# Bad News About BratMan007 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2000, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035 "2000-07-09T14:02:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/61 "2000-07-09T19:59:41Z")
Ron’s one of the few people I genuinely like. Right now, I’m pulling for him. The rest of you can go to hell. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/62 "2000-07-09T20:09:40Z")
To think that the job could have been done neatly by a professional for a couple of hundred dollars more. But NOOO! I had to go with the amateur and his learner’s driving permit… Oh well, til next time BratMan! ---
**Author:** ![sweetcan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@sweetcan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweetcan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/63 "2000-07-09T20:10:49Z")
I’ll be thinking of you, Stranger. Take care now, and hurry back 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/64 "2000-07-09T20:13:11Z")
Hey Boo Boo, we need you here. Life’s more fun with you around. I really appreciate the way you made me laugh at all the odd/silly/funny things you share with us. Get better quickly. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/65 "2000-07-09T20:44:18Z")
Head injuries have their moments… you can use it as an excuse for anything you forget for the rest of your life! In reality, I know what a drag it is - but we are all counting on you getting back here and keeping us all on our toes! ---
**Author:** ![Odz\_Bodkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/53a042/32.png) [@Odz\_Bodkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odz_Bodkin)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/66 "2000-07-09T20:48:31Z")
I want to say thank you to everyone who responded. I have printed this up and am heading to the hospital in a few minutes. I’ll let everyone know how he’s doing tonight or tomorrow. The last phone call I got from Jim said he’s sleeping a lot but waking up occasionally for about 10 minutes at a time. When he is awake he seems to know where he is and what’s going on around him. He also seems to understand what’s happened to him because he refused to look in a mirror when one was offered to him by saying he’s not ready to see that yet. Anyway thank you again everyone and I’ll bring word from the Brat himself tomorrow or later tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/67 "2000-07-09T20:57:34Z")
Well, even if this is too late to make the trip to the hospital, Brat can read it himself when he gets home, so **Get better, Bratman!** And, since they shaved your head, remember a lot of women think the bald look is sexy. Think of yourself as a wounded Jean Luc Picard. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/68 "2000-07-09T21:08:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Just got another call from Jim. Ron woke up and seems to have no brain damage. His eyes didn’t seem to be focusing properly and his speech is slurred but doctors say that’s probably from the drugs. He was able to answer questions about where he was and who the people were in the room with him. Ron’s questions to the doctor were “How long will I have to be here?” “Does the TV have cable cuz I want to watch the Cards play” and “Do I have to eat the hospital food or can my mom bring me stuff?” I’ve been avoiding posting because my father suffered a head injury in a car wreck. He never fully recovered. When he finally woke up (or was allowed to wake up) five weeks after the crash, he had pronounce aphasia and had trouble communicating. The accident cost him much of his judgement and ability to reason. I couldn’t post until I knew how Brat was doing. Now that I know he’s communicating, I can. Here’s to a speedy recovery. Maybe his sig line should change to “You should see the _other_ guy!” ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/69 "2000-07-09T21:36:31Z")
boo boo we miss you, oh yes sir we do do. :: bowing :: Thank you! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/70 "2000-07-09T22:31:55Z")
Sending prayers and positive thoughts for a full and speedy recovery– Maybe someone will loan you a laptop so you can spend 24/7 posting witty stuff on this board~ we miss you! Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/71 "2000-07-09T23:16:05Z")
Sending more prayers; I’m delighted you’re doing better, Ron! Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/72 "2000-07-09T23:21:27Z")
Glad to hear you’re recovering, Bratman (thank god for thick heads, right?) - come back and post soon! Now for the joke…thinking…thinking…okay: Why do gorillas have big nostrils? Because they have big fingers. Okay, you can stop groaning. And get well! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/73 "2000-07-09T23:34:03Z")
