What about Bob?

Caught up with Boomer over the phone yesterday while I visited Jets camp, where, where, of course, I wrote about Brett Favre for today's newspaper. I had intended to get a better look at Chansi Stuckey, but Favre has made it impossible to do much of anything except babysit the news of the day.

Anyway, Boomer had some interesting things to say (he always does, doesn't he?) about the Favre situation. He mostly blames the Packers for the mess, although I tend to think there is blame on both sides.

Anyway, it is the second consecutive Wednesday that my column has quoted a famous WFAN radio personality. Last week, it was Craig Carton going at it with Chad Pennington.

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A favorite Boomer story I never get tired of re-telling:

On draft day in 1992, former Cincinnati Inquirer beat reporter Geoff Hobson, who has a thick Boston accent, was asking a question to David Klingler on a conference call. Klingler had just been drafted in the first round, even though Esiason was still with Cincinnati.

Here's how the conversation went:

Hobson: "Have you talked to Boomah yet?"

Klingler: "I'm sorry. I couldn't understand the question."

Hobson: "Have you talked to Boomah yet?"

Klingler: "I'm sorry, could you repeat the question."

An increasingly agitated Hobson then asked: "Have you ever met Norman Julius Esiason Jr.?"

Klingler: "Oh, you mean Boomer. No, we haven't talked yet."