posted July 20, 2011 10:47 AM
After a complete physical checkup, the doctor asks Dave Reynolds how old he is.“I’m 60, doc” says Dave.
“Well, that’s astonishing, Mr. Reynolds,” comments the doctor, “You’ve got the body of a 35-year old. You might live forever. How old was your father when he passed away?”
“Pardon me, doc, did I say he’d passed away?” says Dave. “He’s 82 years old and skis all winter and surfs all summer.”
“That’s remarkable” says the doctor. “How old was your grandfather when he passed on?”
“Did I say he was dead?” replies Dave.
“You mean you’re 60 years old and both your father and grandfather are still alive??? Is your grandfather in good health?”
“Yes,” says Dave. “He skis with my father in the winter and still loves to water-ski all summer. As a matter of fact, he’s 106 years old and getting married again next Saturday.”
“My lord”, exclaims the doctor, “Why on earth would he want to get married at 106?”
“Did I say he wanted to?”
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At age seventy, British conductor and organist Sir Malcolm Sargent was asked by an interviewer: “To what do you attribute your advanced age?”
“Well,” replied the conductor, “I suppose I must attribute it to the fact that I haven’t died yet.”
there doesn't seem to be a lot of jokes regarding immortality except how it relates to longevity...interesting...
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" Some define good as that which preserves, and evil as that which destroys; but destruction can be cleansing and purifying, for there is such a thing in both men and races as spiritual constipation, which comes from too much preservation of the status quo." ( Dion Fortune )