John Cleese, during a memorial service for Graham Chapman: > [@](#): > > Graham Chapman, co-author of the “parrot Sketch”, is no more. He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainmant in the sky, and I guess that we’re all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such unusual intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of only forty-eight, before he’d achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he’d had enough fun. > > Well, I feel that I should say: “Nonsense. Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard! I hope he fries.” And the reason I think I should say this is, he would never forgive me if I didn’t, if I threw away this opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything for him but mindless good taste. I could hear him whispering in my ear last night as I was writing this: “Allright, Cleese, you’re very proud of being the first person ever to say `shit´ on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a Brittish memorial service to say `FUCK´!!!” Also, Terry Jones called Chapman’s death “The worst case of party-pooping I have ever come across.” * * * Bratman, or Ron: get well soon buddy. I’m glad to see you’re probably going to be alright. One more fucking thread like this, and y’all will be reading the “Clog Boy had a Heart Attack behind the Computer!” thread 😉 Mark, thanks for informing us of the developments. I hope we’ll exchange a laugh or two when things have turned to normal again: you sure come across as a funny guy so far - and that’s in an “Accident” thread, no less 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VaHermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ed655f/32.png) [@VaHermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VaHermit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/74 "2000-07-09T23:46:36Z")
Hey Bratman, get the hell up and out soon, ok? There’ve been enough bad times around here lately without you pulling a “me, too”. Sheesh, the lengths some people will go to for attention. Just kidding, bro. My thoughts are with you, hope you didn’t hurt anything that a cute nurse with a warm, soapy sponge can’t make feel better. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/75 "2000-07-09T23:57:04Z")
Sheesh, wander away from the board for a day or so and what happens? I was going to send **Bratman** a fond noogie and “get well”, yadda yadda yadda, the usual stuff. But having learned that Ron’s longstanding nickmane is **Bigfoot** my concern about incidental cranial damage got sidetracked. So, **Odz** : - great job and many thanks for letting us know and the updates. You’re a stand-up, kickass friend. - Ron’s sedated; you have a stellar chance to Fight Ingorance and fill us in on the pop culture connection between male foot/endowments thing. (If the “Head Nurse” walks in, just look at _her_ suspicously and say his catheter looked awry.) - Post your frank impressions immediately. In detail. _Graphic_ detail. We’re _here_ for Ron, and if unwanted shrinkage occured, well, who can doubt our powers to offer encouragement and support? Veb ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/76 "2000-07-10T00:10:10Z")
My initial thought, upon reading the beginning of this thread, would be to offer to get a sex change if Bigfoot would promise a full recovery, so he could have one more person to flirt innocently but lewdly with, without worrying about crossing the reproductive line. Now, I hear (to my relief) that he’s doing better, pinching nurses, complaining about the food, and inquiring about his fave ball club. So, don’t be too disappointed, but I’m taking the sex change off the table. Eat a cup of flavorless jello and overcooked green beans for me, Boo Boo. Then get the hell out of the hospital and buy yourself a Humvee with the settlement money. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/77 "2000-07-10T00:13:19Z")
Odz Bodkin, maybe you could sneak a camera in and get some really cool pictures? Maybe ol’ Bratman don’t wanna look in a mirror right now, but I betcha he’d like to show off his “battle scars” later. I _know_ I would. 😉 By the way, we all know the “falling into the terlit” episode didn’t seem to do ham any good with the cute nurse, but this one must have impressed her. How 'bout it, Bratman, any “special” attentions? 😉 Have a speedy recovery, tough guy. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/78 "2000-07-10T00:57:15Z")
Get your ass out of that hospital fully recovered or I may have to come home and kill you myself. My heart just can’t take any more of this kind of stuff. I’m beginning to think anyone with a 7 in their username ought to consider removing it right about now. Get well you big putz, or I’ll never forgive you. And we just can’t have _that_ now, can we? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/79 "2000-07-10T02:36:08Z")
Thanks so much for the updates!! Bratboy you better get well soon or you are in trouble mister! Best wishes to you! ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035/80 "2000-07-10T02:48:44Z")
Suggestion: Ladies, get out your negligees, strike seductive poses and send photos to Bratman via SD. Bound to have a tonic effect. The male members on this Board solemnly undertake not to peek (except for odz, of course, at the printing stage). You could consider this as the equivalent of the war effort. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-news-about-bratman007/25035.md?page=5)