What's a Larry bird?

When I was a kid we were playing a game where you had to describe the name/phrase without saying any part of the word(s) and try to get your teammates to guess what you were describing. My grandmother got stuck on one when the time ran out. She frantically asked the group, "What's a Larry bird?"

She had no idea who Larry Bird was and thought it was a type of fowl that she'd never heard of before. Everyone else got a good laugh.

Now every time I see or hear Larry Bird, I think of that story.

I recently came across a Larry Bird baseball card. Yes, you heard correctly...a Larry Bird baseball card. It's a promo card from 1994 Ted Williams featuring Bird playing baseball at Indiana State.

I also got these two other promo cards from the 1994 Ted Williams set.

 

These came from a 15/$1 box and I picked up 6 of each, so if you're interested in any of these let me know.