Best Wishes

[Agrajag]

Best wishes to wee Richard Hammond, critically ill after an accident filming for Top Gear.

http://img.dailymail.co.uk//i/pix/2006/09/hammond200906_228x351.jpg

My thoughts are with you and your family hamster.

[Proper Bo]

what happened?

[Proper Bo]

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond was fighting for his life last night after an attempt to break the land speed record ended in disaster.

Hammond, who was filming for a forthcoming episode of the BBC2 show, crashed at speeds of up to 280mph, overturning his jet powered car

:o

[Agrajag]

He was driving a jet car and on the last run of the day it turned over, injuring him and trapping him inside.

Fortunately the emergency services were there and were able to get him out of the wreckage and rush him to hospital (by helicopter). However he is currently in a critical state.

One hopes he will survive this, anything else is a bonus.

[DorisInsinuate]

Latest report says he's been upgraded to "stable", they also upped his speed to 300mph :smilie4:

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[DorisInsinuate]

Wouldn't your condition be stable if you were dead?

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[Agrajag]

Latest report says he's been upgraded to "stable",

Thanks for that mate.:)

[Agrajag]

Wouldn't your condition be stable if you were dead?

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Not if you were a Buddhist.:P

[sArA]

Fuck....sounds pretty bad. :(


http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6093977,00.html

[Seedler]

M'kay then.

[peat moss]

Latest report says he's been upgraded to "stable", they also upped his speed to 300mph :smilie4:

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I hope he's going to be ok but atleast they bumped it up to 300 mph . :)

[GepperRankins]

my mum has an appointment at the hospital he's at today. i'll tell her to tell him we say hi :ermm:

[DorisInsinuate]

Why is there a quote from Quentin Wilson on the BBC article?

"Quick, we need someone to say something nice about Hammond. Let's ask that guy who used to do Top Gear way before Hammond turned up. That relationship is just about tenuous enough."

[GepperRankins]

:dabs: what's gonna happen if he makes a full recovery. the TV nearly says he's dead. everybody is referring to him in past-tense, though as far as i understand "stable" means not dead.

[manker]

:dabs: what's gonna happen if he makes a full recovery. the TV nearly says he's dead. everybody is referring to him in past-tenseClarkson will call him 'Jesus' on his return to the show and try to make him do stupider, more dangerous stuff - cos that's what blokes do.

[Proper Bo]

I hope he lives, loiyke, just so they'll show the crash on the telly. People might think it's in bad taste or something ghey to show it if he dies, like

[GepperRankins]

:dabs: what's gonna happen if he makes a full recovery. the TV nearly says he's dead. everybody is referring to him in past-tenseClarkson will call him 'Jesus' on his return to the show and try to make him do stupider, more dangerous stuff - cos that's what blokes do.
they'll say he was in getting his teeth whitened lololololololol

[Proper Bo]

Think they'll be giving away hammond organs if he dies?

[CrabGirl]

I really hope he pulls through. I think he's brilliant, entertaining, and a inspiration to short people everywhere.

[manker]

Think they'll be giving away hammond organs if he dies?
It's what he would have wanted :sage:

[manker]

I think he's brilliant, entertaining, and a inspiration to short people everywhere.
If you insert antonyms for 'brilliant', 'entertaining' and 'inspiration' - that statement works perfectly for busyman.

[Proper Bo]

Think they'll be giving away hammond organs if he dies?
It's what he would have wanted :sage:

Indeed, cheap musical equipment for all:01:

[DorisInsinuate]

B3ta loves Hammond :no:

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7179/getwellsoonhammondkc0.jpg

[100%]

pressing a pedal is easy
doing a tv show while pressing it is a little bit too....

[DanB]

I hope he pulls through.

[DanB]

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has suffered a "significant brain injury" after crashing a jet-powered car at speeds of up to 300mph during filming.

Doctors at Leeds General Infirmary said they were "reasonably optimistic" the 36-year-old would make a good recovery.

resonably opitimistic, don't know if thats promising or not.

[DorisInsinuate]

It probably means he'll live but his brain might be broken :no:

[Proper Bo]

he'll be loiyke a lolboy?:o

[DorisInsinuate]

Clarkson: My new Mercedes SLR goes like soap on a very greasy non-stick frying pan.

Hammond: Lol.

[TheRealDave]

Clarkson: My new Mercedes SLR goes like soap on a very greasy non-stick frying pan.

Hammond: Lol.


Clarkson: I told you that you should have had that booster seat put in ,Hamster.:whistling

[Proper Bo]

They're showing teh video on itv news in a minute I think:unsure:

[Proper Bo]

nevarmind, it isn't it

[GepperRankins]

why are there questions about safety? it's a car that goes 300mph and has parachutes for brakes :dabs:

[DorisInsinuate]

I think the question is why did they let Richard Hammond do it? His legs probably can't reach the brake pedal.

[DorisInsinuate]

Experts have suggested that the crash may have been caused by driver error, mechanical failure or a sudden gust of wind that blew across the airfield during the car’s final run.
Well, duh.

[Tempestv]

why are there questions about safety? it's a car that goes 300mph and has parachutes for brakes :dabs:

considerably faster than that, if he was looking to break the land speed record

[manker]

why are there questions about safety? it's a car that goes 300mph and has parachutes for brakes :dabs:

considerably faster than that, if he was looking to break the land speed recordWell, 0.3 miles per hour faster - cos the British land speed record, the one he was trying to break, currently stands at 300.3mph.

It would be really stupid to try to break the world land speed record in the UK. We don't got no Black Rock Desert.