There was a period in my life when I suffered from insomnia in a bad way. I would then sit up in bed and lazily switch on the television set. That's how I learnt that the Japanese from Okinawa get to be unbelievably old, on account of how rich their water is in coral calcium. I never actually rushed out to go and buy that particular product, because, in the advertisement, they never showed me a Japanese looking like a dry prune. When it comes to television, I am a bit of a sceptic, you could say. And I would not disagree with you.
Well, I am proud to ascertain that my hunch paid off. Now, I read that the Americans have outdone the Japanese and managed to make people live to incredible old ages, only comparable perhaps to what you can read in the Bible, if you are a pious man and you go to schul, that is. And, with their method, apparently you don't run the risk of developing hypercalcaemia.
Word has it that it is only in an experimental phase and then only for a selected few, but, as I understand it, if you are a swindler they actually manage to add a full 150 years to your natural life. Other crimes don't qualify, because in America they pride themselves on rewarding creativity.
I guess it's all part of the American dream. President Bush didn't actually stand on a pulpit and shout out that he had a dream, but, in his quiet unassuming way, he did. He had a dream in which he saw clearly that Saddam Hussein was hoarding up weapons of mass destruction. Thereafter he had another dream in which he had to go and save the marsh Shiites. And, you know, what is praiseworthy is that he followed his dream. Then he woke up and he was facing Shiite Iran waving nuclear power. Fortunately, in the end, he found a Kenyan to deal with the matter.
To get back to longevity. I have some reservations about it. I mean, when someone gets out of jail at the ripe age of 225 and you go and shake his hand, won't you find that his fingers feel a bit mouldy?
