Live to be 80

[Basil]

I recently picked a new primary care physician.
After two visits and exhaustive lab tests, he said I was doing "fairly well" for my age.


A little concerned about that comment, I couldn't
resist asking him, "Do you think I'll live to be 80?"

He asked, "Well, do you smoke tobacco or drink
beer/wine?"

"No," I replied. "Not for the past 25 years."

Then he asked, "Do you eat rib-eye steaks and
barbequed ribs?"

I said "No, I've heard that all red meat is very
unhealthy!"

Do you spend a lot of time in the sun, like
playing golf/sailing/ballooning/rock climbing?"

"No, I don't," I said.

He said, "Do you gamble, drive fast cars, or
sexually fool around?"

"No," I said. "I don't do any of those
things."

He looked at me and said, "Then why do you give
a (bleep) if you live to be 80?

 

[tony barnhill]

Love it!! & I've told my wife, daughter, & friends everytime they tell me to stop eating medium rare KC strips or having my adult beverages that I plan to LIVE untill I die (which, by the way will be at age 92)!

 

[aeronca65t]

Funny!!

I went to a memorial service for the mother of a colleague this week. The woman lived to be 104. She was Cantonese, ate sparingly and spent much of her life writing poetry and meditating. Her daughter (my colleague) is 70 but looks 50.....good genes, I suppose.

My uncle Bartle spend his life as an Irish farmer. He ate red meat, smoked, drank and won a dance contest the year before he died. He never drove a car, but rode a bicycle up to his last year. He lived to be 85. My Dad is 78 and still works part-time. There's hope for me, I guess.

 

[rulle7]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Basil:
He asked, "Well, do you smoke tobacco or drink.......................?"

"No," I said. "I don't do any of those
things."

He looked at me and said, "Then why do you give
a (bleep) if you live to be 80?<hr></blockquote>

Brilliant!!
My sentiment exactly.
Grandmother; smoked like a chimney, drank like a fish, gambled in her youth all over the world,
traveled extensively until the year she died at the respectable age of 87. Cause of death; none of the above.

 

[Jim 67B]

My father worked in the orchards from 1920's until 1960's with all of the chemicals that have been banned since 1970. He smoked until is mid fifties, loved pot roast, ice cream, and beer. He lived until 93. However, he was not over weight and rode his bike every day up to a few months before his death.

 

[Mark Beiser]

One of my favorite people in the world, Prof. Walter Williams, once said: "If you die with all your organs intact, you havn't had enough fun in your life."

 

[waltesefalcon]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, very funny love it.

Cheers,

Walter

 

[Winston]

You want thoughts', I just had my 3rd angiogram in as many years ....... and kinda like an old LBC ,they're still not sure how to plumb me.

I wish I had found LBC's when I was younger.

Winston 67TR4A IR$

 

[Bugeye58]

When you were younger, there were no LBC's.
Sorry, just couldn't resist.
(I'm 55)
Jeff

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