What do "Roethlisberger" and "Schadenfreude" Have in Common?
They're both really long German words. Really, that's it.
Despite the dropped jaws of friends and acquaintances, I have been a long-time proponent of abolishing motorcycle helmet laws. Dead motorcyclists are one of the most fertile sources of healthy, harvestable organs, and the absence of helmets makes it easier to transfer such organs from Darwin award winners to people who really deserve them. See? Opposing helmet laws is pro-life.
Which is why I just can't figure out how I'm supposed to react to the news that Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was hit by a car on his motorcycle - without a helmet - and suffered at least a broken jaw and nose (press releases have been very stingy so far). Ben is clearly an idiot, having been warned by both coach Bill Cowher and even football legend Terry Bradshaw, and deserves what he gets after saying something as moronic as "I'm being the safest rider I can be" while riding without a helmet.
But I still like the guy. He grew up in western Ohio and went to my sister's alma mater, Miami University in Oxford. And I want him at full strength next year when the Bengals exact some much-needed revenge after this year's playoff disaster. And he knows how to have fun. There's also the little matter of not taking pleasure in a person's time of misery.
So I need a tie-breaker. Oh yeah, this. Don't expect any flowers from Cincinnati, Ben.
another tale spun by Nati @ 11:21 PM
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I've only riden a motorcycle a couple times (I was 8 and with my sis's boyfriend), and as thrilling as it is - you feel fucking nekkid without a helmet and the road just buzzing under you.
I just hope this incident doesn't turn into an outcry for crappy laws.
I'll leave it to our favorite Asian computer programmer to demonstrate proper riding gear in full (see photo):
http://www.liangfok.com/blog/
Pittsburgh should carry out their threat to revoke Ben's contract due to his motorcycle riding. Bennie broke all the bones in his face from what I've read, but I don't totally buy the doctor's claim of "no brain damage". He HAS to have a subdural or epidural hematoma after that injury, or at least will experience some brain swelling from the impact (by which the brain whiplashes in your skull from the sudden deceleration).
Well it turns out he doesn't have brain damage after all, which shocks me to be frank. Lucky Benny Boy. Let's just hope the Steelers make a full recovery in time to make Nati cry again this winter.
No one is revoking Ben's contract, unless he starts losing. Bottom line.
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