")
If only they did that around Detroit! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/4 "2008-04-18T13:48:24Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] So – you going to the game? [/QUOTE] Not sure. Our “voluntary” office happy hour is tonight, and the last person that skipped out got shitcanned the next month. Plus the boss picks up the tab. I could always go afterward. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/5 "2008-04-18T14:32:47Z")
I used to do half-time entertainment for the Magic. My brother still does (Orlando Magic Jamskaters). We used to get a quick half court game in on the floor every once in a while. And all of the pros we met were all pretty nice. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/6 "2008-04-18T19:41:54Z")
Bummer. The Magic are the only central Florida pro sports team I haven’t seen play live. I wish I could go to a game. One day I will… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/7 "2008-04-18T21:28:30Z")
I guess we’ll see, since I’m off to get drunk on the company dime now 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yearsofstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/779978/32.png) [@yearsofstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yearsofstatic)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/8 "2008-04-18T21:36:29Z")
The fact that you were listening to music from F-Zero blows my mind. I find that not a lot of people appreciate awesome video game music. Kudos to you sir. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-orlando-magic-stopped-me-on-my-way-to-work/445883/9 "2008-04-19T19:15:21Z")
[QUOTE=yearsofstatic] The fact that you were listening to music from F-Zero blows my mind. I find that not a lot of people appreciate awesome video game music. Kudos to you sir. [/QUOTE] There are a buncha videogame music appreciation threads over in Cafe Society. And thanks!