Ran into Bronco at Deseret Books

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 9:44 am

I saw Bronco at Deseret Books yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Books of Mormon in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the books and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence with the spirit,” and then turned around and winked at me with both eyes. I don’t even think infetterence is a word. After she scanned each book and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by praying really loudly.

He also kept pretending like his grandkids were there, saying "Hey Brechten don't touch that!" or "Crasher, that's not for kids."

All this to say, he's actually much more normal than I had previously believed.

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Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » May 15th, 2025, 10:08 am

Unrelated but back when I was a student I worked with a guy who happened to be wearing a Wake Forest shirt the week we played them. There was some big gathering on the quad and we were out in a golf cart doing this and that. A few football players were out at it and saw his shirt so they physically chased after us on the golf cart. We eventually got cut off by a kid in a wheelchair and they caught up and demanded to know why he was wearing a Wake Forest shirt. He stared at them for a second and then made the “most annoying noise on earth” from dumb and dumber and we drove away. Turns out he actually got the shirt from a relative who went to the Wake game a few years earlier and he was just wearing it for a racquetball class.

EngineeringAggie · Post by **EngineeringAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 10:21 am

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 9:44 am
I saw Bronco at Deseret Books yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything.

He said, “Oh, gosh, like you’re doing now?”

I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “gosh huh? gosh huh? gosh huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Books of Mormon in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the books and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “gosh to prevent any electrical infetterence with the spirit,” and then turned around and winked at me with both eyes. I don’t even think infetterence is a word. After she scanned each book and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by praying really loudly.

He also kept pretending like his grandkids were there, saying "Hey Brechten, gosh, don't touch that!" or "gosh Crasher, that's not for kids."

All this to say, he's actually much more normal than I had previously believed.

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tinplater · Post by **tinplater** » May 15th, 2025, 11:31 am

Now we have to deal with a potential shop lifter who's talking to imaginary children? Yikes!

gomretat · Post by **gomretat** » May 15th, 2025, 11:39 am

I was thinking you were going to say that he was buying t shirts that say spirit, honor, tradition

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 12:16 pm

an oldy but goody

BearLakeMonster · Post by **BearLakeMonster** » May 15th, 2025, 12:27 pm

Sorry, I just can't suspend my disbelief to accept that QAA was actually in a Deseret Book.

Post by **Aglicious** » May 15th, 2025, 12:45 pm

BearLakeMonster wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 12:27 pm
Sorry, I just can't suspend my disbelief to accept that QAA was actually in a Deseret Book.

I was just surprised to hear there is a Deseret Book in Korea...or Jamaica....or wherever the international man of mystery known as QAA is these days.

AndroidAggie · Post by **AndroidAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 2:14 pm

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 3:20 pm

Aglicious wrote:
BearLakeMonster wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 12:27 pm
Sorry, I just can't suspend my disbelief to accept that QAA was actually in a Deseret Book.
I was just surprised to hear there is a Deseret Book in Korea...or Jamaica....or wherever the international man of mystery known as QAA is these days.

Left Mexico last year and on my way to China this summer. Let me know if you're in the neighborhood.

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QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 3:23 pm

BearLakeMonster wrote:Sorry, I just can't suspend my disbelief to accept that QAA was actually in a Deseret Book.

You don't know me.

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Donman · Post by **Donman** » May 15th, 2025, 5:07 pm

I heard he wanted to buy some land from his neighbor and the neighbor wasn't budging so he sat outside in a lawn chair to intimidate them.

QuackAttackAggie · Post by **QuackAttackAggie** » May 15th, 2025, 7:16 pm

Donman wrote:I heard he wanted to buy some land from his neighbor and the neighbor wasn't budging so he sat outside in a lawn chair to intimidate them.

I promise that one wasn't made up. Anderson really did that (not a neighbor though)

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ineptimusprime · Post by **ineptimusprime** » May 15th, 2025, 9:34 pm

There’s no way Bronco doesn’t have a grandson named Crasher Mendenhall, which adds immediate credibility to this whole story.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » May 15th, 2025, 10:13 pm

ineptimusprime wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 9:34 pm
There’s no way Bronco doesn’t have a grandson named Crasher Mendenhall, which adds immediate credibility to this whole story.

They’re twins, Crasher and Thrasher.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 15th, 2025, 10:43 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 7:16 pm

Donman wrote:I heard he wanted to buy some land from his neighbor and the neighbor wasn't budging so he sat outside in a lawn chair to intimidate them.
I promise that one wasn't made up. Anderson really did that (not a neighbor though)

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I think about that story way more often than I should… I’d love to hear the whole thing one day.

EngineeringAggie · Post by **EngineeringAggie** » May 16th, 2025, 8:00 am

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 10:43 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 7:16 pm

Donman wrote:I heard he wanted to buy some land from his neighbor and the neighbor wasn't budging so he sat outside in a lawn chair to intimidate them.
I promise that one wasn't made up. Anderson really did that (not a neighbor though)

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I think about that story way more often than I should… I’d love to hear the whole thing one day.

Supposedly Mike Conley (Utah Jazz) and his wife drove around until they found the house that they wanted when they moved here. They knocked on the door and offered the people way more than the house was worth even though it wasn’t for sale. I can’t imagine that Blake Anderson had the dollars to do that though.

Hoot · Post by **Hoot** » May 16th, 2025, 8:10 am

EngineeringAggie wrote: ↑
May 16th, 2025, 8:00 am

flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 10:43 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 7:16 pm

Donman wrote:I heard he wanted to buy some land from his neighbor and the neighbor wasn't budging so he sat outside in a lawn chair to intimidate them.
I promise that one wasn't made up. Anderson really did that (not a neighbor though)

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I think about that story way more often than I should… I’d love to hear the whole thing one day.
Supposedly Mike Conley (Utah Jazz) and his wife drove around until they found the house that they wanted when they moved here. They knocked on the door and offered the people way more than the house was worth even though it wasn’t for sale. I can’t imagine that Blake Anderson had the dollars to do that though.

Blake won a conference championship though so I think that means he can do whatever he wants.

I distinctly remember getting eviscerated by my coworkers at the time for saying the Conley trade was not going to make the Jazz competitive for a championship. Oh how the turn tables.

BennyBlueBoy · Post by **BennyBlueBoy** » May 16th, 2025, 7:31 pm

I was on the fence about Bronco until this
All on board now!

WannabeAgAlum · Post by **WannabeAgAlum** » May 16th, 2025, 11:06 pm

QuackAttackAggie wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 3:20 pm

Aglicious wrote:
BearLakeMonster wrote: ↑
May 15th, 2025, 12:27 pm
Sorry, I just can't suspend my disbelief to accept that QAA was actually in a Deseret Book.
I was just surprised to hear there is a Deseret Book in Korea...or Jamaica....or wherever the international man of mystery known as QAA is these days.
Left Mexico last year and on my way to China this summer. Let me know if you're in the neighborhood.

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