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When you watch as much sports as I do, you undoubtedly encounter a few athletes who leave you in awe with their physical gifts. I’ve made posts in the past about how Jamarcus Russell is a mammoth human being, but there’s another athlete in the Bay Area who leaves me in awe.

Takeo Spikes. His neck is the size of a telephone pole.

I tried to think of ways to write this post without having huge homo-erotic undertones, but I have failed you all. Here’s a piece of an IM conversation on this very topic.

Chuck Taylor: every time Takeo Spikes is on tv, i marvel at how thick his neck is. ( no prop 8 ) … his neck is like one of the 9th wonders of the world. He should have been a boxer. Mike Tyson had a neck like that
Pearl: i wonder how thick it is.
Pearl: his neck. not his dick.
Chuck Taylor: his neck is wider than his head
Pearl: you’re right
Chuck Taylor: this sounds too gay for me to continue
Pearl: how do you find tshirts that fit right
Chuck Taylor: *throws in the towel*

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