Tiger Woods in Car Crash

[riverc0il]

She kinda looks like Gottfried Leibniz...

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[riverc0il]

hospital visit is Elin's mother with a stomach ailment

That is SO BORING! :-D

 

[billski]

New Dirt

That is SO BORING! :-D

This is Far more interesting:

A disgraced Tiger Woods is terrified that the worst news is yet to come - that he fathered love children with his mistresses! And his many liaisons may have been caught on tape!



Looks like Gatorade has dropped him and his new drink. Peanuts!

 

[severine]

I realize this is great amusement for you but have you considered how his children will feel about this? How Elin feels? Any of these women? If there are in fact illegitimate children, then them as well?

There are real people behind this media circus and while it's easy to assume a one-dimensional take on all of this, this can't be easy for any of the people involved. Shame, embarrassment, rage, disbelief, self-doubt, depression all come to mind....

Why kick those who are down?

 

[billski]

I realize this is great amusement for you but have you considered how his children will feel about this? How Elin feels? Any of these women? If there are in fact illegitimate children, then them as well?

There are real people behind this media circus and while it's easy to assume a one-dimensional take on all of this, this can't be easy for any of the people involved. Shame, embarrassment, rage, disbelief, self-doubt, depression all come to mind....

Why kick those who are down?

Yeah, I've considered that. It comes with celebrity, you accept it and live it. There is dirt written about them all the time, scandal or not. Its highly likely the wife and children have handlers to shield them from much of this. But it's going to come out anyways and nothing I do or say is going to have any impact on the overall situation. Nobody was crying for Madoff or Edwards or Clinton families were they? We still hear jokes and news about these situations weekly.

They live in a very different world from the rest of us. If it was you, I wouldn't be bashing you, unless you turned out to be a liar, hypocrite and cheater, which of course you are not.

 

[Dr Skimeister]

Yeah, I've considered that. It comes with celebrity, you accept it and live it. There is dirt written about them all the time, scandal or not. Its highly likely the wife and children have handlers to shield them from much of this. But it's going to come out anyways and nothing I do or say is going to have any impact on the overall situation. Nobody was crying for Madoff or Edwards or Clinton families were they? We still hear jokes and news about these situations weekly.

They live in a very different world from the rest of us. If it was you, I wouldn't be bashing you, unless you turned out to be a liar, hypocrite and cheater, which of course you are not.

Wow.

I'm saddened that you feel that decency towards someone else is contingent on the level of celebrity you bestow upon them.

Justifiable prickdom. What a concept.

 

[Marc]

I don't think any of them read AlpineZone, frankly. And while I feel fleeting sympathy for the innocent in this situation, I have no emotional stake in the whole thing. Far worse happens to lots of people on a daily basis in this country; not all of it makes the news. If one tries to sympathize with everyone, all the time, one would become an emotional wreck or completely numb, like, within the hour.

And beyond that, Elin and his children certainly ain't going to go hungry.

 

[ctenidae]

I don't think any of them read AlpineZone, frankly. And while I feel fleeting sympathy for the innocent in this situation, I have no emotional stake in the whole thing. Far worse happens to lots of people on a daily basis in this country; not all of it makes the news. If one tries to sympathize with everyone, all the time, one would become an emotional wreck or completely numb, like, within the hour.

And beyond that, Elin and his children certainly ain't going to go hungry.

I just skipped right over the sympathy part and went straight to numb. Easier that way.

 

[campgottagopee]

So who's gonna buy the book????

 

[bvibert]

So who's gonna buy the book????

I can't believe that I read this thread, I'm sure as hell not going to read a book about it.

 

[riverc0il]

I realize this is great amusement for you but have you considered how his children will feel about this? How Elin feels? Any of these women? If there are in fact illegitimate children, then them as well?

Sorry, Tiger should have considered that before he did what he did. It is not the media or the general population's fault that Tiger is a multi-million dollar superstar mostly because he has chosen to live his life as a public figure and receives most of his profit from his being on the public stage. It is not fair to paint the picture of society being the problem when the problem is Tiger (who still, to the best of my knowledge, has not just owned up to everything in a public statement that would at least make the worst of the media and attention go away... again, Tiger's fault).

I don't know Elin nor do I care how she feels more than I would care how any other celebrity feels about having personal issues being dragged through the media. She knew she was marrying a public figure, it comes with baggage. And I highly doubt she feels much of anything towards individuals following the story and commenting... I would suspect (and sincerely hope!) she is much much much more concerned about her family than what a bunch of random people on a message forum have to say.

Personally, I normally avoid scandal stories like the plague and think the media over does things a little bit. For some odd reason, likely due to Tiger's stature and public image, this story just has legs. It does not help that Tiger is not being forthcoming and acknowledging the media and shutting them up with the truth. And things just get weirder and weirder every day. At the end of the day, I don't really feel much for celebrity's which is not to say that their feelings are not real but I just see themselves as accepting a certain public burden when they enter the public stage and I am a big believer in responsibility and lieing in the bed you make.

 

[drjeff]

Sorry, Tiger should have considered that before he did what he did. It is not the media or the general population's fault that Tiger is a multi-million dollar superstar mostly because he has chosen to live his life as a public figure and receives most of his profit from his being on the public stage. It is not fair to paint the picture of society being the problem when the problem is Tiger (who still, to the best of my knowledge, has not just owned up to everything in a public statement that would at least make the worst of the media and attention go away... again, Tiger's fault).

