10 Things to Ponder

I love lists of things...and this one makes me stop and think...hope it does for you too?

Number 10:------Life is sexually transmitted.

Number 9: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

Number 8: Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.

Number 7: Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks.

Number 6: Some people are like a Slinky....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

Number 5: Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals, dying of nothing.

Number 4: All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

Number 3: Why does a slight tax increase cost you $800.00, and a substantial tax cut saves you $30.00?

Number 2: In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

And The Number 1 Thought:

Life is like a jar of Jalapeno peppers--what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
- - and as someone recently said to me: "Don't worry about old age-----it doesn't last long."

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