Paul opines... Evan's description below is the CIA plant version of the story. There are several versions. One that I find most interesting and informative is the INTERPOL version. FB and Bill Basu went on the Professional BBQ tour. FB cooked and Basu kept him in "Hot Links" wherever they went. (TV later did a take off on this format about a couple of Tennis Players) The true purpose of their efforts wasn't even close to BBQ. While FB would be cooking his loins...Basu would go and steal secrets of all local "Cricket Bats" in the area. There is some truth in Evan's version as Bill Basu is a Canadian from Indian heritage. Not Sioux or Apache...but the Gandhi (It's all about Salt) Indians. The Delhi, Dal, and Turban (not Thurban (yet another story)) Indians. Basu was a highly paid Cricket Bat Technology Thief. He learned to play Cricket in the UK and learned to Steal in the Dog Ring. He learned all he knows about Technology from Rita Sandell, Barbara Amidon, and Norma Handsburg. So juz imagine...here these 2 guyz are traveling around the world Cooking and Smoking who knows what while one of them secretly was working undercover with the Cricket Bowler and going for the Cricket Batty info all at the same time. Ain't life Grand???? THE MYSTERY BEHIND FB I don't think this is the truth, the whole true. so help you Him. There maybe something wrong with that. ;0) Terry Not many know the real story. When Ed was but a young man, he was known as Bud. Everyone called him Bud, but as a worker in Oakland, it didn't seem tough enough. So, Bud tried to start a new nickname for himself. He first selected Tookie, and called himself that, but about 25 years ago, another black man was arrested and they kept confusing Bud for Tookie, so he changed it to Mike Tyson. But, after twice trying to bite Paul Root's ear, he was forced to change again. This time he wanted to be called Jessie Jackson, and that worked until his brother Michael told him that Jessie didn't fit his image. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================