# Shatner in wheelchair **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397 "2014-07-30T03:40:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/1 "2014-07-30T03:40:16Z")
[Shatner showed up at Comic-Con in a wheelchair.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2706303/William-Shatner-left-wheelchair-bound-Comic-Con-horse-riding-accident.html) Turns out, he was recovering from a horse riding accident. Apparently the horse was uninjured. I suspect this wouldn’t have happened to Picard. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/2 "2014-07-30T03:48:52Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [Shatner showed up at Comic-Con in a wheelchair.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2706303/William-Shatner-left-wheelchair-bound-Comic-Con-horse-riding-accident.html) Turns out, he was recovering from a horse riding accident. Apparently the horse was uninjured. > > I suspect this wouldn’t have happened to Picard. Shatner seems like the kind of guy who’d ride with Western tack. Picard would ride English. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/3 "2014-07-30T10:33:01Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > [Shatner showed up at Comic-Con in a wheelchair.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2706303/William-Shatner-left-wheelchair-bound-Comic-Con-horse-riding-accident.html) Turns out, he was recovering from a horse riding accident. Apparently the horse was uninjured. > > I suspect this wouldn’t have happened to Picard. I can’t even picture Patrick Stewart in a wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/4 "2014-07-30T10:56:20Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I can’t even picture Patrick Stewart in a wheelchair. Is that a whoosh? Brian ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/5 "2014-07-30T11:09:48Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Is that a whoosh? You’re thinking of the doors on the Enterprise. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/6 "2014-07-30T11:34:16Z")
How many people approached him and said, “Captain Pike?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/7 "2014-07-30T11:34:52Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > How many people approached him and said, “Captain Pike?” One? Two? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/8 "2014-07-30T12:26:29Z")
It would be hilarious if Patrick Stewart ended up in a wheelchair for awhile. He’d have to make sure…it didn’t look like _that_. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/9 "2014-07-30T15:02:39Z")
Shatner has been riding since he was a teen and owned many champion horses. [Interview.](http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/April-2009/William-Shatner-from-spaceman-to-horseman-philanthropist/) He’s been thrown a few times and broken bones over the years. He’s a real horseman. > [@](#): > > “Horses have played an essential role in my life,” writes the 78-year-old Shatner in his recent autobiography, Up Till Now. “I have ridden horses, owned horses, and admired horses for as long as I can remember.” His devotion includes producing the annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show (jump to event details or more on Shatner’s philanthropy), presented by [Priceline.com](http://Priceline.com) and sponsored by Wells Fargo. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/10 "2014-07-30T15:35:43Z")
I imagine when you are in your mid-80’s getting thrown might be a quite traumatic experience. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/11 "2014-07-30T15:49:55Z")
For a 70 - year-old man it would indeed be traumatic. But I feel for Shatner for a different reason: In 1965 I was attracted, however furtively, to a girl in my second-year French class, named Ruth. She and I argued now and then. A month before the school year ended, she fell off a horse and was seriously injured. I was actually happy about that, and said “Qu’elle meurt” (“may she die”) for which the teacher reprimanded me. Shortly after school let out, my conscience got to me; her birthday was coming up and I sent her a card with a profuse apology. I didn’t have any further contact with her until the middle of the senior year, by which time she had long since recovered–and forgiven me. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/12 "2014-07-30T16:08:50Z")
Of course Patrick Stewart wouldn’t be injured riding a horse. He’d send Jonathan Frakes to ride the horse for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/13 "2014-07-30T16:19:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Shatner has been riding since he was a teen and owned many champion horses. [Interview.](http://www.cowboysindians.com/Cowboys-Indians/April-2009/William-Shatner-from-spaceman-to-horseman-philanthropist/) He’s been thrown a few times and broken bones over the years. He’s a real horseman. Ah, William Shatner. My neighbor! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/14 "2014-07-30T18:07:45Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Of course Patrick Stewart wouldn’t be injured riding a horse. He’d send Jonathan Frakes to ride the horse for him. No, Stewart would insist on riding the horse and Frakes would attempt to stop him. “Captain, it’s too risky. I insist that you let me ride. Starfleet orders state that the captain must not put himself at risk.” "Nonsense, Number One. It’s perfectly safe. And the captain must set an example for his crew if he’s going to be an effective leader. " ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/15 "2014-07-30T18:44:14Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > For a 70 - year-old man … You need to look up “Slight”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/16 "2014-07-30T18:57:17Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > I imagine when you are in your mid-80’s getting thrown might be a quite traumatic experience. _Standing up_ might be quite traumatic. Shatner has taken amazing care of himself over the years, hasn’t he? He doesn’t seem like he’s a day over 60. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/17 "2014-07-30T18:58:49Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I suspect this wouldn’t have happened to Picard. Nah, _Picard_ would have ended up needing an artificial spine to go along with his artificial heart. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/18 "2014-07-30T19:05:21Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I can’t even picture Patrick Stewart in a wheelchair. [Can you picture him in a lobster suit?](http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lobster.jpg) Seriously, how can you not love this guy? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/19 "2014-07-30T19:06:51Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Of course Patrick Stewart wouldn’t be injured riding a horse. He’d send Jonathan Frakes to ride the horse for him. Frakes would mount and dismount the horse in an odd and idiosyncratic fashion. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397/20 "2014-07-30T19:10:12Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Of course Patrick Stewart wouldn’t be injured riding a horse. He’d send Jonathan Frakes to ride the horse for him. “ride” What happens on Risa stays on Risa. heh. “mount” as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatner-in-wheelchair/694397.md?page=2)