who knew frisbee was so dangerous

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_sp_au_ra_ne/car_nascar_edwards_injured_4

Edwards will race Atlanta despite broken foot Buzz up!0 votes Send Email IM Share Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Twitter Yahoo! Bookmarks Print AP – Carl Edwards celebrates his victory in the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve … 1 hr 2 mins ago CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carl Edwards will race this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway despite breaking his right foot playing frisbee. Edwards is on crutches but was cleared to race in both the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series by doctors from the University of Missouri. He is from Columbia, Mo., and was injured in a hometown game Wednesday night. "I know this probably sounds ridiculous to a lot of people, and I could hardly believe it myself," Edwards said Thursday. "I was playing frisbee with a couple of buddies and we both went for the frisbee at the same time. I put my foot on it, my friend dove for it, and the next thing you know, we all heard a pop. "I knew it was broken and we all kind of looked at each other in disbelief that of all things, I would break my foot playing frisbee." Edwards has three victories at Atlanta and is the defending race winner. He said doctors told him he'll have no problems using the accelerator. Edwards is fifth in the Sprint Cup Series standings with two races remaining before the title-deciding Chase for the championship begins. Because of his series-high nine wins last season, he was widely considered the favorite to end Jimmie Johnson's run of three straight titles. But he's winless this season in NASCAR's top series and has been counting on a hot streak during the 10-race Chase to mount a title run.

That is as ridiculous as an expert in wildlife getting killed by a Ray. What are the odds?

Thank goodness he didn't get turf toe on top of that.

Isn't he the dude who does backflips and E36 M3?

In reply to Lesley:

Yes he is.

Lesley wrote: Isn't he the dude who does backflips and E36 M3?

Eeewwww!

slantvaliant wrote:

Lesley wrote: Isn't he the dude who does backflips and E36 M3?

Eeewwww!

Yeah, hopefully not at the same time LOL

Bwaahaaaaaa!! Didn't think of it that way, but ewww!

He can do a perfect backflip off the roof of a car, land on his feet, and he busts his butt playing frisbee?

You can't make this stuff up

Just FYI...don't go overboard on this one. He's a personal friend of mine.

It really doesn't surprise me though. He's a very, very active person. Often seen about town doing all sorts of stuff like this.

I remember a time when he stepped on a rusty auto part at the local junkyard and ended up getting SICK because of it. Or the time he got a concussion in a race transporter...

You might say he's predisposed to this sort of stuff

Clem

I never hurt myself playing Frisbee.
Now volleyball - that's dangerous.

Carl E. seems like he would be a cool guy, I would play frisbee with him...it sucks that he was hurt, but it is pretty cool that he is still racing.

Frisbee was one of my "minors" in college.

You can definitely break a bone in action.

they outlawed Frisbee on the beach near here

mad_machine wrote: they outlawed Frisbee on the beach near here

Back in the 80s, Seagrams held a contest to set the world's record for the most frisbees in the air at the same time, on the beach in Hilton Head. Something like 1300 people showed up. Everyone was given a name tag and a frisbee, and when the horn blew, we all tossed them straight up. There was a guy from Guiness there to document it. I have no idea if the record still stands, but it was mighty cool at the time.

Plus, a couple of really drunk chicks in bikinis mistook me for Bob Seger, and I autographed their Polaroids, but that's another story. To this day, I'm pretty sure they think they had their picture taken with Bob Seger.

I still have the frisbee.

Man when I was a kid I was playing frisbee with an uncle... And the damn thing hit me in the lip. Bled like crazy, those damn things are death traps.

At least he can still drive..unlike someone else who couldn't take the prime ride in the universe because he'd cracked his neck on a motorcycle.