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Bransons nasty bike crash

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  • #2
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Never misses the chance for a bit of publicity posting his injury shots on social media for a bit of sympathy.....


    :pac:


  • #3
    Johngoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,066 ✭✭✭Johngoose


    Ya fascinating guy to listen to being interviewed.His autobiography was good.


  • #4
    com1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭com1


    Beasty wrote: »
    Never misses the chance for a bit of publicity posting his injury shots on social media for a bit of sympathy.....

    That'd never happen around these parts I tells ya!


  • #5
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Hungrycol wrote: »
    Hope he gets better soon, cool guy in my book, even cooler now I know he's a roadie.

    http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/britain/i-thought-i-was-dead-richard-branson-reveals-how-he-cheated-death-in-horror-bike-crash-34998001.html
    Dickie Branson wrote:
    I really thought I was going to die
    Wait for it.....
    Dickie Branson wrote:
    I went flying head-first towards the concrete road, but fortunately...
    Wait for it.....
    Dickie Branson wrote:
    my shoulder and cheek took the brunt of the impact...
    Wait for it.....
    Dickie Branson wrote:
    and I was wearing a helmet...
    Wait for it.....
    Dickie Branson wrote:
    that saved my life
    Bingo!


  • #6
    terrydel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭terrydel


    When I see his name I think of this http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/02/frankie-boyle-calls-richard-branson-mad-ct-over-global-warming_n_6990728.html


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  • #7
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    They better not introduce a helmet at work policy after this.:pac:


  • #8
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    #BONOdidItFirst


  • #9
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    He might have time now to look at the threads here on virgin media and stop them from ruining the virgin name :-)


  • #10
    magicbastarder
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    that's an amazing deal for him. they're just paying him to use the name, aren't they? free money.


  • #11
    ThisRegard
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    I just like the fact that he's living on the Virgin Islands.


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  • #12
    gordongekko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,301 ✭✭✭gordongekko


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    that's an amazing deal for him. they're just paying him to use the name, aren't they? free money.

    Yeah but his brand will be dirt in no time.


  • #13
    jon1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,359 ✭✭✭jon1981


    Great plug for helmets ... hopefully this publicity will save many more lives like it did for Brandson. :cool:


  • #14
    Hungrycol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭Hungrycol


    Aww Jeebus. It doesn't matter. He should have landed on a goat, said "a goat saved my life" and then we would have been spared another helmet debate.


  • #15
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    ted1 wrote: »
    #BONOdidItFirst
    #Nohedidnt

    Not going to have these C-Listers stealing my thunder!!!!


  • #16
    Undercover Elephant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 465 ✭✭Undercover Elephant


    Virgin Atlantic don't currently list cycle helmets as something you can bring on free, although I suppose you could pretend it was a snowboarding helmet.

    Unrelated but I loved this:
    For bookings made on/after 01 June 2016 standard dimensions of 190cm x 75cm x 65cm (75" x 30" x 26") and 23kg will apply regardless of the equipment type. In addition, we can no longer carry the following:
    - Canoes and kayaks

    - Hang gliders

    - Windsurfing equipment

    What must have happened here is that some lawyer brought a hang glider and demanded that Virgin carry it as their free piece of sporting equipment. I wish I was there.


  • #17
    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    Looks nasty :/

    Hope he heals well and gets back on the bike.


  • #18
    magicbastarder
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    Hungrycol wrote: »
    Aww Jeebus. It doesn't matter. He should have landed on a goat, said "a goat saved my life" and then we would have been spared another helmet debate.
    i'm just waiting for the day that a cyclist flips over the handlebars and lands on a DJ out for a late night walk, so for one day that cyclist can claim 'last night a DJ saved my life'.


  • #19
    Unknown Soldier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i'm just waiting for the day that a cyclist flips over the handlebars and lands on a DJ out for a late night walk, so for one day that cyclist can claim 'last night a DJ saved my life'.

    Not a go at you but why are people being so dismissive of a cyclist having a bad crash?

    Begrudgery at its best?

    I don't think I missed a memo?


  • #20
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,876 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    [quietly]i was just trying to make a joke[/quietly]


  • #21
    Beasty
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    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    Not a go at you but why are people being so dismissive of a cyclist having a bad crash?

    Begrudgery at its best?

    I don't think I missed a memo?
    He'll survive. He's a celeb, and it's Friday. I certainly don't think anyone begrudges those injuries.

    I started taking this thread in that direction, but having been there (and indeed having bought the T-shirt) I don't think a bit of banter about something like this is that much of an issue particularly when it involves someone with such a high profile who is unlikely to be reading the comments here.


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  • #22
    KingBrian2
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    That's horrible. Get well soon Branson. We need those planes to fly us to Mars.


  • #23
    pats22b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭pats22b


    Wonder what he cycles??


  • #24
    Chuchote
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭Chuchote


    The Sun's headline on Google News is the best:

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    Edit: it was presumably an aluminium frame as he describes it as 'crumpled' when retrieved from the bottom of the mountain. Carbon would surely have splintered?


  • #25
    bryangiggsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,557 ✭✭✭bryangiggsy


    gordongekko wrote: »
    Yeah but his brand will be dirt in no time.

    Pass the pipe !


  • #26
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    Not a go at you but why are people being so dismissive of a cyclist having a bad crash?

    Begrudgery at its best?

    I don't think I missed a memo?

    14117773_10155147415798294_194232398127272796_n.jpg?oh=387e8195309e5c63f2c5dc47e24e5e38&oe=584CB9AB


  • #27
    Unknown Soldier
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    magicbastarder wrote: »
    [quietly]i was just trying to make a joke[/quietly]

    Apologies, I know you were.

    Lets just blame my mood for my post.

    Sorry.


  • #28
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    pats22b wrote: »
    Wonder what he cycles??

    He has, or at least has ridden, a carbon KTM.


  • #29
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,895 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Eamonnator wrote: »
    He has, or at least has ridden, a carbon KTM.

    What he cycles on Mainland and cycles on the island are different things.


  • #30
    Beasty
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    And he can look on the bright side ... an opportunity for a new island bike


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  • #31
    magicbastarder
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    maybe he'll just buy another island, so he can buy another bike.


  • #32
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    maybe he'll just buy another island, so he can buy another bike.

    If he did that......

    ....and spent that kind of money......

    ......would it not be.......

    ......Virgin on the ridiculous.......:D


  • #33
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Aw terrible news. For a long time Branson was my favorite free market capitalist narcissist....
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/10/truth-richard-branson-virgin-rail-profits


    ....until Elon Musk came along.
    http://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-subsidy-aggregation-1466638430


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