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Oct 3, 2024
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Skeptical Optimist

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OJ Simpson found NOT guilty on this day 29 years ago. Where were you?

Spiff SequelTrilogyFan

8:42am

At work in Provo.

CascadeBYUFan

8:42am

RE: At work in Provo.

Mr. Belding

8:45am

boardname

COUGND

9:06am

Huddled around a tv in a common area in my dorm at Bloomsburg University.

gangbusters

8:43am

Jr high gym class. Gym teacher was listening to it on the radio.

Mr. Belding

8:44am

In the Gantenbein commons at Lewis & Clark Law School

shokupanmanbo

8:45am

No idea. I was 3

Powerbait DPM

8:45am

On a construction site working. Everyone said he got off cause he was black

chismoso

8:45am

Interesting

El Careeb

8:58am

Spanish Class with Senor Pagina. Listened to the verdict live as a class.

ThreatLevelMidnight

8:48am

I am not Senor Pagina, but I was teaching a HS Spanish class. We watched it

UMWolverine

9:47am

Picking up the mail from the post office in the first area of my mission

Skeptical Optimist

8:48am

Provo

OU Cougar

8:48am

In a conference room at the Public Defender’s Office in Mesa

gilbertatty

8:49am

What were you in for?

IdahoCoug

8:54am

I was 5 days away from coming from home my mission

Coug

8:49am

RE: OJ Simpson found NOT guilty on this day 29 years ago. Where were you?

Mostlyaccurate

8:50am

Okay, so you were pregnant. The question was where were you. Not your pregnancy status.

IdahoCoug

8:53am

I remember watching the verdict at home with my siblings and we were all thrilled about it because we thought he was

byujacob

8:50am

BJ and his siblings: "How can the actor from the Naked Gun be guilty of murder? It doesn't add up."

WDaddy

8:54am

On my mission in Spain, I was shocked that it was front page news there.

Cosmodiar

8:50am

7th Grade Shop Class, remember watching the verdict on the channel 1 tv.

camp_chef

8:50am

7th grade English class

Avery

9:02am

In Ohio for grad school at our apartment.

Soupie

8:52am

Rancagua, Chile, quite ignorant of the fact that he had even been arrested for murder.

IdahoCoug

8:52am

I started my mission there in '96. That was my zone. First area San Francisco de

gangbusters

9:06am

Oestero? I came home in November of 95. My last area was Recreo/Punta del Sol.

IdahoCoug

9:14am

Yep. I actually misspoke. Rancagua was my first area, then SF. I was in SF for 4

gangbusters

9:24am

On my mission in Modena, Italy

Jeff Spicoli

8:52am

Probably sleeping in and skipping Chem105

WDaddy

8:52am

Watching in my parent's basement after getting home from school (HS Senior)

eoscougar

8:53am

Just home from my mission in South Africa. I never fully processed the whole OJ

hebercreeper

8:53am

Sitting in the car at my works parking lot listening on the radio.

Hank Rearden

8:53am

I was 7. Probably playing Donkey Kong Country on my SNES.

RootieBoy

8:54am

Helping a guy in my YSA bishopric lay carpet at a house in Tacoma

El Careeb

8:54am

Trackting in an inner city neighborhood. The folks who told us and those

bluesloth

8:55am

High school science class. Human anatomy I think

bag

8:55am

Senior year. High school. The pinnacle of life. Could have been much better too

BYUheaven

8:56am

Jury foreman

BYUFam1

8:56am

8th grade English class. We brought a tv in and watched. Math teacher said...

RexIdaCoug

9:00am

No clue on specifics. I was still a student at BYU, so in Provo somewhere.

Benfica1

9:03am

Elementary school. Probably playing pogs.

mokelembembe

9:06am

Detroit in a conference room watching a major race division by employees

Fdnman

9:07am

At high school. We knew it was about to happen and then during class I heard

thewaterboy

9:09am

On my mission, getting ready to be transferred from Federal Way to Ocean Shores.

Jeffacka

9:10am

High School. The whole cafeteria was full in the middle of class, tvs were on

deliciousmocha

9:11am

A waiting room at the hospital in Pine Bluff, Arkansas

BYULAWGUY

9:13am

10th grade… about to go to lunch if I remember correctly

Das_Countach

9:14am

At LDS hospital at work.

Tank's Dad

9:14am

I was at work downtown SLC. I went out on the street in disbelief.

nybyblue

9:15am

In HS English class watching it live

Kaladin

9:17am

In line to enter Disneyland

Azul Profundo

9:18am

The year Indiana Jones opened IIRC.

mokelembembe

9:21am

Math class in 7th grade. We listened on the radio.

cougfanblue

9:19am

Had just moved from South Carolina to work for Novell.

Florwood

9:21am

In heaven still. We all thought the verdict was effed up

zuko

9:25am

English class. Teacher took us into the library to watch the verdict on TV.

dut99002

9:38am

Reading through these responses reaffirms what I already knew… I’m a CB dinosaur

UMWolverine

9:51am

At work, very diverse HR Dept, City of Bellevue WA. Most were shocked.

WallaX2

9:55am

I returned from my mission in Brazil a few days later-----the news coverage

LO Cougar

9:57am

Watched it from my office at work with a bunch of coworkers. We were stunned.

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