Happy Christmas, from Ozzy

December 9, 2003 3:49 PM

Happy Christmas, from Ozzy Osbourne
posted by mr_crash_davis (15 comments total)

He hurt himself bad in an ATV wreck.
posted by jpoulos at 3:54 PM on December 9, 2003

Oh, so Ozzy doesn't speak so well? I had no idea..
posted by xmutex at 3:59 PM on December 9, 2003

yes, xmutex. This was supposed to be informative, not humorous.
posted by jpoulos at 4:01 PM on December 9, 2003

Wow, an amazing new source of humor too. No one else has made fun of this yet, right?
posted by xmutex at 4:07 PM on December 9, 2003

Cheers Ozzy. Happy Christmas to you too. We still love you in Brum. Get well soon mate. :)
posted by squealy at 4:27 PM on December 9, 2003

Oh, so Ozzy doesn't speak so well? I had no idea..

See my comment here as to why.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:55 PM on December 9, 2003

Add, he said he was sleeping out of fear of not waking up again from all the pills.
posted by thomcatspike at 4:55 PM on December 9, 2003

add: not sleeping
posted by thomcatspike at 4:56 PM on December 9, 2003

For some strange reason I actually like him.
posted by konolia at 5:46 PM on December 9, 2003

I call bulls#$! on Ozzy's claim that " the pills" were the cause of his slurred speech and stumbling, delusional episodes.... as a fan of Ozzy from way back, I can honestly say that he's been that way for a few decades.
I first saw the guy in concert way back in the day - Blizzard of Oz, and later the Diary of a Madman tour.... and let me tell you, Ozzy's speech was so slurred, the crowd gave up on trying to understand the lyrics, and settled on thrashing around to the music.
Still, one could argue that he was on drugs at that time as well, leading to his actions... but I saw Ozzy again later on in the eighties, on the Ultimate Sin tour, when he was supposedly "clean"... well, as clean as Ozzy can ever be, I suppose.
And the guy damn near broke his neck running around mumbling, rambling on, and falling around the stage.

But I still love the guy.
posted by bradth27 at 5:53 PM on December 9, 2003

this is what passes for humor these days?
Eh.
posted by me3dia at 7:06 PM on December 9, 2003

i too hooted aloud when i read an article where he and sharon explained how they had "fired" the doctor who had prescribed 13,000 doses of 70 some-odd medications over a period of months. the doc's in some deep shit, the feds are on to his act, and the osbourne's had public ties to him. what a lame-ass attempt to distance themselves. ozzy musta thought it up.
posted by quonsar at 7:15 PM on December 9, 2003

Ozzy had a stroke a few years back.

He's also had trouble slaying the demon.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:32 PM on December 9, 2003

Ozzy is still on a ventilator following the ATV accident and doctors are reportedly "very guarded" about his prognosis. I'm not sure that making light of the man's failings and foibles is exactly the best thing to do right this moment.
posted by Dreama at 2:01 PM on December 10, 2003

His daughter was on tv last night saying the ventilator was simply to help him breathe-because the broken ribs were making it too painful for him to breathe on his own. She didn't give any indication he was in that bad of a shape, but who knows. *off to google*
posted by konolia at 8:10 AM on December 11, 2003