I don't know Elin nor do I care how she feels more than I would care how any other celebrity feels about having personal issues being dragged through the media. She knew she was marrying a public figure, it comes with baggage. And I highly doubt she feels much of anything towards individuals following the story and commenting... I would suspect (and sincerely hope!) she is much much much more concerned about her family than what a bunch of random people on a message forum have to say.

Personally, I normally avoid scandal stories like the plague and think the media over does things a little bit. For some odd reason, likely due to Tiger's stature and public image, this story just has legs. It does not help that Tiger is not being forthcoming and acknowledging the media and shutting them up with the truth. And things just get weirder and weirder every day. At the end of the day, I don't really feel much for celebrity's which is not to say that their feelings are not real but I just see themselves as accepting a certain public burden when they enter the public stage and I am a big believer in responsibility and lieing in the bed you make.

Tiger doing his best to avoid the media and any comments now is pretty much how Tiger has been all along during his career. If he's in the hunt in a tournament, well he'll put his obligatory 5 to 10 minutes in the media tent (begrudgingly most of the time) and thats it. If he's doing something with his charity, he'll put in the obligatory time with the media. That's it. He's never been like say Phil Mickelson, who will stay as long as it takes to sign every last autograph and/or high 5 practically the entire side of the fairway along a gallery rope. He's probably off on his boat, or at one of his houses (sounds like not the Orlando one)

My guess is that no matter what comes out in the next few weeks, you won't hear anything from Tiger (even if 90% of the female "adult entertainers" currently in the business say that they had a fling with Tiger) He'll then probably show up at the Buick Challenge (or whatever they're calling the PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines in San Diego the 1st or 2nd week of February, deal with a media sh$t show, and then win the tournament by a ridiculous number of shots, and then probably do the same thing (deal with a media sh$t show and win by a bunch a few weeks later at Doral in Miami)

I'd also bet that the 2010 golf season will be Tiger's best ever. He seems to have a ridiculous ability to block out everything when he's on the golf course and just focus on what he can control (his swing and the golf ball), and I'd bet that his almost legendary work ethic on the practice range will be taken to a new level this coming season.

And in his personal life, for all we know, his wife could be relatively fine with Tiger's extra-martial affairs and they could be living under a "mormon-esque" style of relationship. Sounds crazy (and probably is), but we just don't know (and probably won't find out anytime soon)

 

[campgottagopee]

I can't believe that I read this thread, I'm sure as hell not going to read a book about it.

:lol:

 

[Puck it]

Tiger doing his best to avoid the media and any comments now is pretty much how Tiger has been all along during his career. If he's in the hunt in a tournament, well he'll put his obligatory 5 to 10 minutes in the media tent (begrudgingly most of the time) and thats it. If he's doing something with his charity, he'll put in the obligatory time with the media. That's it. He's never been like say Phil Mickelson, who will stay as long as it takes to sign every last autograph and/or high 5 practically the entire side of the fairway along a gallery rope. He's probably off on his boat, or at one of his houses (sounds like not the Orlando one)

My guess is that no matter what comes out in the next few weeks, you won't hear anything from Tiger (even if 90% of the female "adult entertainers" currently in the business say that they had a fling with Tiger) He'll then probably show up at the Buick Challenge (or whatever they're calling the PGA Tour event at Torrey Pines in San Diego the 1st or 2nd week of February, deal with a media sh$t show, and then win the tournament by a ridiculous number of shots, and then probably do the same thing (deal with a media sh$t show and win by a bunch a few weeks later at Doral in Miami)

I'd also bet that the 2010 golf season will be Tiger's best ever. He seems to have a ridiculous ability to block out everything when he's on the golf course and just focus on what he can control (his swing and the golf ball), and I'd bet that his almost legendary work ethic on the practice range will be taken to a new level this coming season.

And in his personal life, for all we know, his wife could be relatively fine with Tiger's extra-martial affairs and they could be living under a "mormon-esque" style of relationship. Sounds crazy (and probably is), but we just don't know (and probably won't find out anytime soon)

You really think he is going to play. I don't think he will play next year. Can you hear the jeers coming from Mickelson's fans. Happy Gilmore-ish.

 

[o3jeff]

You really think he is going to play. I don't think he will play next year. Can you hear the jeers coming from Mickelson's fans. Happy Gilmore-ish.

Didn't he use to get all bent out of shape if he heard a camera shutter click, can only imagine what people will do now

 

[ctenidae]

INteresting that, according to Nielsen's, no Tiger ads have aired since Nov 29th.

 

[Puck it]

Steve, his caddy, has to PO'ed too. He is the caddy on tour that has his own sponsor. Valvoline, he owns a race car group in New Zealand.

 

[wa-loaf]

Doonesbury is hitting him now too: (for context they are recording voices for a GPS app)

 

[billski]

Doonesbury is hitting him now too: (for context they are recording voices for a GPS app)

Beats me. I don't get it.

 

[wa-loaf]

Beats me. I don't get it.

100 ft turn, turn, turn (ie. don't hit the tree)