….In case you don’t know….nor follow the National Football League….Andrew Luck was a quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts….and realized he was done playing football….and while he stood on the sideline cheering for his team last week during a pre-season game….…..the Colts fans started booing him when he walked off the field….personally, you so-called Colts fans suck…but I guess your actions are nothing new….since you taunted Eric Dickerson with racist images and racial abuse……one of my Dartmouth big brothers who played 11-years for the Cincinnati Bengals said… “My off season pain stayed with me for the rest of my life….only to be replaced by greater pains when coupled with aging….aorta dissection…..stroke….yet, Luck made more in 1 game + bonuses than I made in my entire career and has put a price on pain”…..a lot of people were thinking….how can he walk away now, when everything was in place for the Colts to have a winning season?….look, dude was drafted #1 in the draft in 2012….since then, this is what he’s had to deal with while playing for six-years….torn cartilage in two ribs….partially torn abdomen….a lacerated kidney that left him peeing blood….at least one concussion….a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder…..and a mysterious calf/ankle issue…..I read another article which said the man has suffered at least 100 concussions…..that sounds a bit too many….but think about that…..and now add the mental and physical wear and tear on your body, plus dealing with how you’re going to heal and get back on the field and play….the torn labrum was so bad…he missed the entire 2017 season…..and he’s only 29!…..I can’t even imagine playing pro ball for 12 years….brain injury from playing in the NFL has been found in….and get this…. “99% of the donated brains”….the players had an average of 15 years playing football, and the median age at death was 66…..eighty-seven percent of the players had CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy)….breaking this down, this included 99 percent (110 of 111) of NFL players, 21 percent of high school players, and 91 percent of college players…..the more professionally someone played, the more severe their head trauma…..say what you want about his decision….but at least he wants to be able to function and spend some time with his friends and family…..besides, Barry Sanders walked away…..Jim Brown walked away…..Calvin Johnson, Pat Tillman, Tiki Barber, Lynn Swann, Gale Sayers, Dwight Clark, Junior Seau, who retired, killed himself because he couldn’t deal with his brain injury….and other things…..all walked away from the game in their prime years….Rob Gronkowski who played for the New England retired this year….and he’s only 29….he said he took a hit in Super Bowl 53 and knew his quadricep muscle was gone…..after the game was over he could barely walk…..for the next four weeks he couldn’t sleep for more than twenty minutes a night….and had a liter of blood drained from his thigh….and he was one of the top badass tight ends in the league….and do you think the NFL gives a damn?….nope!….it’s just like the slave trading era…..just buy another one…..many players this year and years before have decided to quit before it was too late for them to function in a way they would want to….Luck said he was mentally worn down and wasn’t able to live the life he wanted…the pain he deals with has taken the joy out of the game….can you blame him?….he says “He’s in pain….constantly in pain!”…..ask yourself….if you were in his position, would you think a lot of money and a Super Bowl ring is worth it…..if you wound-up not being able to enjoy it all?….it’s just a ring…..maybe a place in the history books, and plenty of money you can’t take with you when you’re gone….I’m with Luck on this one.
HEALTHY RETIRED NURSE ENDS HER LIFE IN SWISS SUICIDE CLINIC BECAUSE OLD AGE IS AWFUL….A 75-year-old English woman decided on euthanasia over natural death from old age….and she was in good health….she said she did not want to burden her children with the responsibility of taking care of her…she said she no longer enjoyed gardening, dinner parties, and she was suffering from tinnitus… “I don’t think old age is fun. I have just gone over the hill now and it’s not going to start getting any better. I have looked after people who are old, off and on all my life and I don’t think this old age thing is fun.”
BRAZILIAN MAN BUILDS CLEAN MOTORCYCLE THAT CAN TRAVEL 300 MILES ON A LITER OF WATER….He calls it the “T” Power H2O…in a video you see him drinking from a bottle of water….before he pours it into the bike’s tank….clean water is cool and you can also use polluted water….the bike incorporates an external battery that produces electricity and separates hydrogen from water molecules….and instead of carbon monoxide coming out of the exhaust pipe….you get water vapors….and people are lining up to tear down his theory of going over 300 miles on water…..it’s only a prototype and he’s still testing it…but it sounds like a good idea to me.
VOLUNTEER PILOTS FLY SHELTER DOGS TO NEW HOMES TO SAVE THEM FROM EUTHANASIA….I want to cook them dinner…..Wings of Rescue is a volunteer org. which is run by dedicated pilots ….they fly to dog shelters overflowing with animals….and find them new homes….they have saved over 12,000 dogs since 2009….the flights cost roughly…$80 bucks a pup….and you can donate to their cause on their website….their goal is to at least save over 7.000 this year….some of these dogs ride in Gulfstream’s…..and they are sooo cute! – www.wingsofrescue.org – www.boredpanda.com…. and don’t worry…..they save cats too….and both are immediately adopted….rats, snakes, three-toed sloth…..Lithuanian Unicorns…..nah!
AND OFF TO THE WORLD OF THE STUPID… ATM-filling workers forget bag with $150,000 on the lawn
A convicted drug dealer from England refused to travel to Wales for his sentencing because he can’t understand the local accent
Panda accused of faking pregnancy
Irish town holds sheep dung spitting competition
Chicken bites man, leads to clash between two communities
Inmate got 5th DUI driving to police station to be fingerprinted for prior DUI’s
Bus driver at Illinois River Resort accused of doing Jello-O shots
Bank robber on the run recaptured after he was found starring in a horror movie
Muslim girl-gang attacks “Immoral” sunbather for wearing a bikini in a public park
Pastor shoots burglary suspect at Church
Man rescued after being trapped underneath a tree for 7 days
Wedding guest drops a child to catch the bouquet