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Roethlisberger in motorcycle accident?

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by BYH, Jun 12, 2006.

  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    What I was surprised to hear was that his jaw isn't wired shut and he's eating solid food.
     
  2. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Looks like Ragu's aiming to become the 1,000th member of the Sportschick club.
     
  3. markvid

    markvid Guest

    And no oribital bone fractures, either as was reported by the Trib.
    They got killed on this one.
     
  4. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    ??
     
  5. Columbo

    Columbo Active Member

    Were his teeth knocked out?
     
  6. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    I'm not buying anything I hear or read on the full extent of Roethlisberger's injuries just yet. Those "other facial fractures" the doctor mentioned could include the eye socket. And the Steelers sure aren't going to be honest. The healthier Roethlisberger seems, the better position they are in if they do decide to pursue another quarterback.

    The thing about his mother got me, too, but I know people like that. My brother rides and in response to this accident, he told me if he gets killed in an accident on his bike tomorrow, he was happy. I told him I'd be sure to remind his kids about that.

    Maybe it's just my family. My mother won't wear a seatbelt because it makes her uncomfortable. She refused to start even after my grandmother was thrown through a windshield in an accident (she survived, but you get the point).

    I give up.
     
  7. Chuck~Taylor

    Chuck~Taylor Active Member

    2 were knocked out. Several with chipped.
     
  8. cougargirl

    cougargirl Active Member

    Instead, he's got a metal plate in his jaw, a la Kanye West.
     
  9. Smasher_Sloan

    Smasher_Sloan Active Member

    Chunky soup, I'm sure.
     
  10. Grohl

    Grohl Guest

    I'm a little confused about Roethlisberger's mother. I've seen stories saying that his mother, Ida, died when Ben was a kid. But I've also seen stories saying that his mother, Brenda, was going to shoot a soup commercial with him on Wednesday. (I'm going to assume that the Chunky folks didn't decide to film a commercial with an exhumed corpse and that, therefore, Brenda is alive and kicking.) The Steelers' web site also lists his mother's name as Brenda. So who's Ida?
     
  11. sportschick

    sportschick Active Member

    Brenda's his stepmother. Ida's his biological mother.
     
  12. Grohl

    Grohl Guest

    Simple. Why didn't I think of that? Thanks, sportschick.
     
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