“After I got a couple of members who I knew well to sign their cards, I thought, I wonder how many could I get?" Could I get 30?”Ultimately, Headlee landed the John Hancocks of all 99 members of the Ohio House. “Silly as it may sound, there's a very subtle lesson of unity underlying all this, because everybody thought their trading card was cool,” he said. He took to carrying his cards everywhere, tucked into his jacket pocket along with an official House signing pen. Smith had been signing trading cards for fans for years, as a veteran announcer for the Burning River and Chicago Outfit roller derby leagues.

Source: CBC News December 27, 2021 14:25 UTC