Where were you during the OJ Simpon verdict?

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  • __freckles__
    __freckles__ Posts: 1,238 Member
    IN!! b4 ninerbuff locks it for being divisive:flowerforyou: :wink:

    :laugh:
  • dubster
    dubster Posts: 35 Member
    I was on a live call in radio show promoting my business and taking calls live. 10 min. into the show the verdict came in. The host of the show got signaled out of the studio and everyone outside the glass in the studio started running around, jumping on computers printing out the story. The phones stopped ringing and I had to adlib the rest of the show by myself. Until they broke in to the broadcast with the breaking story. I finished the show not knowing I was off the air talking into a dead mic.
  • shireeniebeanie
    shireeniebeanie Posts: 293 Member
    Picking up my keys in the rental office, about to move into my very first apartment.
  • H2Okblight
    H2Okblight Posts: 117
    in Germany
  • Abe98277
    Abe98277 Posts: 3
    I was in the Navy at Aircraft Fire Fighting School at NAS Whidbey Island. They interrupted our class to tell us the verdict. They just had a special the other night on Dateline about it, too!
  • stephe1987
    stephe1987 Posts: 406 Member
    October 3, 1995

    I was 8 years old and in 3rd grade. Too young to talk about that stuff with. I probably overheard some things from the adults but nobody talked directly to me about it.

    Where was I? At home or at school depending on what time of day it was...
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    I didn't follow the trail at all. I was 14.
  • earthboundmisfit
    earthboundmisfit Posts: 192 Member
    I was at work, and heard a lot of people cheering and clapping their hands. And I wondered why they were doing that.
  • tmanfromtexas
    tmanfromtexas Posts: 928 Member
    I was 4. This thread is full of old people.

    :tongue:

    I was thinking there is a bunch of young kids on this thread lol.

    I was working nights on a shut down and got to work and was told about it. The superintendent was LIVID!!!!
  • benaddict
    benaddict Posts: 1,381 Member
    I didn't know much about the trial (still don't), but I remember I was in 7th grade and I was in lunch when we heard the verdict. I think there was a radio in the lunchroom that the teachers were listening to. Most of the people I heard talk about it were surprised, but I was only 12 years old and I wasn't all that interested.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    In my freshman college dorm. Everyone was watching.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    I was 5-6 years old not giving a fvck about it just like my parents
  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    hmmm, I would've been in grade 4, so I didn't care in the slightest.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    Q: What did O.J. do when he saw the cops in his rearview mirror? A: He froze and concentrated.

    Q: What's the difference between O.J. Simpson and John Elway? A: One drove a slow, Bronco. The other "is" a slow, Bronco.

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  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Is this where I can find girl friends looking to get fit?

    Yes! :laugh:
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    in the back of my '72 mercury trying to figure out how to put a condom on (yes there was a girl there) (no it wasn't my mom or my sister).
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Q: Does this thread not violate the Community Guidelines considering that it was an incredibly controversial and divisive topic in the late 90s?


    Also, I was in 7th grade reading class.
  • baba_helly
    baba_helly Posts: 810 Member
    OJ was guilty!
  • Lilly_the_Hillbilly
    Lilly_the_Hillbilly Posts: 914 Member
    Don't know don't care.
  • AmandaLY17
    AmandaLY17 Posts: 184 Member
    I wouldve been in grade 7. I remember that there was a murder case, but I didnt pay much attention to it, certainly dont recall where I was when the verdict was handed down
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
    5th grade, mrs. Ring's class, Valley View elementary, Ellensburg WA. We were watching it on t.v., and when the verdict was announced, i remember being outraged. why? no idea. at that age i doubt i really understood what was going on. lol.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    Q: Does this thread not violate the Community Guidelines considering that it was an incredibly controversial and divisive topic in the late 90s?


    Also, I was in 7th grade reading class.
    Nah, just asking where people were back in the time the verdict was announced. Let's not let it get into a debate about the trial. I thought it would be an interesting topic based on how televised it was during the verdict. Very few events held people's attention like the actual announcement did at this or any other time. Reflecting on where one might have been when they heard it, is the curiosity here.

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  • Bownzi
    Bownzi Posts: 423 Member
    At work...in the desert....no news...ahhhhh the good old days...
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Q: Does this thread not violate the Community Guidelines considering that it was an incredibly controversial and divisive topic in the late 90s?


    Also, I was in 7th grade reading class.
    Nah, just asking where people were back in the time the verdict was announced. Let's not let it get into a debate about the trial. I thought it would be an interesting topic based on how televised it was during the verdict. Very few events held people's attention like the actual announcement did at this or any other time. Reflecting on where one might have been when they heard it, is the curiosity here.

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    Fair enough. Because I actually do remember it happening and the teacher turning on the classroom television for us to watch it.
  • Fitnin6280
    Fitnin6280 Posts: 618 Member
    8th grade science class.
  • larddragon
    larddragon Posts: 24 Member
    I was getting close to my first birthday.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,989 Member
    I was getting close to my first birthday.
    Dang. Should ask your parents if they were changing your diaper during the verdict.:laugh: :laugh:

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  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    I was 8.
    I was in Bucharest.
    I had no idea who any of these people are, nor did anyone else.
    I still pretty much have no idea who they are.
  • larddragon
    larddragon Posts: 24 Member
    I was getting close to my first birthday.
    Dang. Should ask your parents if they were changing your diaper during the verdict.:laugh: :laugh:

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    Hahaha to be honest I don't even know who OJ Simpson is! :S (Don't hate me peeps).
  • Slendermike
    Slendermike Posts: 1,776 Member
    I was in one of the cop cars, following his guilty *kitten*

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