Apparently, this is true .................. Once again from the Houston Chronicle archives: Assault complaint filed against Rockets' Horry Staff Tiffani Dawn Murphy , the daughter of former Houston Rockets star Calvin Murphy , has filed a complaint alleging Rockets forward Robert Horry assaulted her in a local club. Murphy , 24, who has claimed she is the mother of Horry 's child, said she was at a local nightclub when Horry came up and hit her in the face, the report states. Murphy alleged the incident occurred about 2:45 a.m. Sunday. Houston Police spokesman Joe Gamino said Murphy filed the complaint Sunday morning. He said no charges have yet been filed against Horry , 24, but the complaint will be investigated by either the family violence or major assaults division. Last July, Tiffani Murphy filed suit against Horry , alleging he was the father of her then-5-month-old son, Nicholas Damian.
Forgetting the Weathermen, Robert fathered CM's granddaughter, I believe. And has never been welcomed back to Houston despite all attempts by RH and others to accomplish same. Alm, regretably, did die as described, I heard at the time from two different sports people.
Was Kathy Whitmire gay? Did Micky Leland die in a planecrash with his mistress? Is Dave Ward a preacher?
A couple I've heard before Ed Brandon was busted with cocaine went to rehab and only through a close personal friendship with Dave Ward was he able to get his job back. Famed run and shoot receiver Ernest Givens was gay and had his boyfriend sit with the players wives on gameday. Anyone care to substantiate Also the Alm rumor has been aound for a long time for some reason I believe it to be true.
That doesn't necessarily mean it's true. It would depend who they heard it from and how reliable those folks were. Maybe it's true. Maybe it isn't, but hearing it from two sports guys at the time would not mean anything as it isn't really proof of anything.
I heard it from different people at the hospital. That's where the rumor broke. Everyone basically regretted repeating such a personal story of a tragic event, so everyone quickly stopped mentioning it.
Isn't it Haywood Jeffires, or some weird spelling like that? What happened to that dude anyway? What's he doing now?
Again. Maybe it's true. Maybe it isn't. I can't tell you how many untrue stories I've heard from hospital personnel throughout my life (my father is a physician, my stepmothers were all nurses, my ex-wife is an x-ray tech, my former mother-in-law is a nurse, her sister is a nurse, and so on and so forth). Every one of them swore said stories were true. Some, which involved me or immediate family members, I knew to not be true. I don't care whether it's true or not, but I'm always going to be a skeptic because I know of so many stories that get passed around that turn out to be bogus. The Alm story carries a lot of the Urban Legend hallmarks. That doesn't mean it's not true. It very well could be. I just kind of expect real evidence to come out. A police report. An autopsy report. Something other than second-hand, at best, stories. [heavy sarcasm]Plus, if John McClain says it isn't true, then obviously it isn't. He's always right.[/heavy sarcasm]
Just curious ...how would anyone be able to substantiate the Alm rumor if the two ..ummm..."participants" were both dead before personnel arrived at the scene? Did someone see them?? How??
Not to be too detailed, but if you found a dead body with a detached sexual organ in its mouth, you would start to wonder a bit.
Hmmmmmmmmmm ........Ive never heard the story up until this thread. The whole physics of it does not seem to make sense. But I digress ....mainly because I am scared that someone might try to explain it.
Too late. I think people's muscles tighten during impact. That means jaws will close quickly. Is that enough explanation?
This Alm story has all the makings of an urban legend. ethos: The story receives its credibility because it occured to a famous person who was a member of an important and powerful corporation (NFL and Houston Oilers). Additionally, the hospital at which Alm was checked into lends its name as a source. pathos: The fact that Alm ended up commiting suicide draws feelings of sympathy and pity for the main character in the story. More pathos appeal can be found in the fact that over the course of history, homosexuality has been looked upon as moraly deprave. The story tells a tale of how homosexual activities lead to a deadly and viscous end of two young lives. logos: I haven't heard the story in its original form, so I can't comment too much on the logos. But from what I've picked out of this thread, it seems that there a logical flaw in the story. The tale says that the person giving Alm oral pleasure was thrown out of the car with Alm's member at the time of the accident. Forgive my graphic discussion, but if someone actually were committing the act no Alm, how could a detachment occur. Oral pleasure doesn't consist of "chomping down" and holding with all one's might onto the partner's member. There would have to be one strong grip, something I don't think the human mouth has, to detach a member. The story doesn't hold. (Again, I'm sorry for being graphic and hope I haven't offended anyone, including any family or friends of Alm that could possibly read this analysis.) No, I'm not a freak. I took a course titled "The Rhetoric of Urban Legends" in college, and this is what we learned. Our final exam was to write an urban legend and circulate it (to find out if it would catch on). Mine actually got around quite a bit from what I remember, and even came back to me one day via email form!
Well I was writing my post after B-Bob wrote his description. I have to say that even if a person's muscles tighten after death, I still can't find it feasible that they tighten to the point of detachment. Perhaps someone from the medical field could give us more insight?
I am happy to help drive this thread toward complete lock-down after its otherwise interesting start. drapg, I don't get what you don't get here. Unless someone's member is made of IRON, I think human teeth will do the job. People in car wrecks often complain of all sorts of muscle pain unrelated to actual contact. Instead they have strained muscles by tightening up under the stress and surprise of the accident. If you don't think this could happen, you should really read more of Charles Bukowski's short stories.
