Artest will miss tonight's game
VicXnews
the stairs at his home. He will miss tonight's game.
about 1 hour ago from Echofon
http://twitter.com/lakersReporter
VicXnews
september.org:
http://my.lakers.com/blogs/2009/12/26/artest-suffers-injury-at-home/
Artest Suffers Injury At Home
Published by Mike Trudell on December 26, 2009 in Ron Artest.
From LA�s PR staff:
Lakers Forward Ron Artest was injured last night at his home when he
tripped over a box and fell down a flight of stairs, suffering an injury to
his head and left elbow.
Artest received treatment at the emergency room at UCLA Medical Center,
where he was released after undergoing a series of tests, including a CT
scan. He received stitches to the back of his head and to his elbow.
Artest did not accompany the team to Sacramento this morning and is not
expected to play in tonight�s game against the Kings. Artest will be
examined today in Los Angeles by a neurologist and after that examination,
an update will be given with an estimate as to when Artest will be able to
rejoin the team.
� Lakers & Cavs & Christmas: From A-to-Z
bozak
hopefully mrs. artest didnt go elin woods on him... :-)
WBC
> VicXnews <ne...@news.com> wrote in news:hh5or0$h6u$1...@news.eternal-
> september.org:
> Lakers Forward Ron Artest was injured last night at his home when he
> tripped over a box and fell down a flight of stairs, suffering an injury to
> his head and left elbow.
Perhaps the box from one of the kids' presents left where it
shouldn't've been.
Wanda
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> VicXnews wrote:
>> VicXnews <ne...@news.com> wrote in news:hh5or0$h6u$1...@news.eternal-
>> september.org:
>
>> Lakers Forward Ron Artest was injured last night at his home when he
>> tripped over a box and fell down a flight of stairs, suffering an
>> injury to his head and left elbow.
>
> Perhaps the box from one of the kids' presents left where it
> shouldn't've been.
Wanda, Wanda, Wanda - you really don't like this guy. ;-)
PS: Love your contraction.
mayner
> WBC wrote:
> > VicXnews wrote:
> >> september.org:
>
> >> Lakers Forward Ron Artest was injured last night at his home when he
> >> tripped over a box and fell down a flight of stairs, suffering an
> >> injury to his head and left elbow.
>
> > Perhaps the box from one of the kids' presents left where it
> > shouldn't've been.
>
> Wanda, Wanda, Wanda - you really don't like this guy. ;-)
>
> PS: Love your contraction.
If the kids in his house are anything like the ones in my house, well,
I can understand. Bill, got stairs and or young kids? Ever?
Terraholm
Hope he is OK.
No need to imitate the blazers and start depleting the roster to win. ;-)
VicXnews
Terraholm
> Terraholm <terrahol...@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:7pnkhh...@mid.individual.net:
>
>> VicXnews wrote:
>>> Ron Artest suffered injuries to his head and left elbow after falling
>>> down the stairs at his home. He will miss tonight's game.
>>> about 1 hour ago from Echofon
>>> http://twitter.com/lakersReporter
>> Hope he is OK.
>>
>> No need to imitate the blazers and start depleting the roster to win.
>> ;-)
>>
> http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/12/lakers-forward-ron-artest-has-a-concussion.html
With a concussion should you "just pop" someone on a plane?...
VicXnews
news:7pnlub...@mid.individual.net:
he said that before the concussion dx...now it will be up to the neurologist
Terraholm
Well his agent could have used a different phrase, I now have this image
of artest with a swollen head waiting to pop... =)
$Bill
No stairs since I was living at home at like 17. Young kids
on occasion (changed my share of diapers) - none recently.
I don't think Wanda was serious at all about the box tripping, I
think that was meant as a slur judging by her previous assessments.
Terraholm
I like the agent's ...Ron tripped over a box or something like that...
$Bill
Yeah, we all know how much you can trust what an agent says. :)
Terraholm
Left himself a lot of room there...
$Bill
>
> Well his agent could have used a different phrase, I now have this image
> of artest with a swollen head waiting to pop... =)
Where did I just see/hear he was carrying a box/boxes and tripped ?
Either TV or here.
VicXnews
september.org:
on the pregame just now...PJ said it
Terraholm
On reading the Ron story ...from a lawyer...
GWG:
I had this teacher in college, he told me to read this Balzac short
story "Le Colonel Chabert":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Colonel_Chabert_%28novel%29
The reason he loved it is because the attorney, Derville, has all of
these awesome monologues on how being an attorney is to always see the
worst examples of humanity -- as bad as priests and doctors. "Do you
know why priests, doctors and lawyers wear black?" he asks someone (and
I guess doctors wore black then, btw). "Because they are in mourning for
the soul."
