What really bothers me is that he's going to become the poster child for 'motorcycles are dangerous'.
The man was riding a Hayabusa --one of the fastest street legal motorcycles out there... WITHOUT A HELMET. I'd love to know what he was wearing too... Ie. Appropriate gear otherwise. I'm sorry the guy got hurt... But seriously... It's like somebody being thrown from their vehicle in an accident and they're not wearing their seatbelt. -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 2:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: HOLY SHIT Ben Roethlisberger not sure it's been posted yet to this thread...but i just read this: Roethlisberger lost most of his teeth, fractured his left sinus cavity bone, suffered a nine-inch laceration to the back of his head and a broken jaw, and severely injured both of his knees when he hit the ground, police said. The part about the knees doesn't sound too good (as far as it all relating to his ability to play football...) On 6/12/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > New report: Angered New England Patriots fan tries to take out Big > Ben in PA: > > " Reports added that a car, with Maine license plates, was traveling > in the opposite direction of Roethlisberger's motorcycle and turned left. > Roethlisberger was unable to stop and the motorcycle hit the passenger > side door." > > OK, so that's really not true, but it's a funny coincidence that the > car had Maine plates. :) > > On a more serious note, Big Ben sounds like he's gonna be all right. > Awake, alert, aware of his situation, surroundings. > > http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=/nfl/new > s/ABN4024817.htm > > Tony wrote: > > not to mention Cowher REPEATEDLY gives him shit for it... he laughed > > about it in a vignette during last year's post-season, and holy fuck > > ben, what were you thinking!!!!!! > > > > grrrrrrr.... i wanted to watch him play for a long time... and this > > doesnt look good. > > > > fuck > > > > On 6/12/06, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> wow, that really sucks, but this accident begs the question- when > >> are pro athletes going to learn that: > >> > >> 1. they are not indestructible > >> 2. they have too much money at stake to be endangering their bodies > >> on something meaningless like commuting to work on a motorcycle. > >> > >> and no helmet???!!! WTF? > >> > >> Let's just hope he isn't badly injured. > >> > >> > >> On 6/12/06, Tony wrote: > >>> http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/9356067/detail.html > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> --------------- > >> Robert Munn > >> www.funkymojo.com > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208935 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
