Do be careful (mostly nb)

[pragmatist]

Visit the Walk through time on the BBC's web site - and to make absolutely sure that you don't damage yourself you should visit this page and click on Health and Safety.

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/nature_near_you/txtversion.shtml>http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/nature_near_you/txtversion.shtml</A>

Presumably sailing should come with an even more severe warning ? Better if you consult your doctor, stay indoors and eschew all exercise - walking or sailing - it's safer - don't you all agree ?

<hr width=100% size=1>a pragmatist is an optimist with a boat in the UK - but serious about not being in the UK !

 

[janeK]

Healthy Living

It is not often we are gifted with such sensible ideas on 'healthy living'

Eat drink and be merry, fortomorrow.........................................................you can do it all again..

Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it...don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn, and what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system.
Need grain? Eat chicken.
Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have body fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular Exercise
program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil.In
fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans ... another vegetable!!!
It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Excuse me! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about
food and diets and remember, "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - strawberries in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming - WOO HOO! What a Ride!"


<hr width=100% size=1>If work was so good, the rich would have kept more of it for themselves.

 

[jhr]

Absolutely, though it's worth remembering that thousands of people die or are injured every year in the hazard strewn death-trap of their homes. I was about to suggest that you might be better off killing yourself, but then I remembered the words of Dorothy Parker, on the subject of suicide:


Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live


You can't win really, can you?


<hr width=100% size=1>Je suis Marxiste - tendance Groucho

 

[pessimist]

Most sensible advice I've read in ages.

<hr width=100% size=1>A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts