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The U.S. embassy in Yemen accidentally tweeted about a basketball phone game

Is this a secret code?

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Let’s see what’s going on at the US embassy in Yemen ...

On one hand, it doesn’t really seem appropriate to tweet out the players you’re getting in Rival Stars Basketball, but on the other, you don’t get 7’2 Australian center Bruce Boletto every day.

The tweet has since been deleted, leading me to believe this was a kid on their parents’ laptop who accidentally tweeted. But maybe it’s a code?

  • “Club Beetroot” is an anagram for Bruce Boletto.
  • The gift code “R53MJB” could stand for “Rigid 53 year old man. Jelly Beans.”
  • “OK’d kicked” clearly means he’s from Oklahoma.

So I think this all means that a U.S. diplomat is to meet a man from Oklahoma at Club Beetroot to obtain information — but he’s a little stuffy and will need to be buttered up. Thankfully he has a weakness for jelly beans, so that’s the in.

Wow. Makes sense when you think about it.

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