When someone tries to con him, Derville silences them by interjecting
"Madame, please! I am a lawyer!"
This novella prepared me well. In my travels as an attorney, I have yet
to meet anyone that fell down the stairs that actually fell down the stairs.
I'm sure someone -- probably someone elderly -- has fallen down the
stairs. Maybe someone at this very moment is falling down the stairs.
I'm told that when I was 3 or 4 years old, I fell down the stairs. I'm
just saying that I've never encountered anyone with injuries from
falling down the stairs that actually, truly, fell down the stairs.
Terraholm
===
More:
I think it's possible Ron Ron fell down the stairs. Despite this being
Ron Ron, I'd give him the benefit of the doubt unless I read "tripped
over a box and *then* fell down the stairs." I don't know why, but the
more complicated a story gets to describe an injury, the more likely
it's bullshit. I mean, why didn't they just go:
"Ron Artest's wife has a brother who brought a Tasmanian Desert Monkey
to open Christmas gifts, since the monkey has been trained to do so
without tearing the paper (Ron's wife's brother collects the wrapping
paper like old people do.)
"The monkey -- whose name is Deuce X. Machina -- was in the hallway for
a banana break after a long day of opening the man presents that Ron
bought for his children (because he's a great father).
"Ron was in his home studio making his latest Michael Jackson tribute
record, called 'Michael You Still My Nigga Part XI', when he heard cries
of distress coming from the other room.
"Realizing that he's the only person in the house who is certified as a
CPR instructor (one of his many hobbies is protecting the vulnerable),
Ron dashed through the hallway, not seeing the banana peel Deuce left on
the ground. That monkey, he's great at saving wrapping paper with pretty
patterns but you don't want to hire him as your housekeeper!
"Ron slipped on the banana peel but, realizing he was about to crush his
wife's brother's monkey underneath his massive frame, contorted his body
135 degrees in mid-air, much like Lee Harvey Oswald's bullet, to
preserve this Creature of God from harm. Only too late did he realize
that he was heading directly for the Red Laser of Death which he's
placed in front of the hallway closet to protect his vast antique
firearm collection from nefarious but unwary neighborhood children who
play in his house. He's a collector, you see.
"Using gifts that mere mortals do not possess, Ron tucked his knees into
his chest and hurled himself away from the Red Laser of Death that
protects the neighborhood children who look at Ron like a kindly uncle
and into a set of boxes, which he ten tripped over and fell down the
stairs. Only his superior mental powers (bestowed upon him during his
weekend visit to Superman's Fortress of Solitude when he helped the Man
of Steel foil another dastardly plot by the son of General Zod) saved
him from permanent injury.
"For press inquiries, please contact Jeanie Buss at (213) 555-0909."
mayner
> Terraholm wrote:
> > VicXnews wrote:
Now that, ladies and gentleman, is how it's done. Duece X. Machina?
lol....
I'll give Artest the benefit of the doubt. I meant it about kids and
stairs in an earlier post. It's a wonder mine didn't kill me 10 times
over with shoes, books, skates, and all manner of flotsam left on our
stairs over the years.
No joke. :-(
RzR
VicXnews
@mid.individual.net:
> Terraholm wrote:
>> VicXnews wrote:
>>> "$Bill" <ne...@SPAMOLAtodbe.com> wrote in news:hh6hnd$rcn$1
almost as good as the Lakers game...sounds like it would make a good
Saturday morning cartoon
Rons new nic=the Magic Bullet =8-)
Terraholm
>>
>> "Using gifts that mere mortals do not possess, Ron tucked his knees into
>> his chest and hurled himself away from the Red Laser of Death that
>> protects the neighborhood children who look at Ron like a kindly uncle
>> and into a set of boxes, which he ten tripped over and fell down the
>> stairs. Only his superior mental powers (bestowed upon him during his
>> weekend visit to Superman's Fortress of Solitude when he helped the Man
>> of Steel foil another dastardly plot by the son of General Zod) saved
>> him from permanent injury.
>>
>> "For press inquiries, please contact Jeanie Buss at (213) 555-0909."
>>
>
> almost as good as the Lakers game...sounds like it would make a good
> Saturday morning cartoon
> Rons new nic=the Magic Bullet =8-)
Did not want this writing limited released to 12 people in a fantasy
league...since GWG left usenet a few years ago we only get his stuff
during the season...
Gary Collard
Amen to that!
I've bruised a knee pretty good in such a mishap, but never banged the
head (knock on wood).
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