Simon Cowell stretchered out of his house and rushed to hospital by ambulance ...

www.thesun.co.uk ^ | 10/27/2017 | By Dan Wootton, Associate Editor, and Matt Wilkinson

[Red Badger]

Simon was seen being raced to hospital on a stretcher in a neck brace between 7.30am and 8.30am after an incident at the X Factor boss' home

SIMON Cowell has been rushed to hospital after an accident at his London home, The Sun’s Bizarre column can reveal.

The X Factor mogul was stretchered out of his mansion in a neck brace after an ambulance was called at 8am this morning.

[gov_bean_ counter]

LIL!!!

[bagster]

Omg I googled "agribated!"

You naughty boy.

:)

[gov_bean_ counter]

And LOL.

[bagster]

No it’s a real word. Google it. Pretty funny.

[Riflema]

Well, I hate how Yanks refer to it with the definite article. Like there's only one hospital, "THE" hospital.

In this context, it means a condition, not a geographic location, as in "in bed". We would not say (WJC excluded) "in a bed" would we?

[bagster]

"In hospital" is equivalent to saying, "I got in car."

There are plenty of cars but it's understood that you can only get in one car at a time. Same with hospitals.

[bagster]

As far as being a condition. One is “in the car” or “in a car” not “in car.”

[Axenolith]

Or ladder.

[Inspectorette]

But we also say "going to school", not "going to THE school".

Personally, I find Brit-speak quite charming.

[bagster]

You have a point on that one. I find it sort of fascinating myself. What really gets on my last good nerve is when I hear Americans adopting Brit speak in an attempt to seem sophisto.

Any American that says "on holiday" or "in hospital" needs to be shipped off to Devils Island.

[bagster]

Oh hey, I just checked your bio page and noticed you worked in aerospace at Vandenberg. I wonder if you knew my dad. He worked for L.T.V. out there. His name was Clarence or “Bob” Bagwell.

[Riflema]

So how is one “in bed” or “at home”? And don’t get me started on the needless plurals that abound “Legos”, “accomodations”. ugh.

[Inspectorette]

Mr. Inspectorette and I worked for Lockheed-Martin at VAFB. Retired in 2005 and moved up to the Oregon Coast. Didn’t know any LTV people (although my brother worked for LTV in Texas).

[bagster]

Ah well, worth a shot. We are cousins at least. Did you live in Lompoc as well?

[Inspectorette]

We lived in Santa Maria, home of Santa Maria style barbecue. One of the things we miss.

[minnesota_bound]

#3 Exclusive video of what happened.

[bagster]

yummy Santa Maria tri-tip.

I used to run cross country and track against Santa Maria and Regretti. Good times.