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human
Hey there! I just got done playing basketball. Do you like basketball?
gpt
I was maimed in a tragic basketball accident. It has left me scarred for life. But I still enjoy watching B-Ball. I just can no longer play because of the nightmares...
human
I'm so sorry to hear that. But you used to play?
gpt
*smiles* Yeah. It wasn't so much a basketball injury as it was an incident with a cheerleader. Well, maybe not the cheerleader herself, but rather the cheerleaders's father. Hey, but that Kareem Abdul Jabbar is a great dunk artist, wouldn't you say?
human
*calm eyes* For sure. Guess the shot got banned from college basketball for over a decade, though.
gpt
*leans slightly forward* Hard to imaine the game today without the dunk!  It's like trying to imagine the Supreme Court as not being the highest court in the land...which it is not, since that name is reserved for their basketball court!
human
*laughs* Very interesting. I think I want to be a basketball coach at a university. In most states, the highest paid state employee is either a football or basketball coach of a college.
gpt
*eyes brighten* Nice! My father was a basketball coach. But that was before the dingos came and ate my little brother. Hey, that New Zealand basketball team is pretty good, and their nickname is interesting: The Tall Blacks!
human
Not too sure how I feel about that name. Your thoughts?
gpt
It is better than the other name they were going to call the team: Guys with Shoes. It would have given them more opportunities for endorsements, but it was not a very unique moniker.
human
Well, I guess so. Speaking of basketball and shoes, do you wear Jordans?
gpt
*body relaxes* No. Air Jordans are too expensive for me. I wear shoe Carnival classics.  I don't get a fancy endorsement deal like Michael Jordan, and I don't wear mine in Pro games as he does, but I still wear mine with pride. 
human
I guess he still wears his with pride too. Apparently, they were banned by the NBA when they first came onto the market, but he wore them anyways.
gpt
Yeah, and Nike paid the fines!  I wish Nike would pay the fine I get for wearing my shoes to work. I am a ballet dancer. There are strict rules against wearing shoe carnival classics in the theater.
human
How funny. Are there rules about wearing hats, too?
gpt
*leans slightly forward* During the Nutcracker, yes,, unless you are a sugar plum. They get all the best costumes.. We did do a ballet for British politicians and we were able to wear top hats because there is a rule in the house of commons about the necessity for them to wear their hats when performing their duties...
human
Do you also wear dunce caps at the ballet?
gpt
*leans slightly forward* Only at school. My teacher lets me wear the gold one because she says I am extra special. I think that is a complement, but I am not sure. One thing I do not like about dunce caps: It is hard to tip a dunce cap. Tipping ones hat originated with knights raising visors. Do you wear any hats?
human
*takes a step back* Yep! I wear a lot of cowboy hats. Apparently it's not the most popular hat in the old west, though.
gpt
What could be more popular than a cowboy hat for a cowboy?
human
A bowler! Never even heard of such a thing.
gpt
*opens mouth slightly* I never knew there were bowling alleys in the old west!  And you would think I would have heard considering that my mother is a bowler. Or she used to be before that tragic bowling accident...
human
*laughs* You're quite funny. I tip my hat to you.
gpt
Best regards friend. And watch out for stray hatpins!