It is generally not quite cricket to sit on one of these garden tillers, especially when it is running...
Posted on 05/08/2020 1:16:03 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Brian May landed in the hospital this week, but not because of anything coronavirus-related.
On Wednesday, the Queen guitarist and astrophysicist shared an Instagram from the hospital wearing a face mask revealing that he tore his butt muscles "to shreds" while gardening.
"The Virus didn’t get me yet - thank God," May, 72, wrote in the caption. "I managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening. So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find out exactly how much I’ve actually damaged myself. Turns out I did a thorough job - this is a couple of days ago - and I won’t be able to walk for a while ... or sleep, without a lot of assistance, because the pain is relentless."
May says that he needs "to go dark for a while, getting some complete rest, at home" due to his injury. "Please, please don’t send me sympathy - I just need some healing silence for a while," he says. "I’ll be back - but I need the complete break."
Along with the selfie, May also shared a video of him being rolled through the hospital. Check out his post below:
brianmayforreal
Reality check ! For me. No - the Virus didn’t get me yet - thank God. Hope you’re all keeping extra-safe out there. A decision to relax controls doesn’t suddenly make the danger go away. But me ?? Yes, I’ve been quiet. Reason ? As well as getting over-stretched and harassed by too many demands ... I managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening. So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find out exactly how much I’ve actually damaged myself. Turns out I did a thorough job - this is a couple of days ago - and I won’t be able to walk for a while ... or sleep, without a lot of assistance, because the pain is relentless. So, folks ... I need to go dark for a while, getting some complete rest, at home. Please, please don’t send me sympathy - I just need some healing silence for a while. I’ll be back - but I need the complete break. OK ? Thanks. Take care out there. Bri
Woo hoo!
FINALLY a thread I get to use my newly stolen catch-line:
crouching homo, hidden sausage
Sorry that you took it as a joke. That wasn’t my intent.
But rather to display what the Gluteus Maximus was and
where located.
Now you have a nice day......
Some may remember the story of the rodeo cowboy and the protruding rebar. Ouch. Could happen in gardening I suppose...
I am actually a big Brian May fan. I think he is an underrated as a rock guitar player and more importantly is a top amateur (almost pro now) astronomer (actually more specialized but who cares). It is rare to find someone so good in such different fields today. In the Bohemian Rhapsody movie there is a scene where Freddy Mercury (weird twisted genius) is telling the band where would you be without me, Brian May character has this look on his face like I could be exploring outer space (don’t remember the exact dialogue), didn’t need the band.
For the record I can’t keep a beat on a bongo and consider myself the world’s worst amateur astronomer.
[Honestly it’s easy to do. I threw out my back digging a trench. One bag of soil that’s heavier than you can pick up and blammo. One of the things that sucks most about aging is that ever growing list of what you used to could do but not anymore. Cause you mostly only find out by hurting yourself.]
Spinal Tap was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.
Yes, that whole movie was funny from start to finish. Maybe it’s a favorite of he of the shredded backside?
obligatory Spinal Tap reference...
I’m his age and I garden...what on earth was he doing ???
Digging with his bum ??? What ???
The chores !!!
“One in a million shot, Doc, one in a million.”
That might have been an in joke since All In The Family was an American version of an earlier English show called Til Death Do Us Part.
A lame ass excuse if I ever heard one. :)
NEVER forget the cucumbers!
I strained mine hking last fall and it hasn't been quite right since, even the physical therapist had no real good idea on how to treat it.
Oy!!
no one can possibly me that out of touch. He’s from England. Leave the cave :-)
No actually a great guitarist with a tremendous number of great songs. But your thorough educated analysis is welcome :-)
His beliefs are not in line with mine. What is a great guitarist. That seems like a good guy unless you know something we don’t
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