Who, What, Why: How is Keith Richards still alive?

BBC ^ | 10/27/10 | staff

[aces]

My brother in law was good friends with the stones, had a motel in Tahiti and a few other businesses, they have heart and do a lot of folks good in their charities...
and as far as hash the size of skateboards, well the old cedar tree stamps and temple balls were something else.....
legalize it eh? If a man wants to wrinkle up, he has that right...I don’t beleieve God is so petty in His judgements..

[Renfield]

Some folks are virtually immune to narcotics.

Back when I had a ruptured disc in my back, I could take enough oxycodone AND morphine AND demerol (at the same time) to kill the average person, and not only did it not kill me, I didn’t even get much pain relief. When I finally went in for surgery, the nurse at the prep station literally turned white when I told her what I’d taken that morning before coming to the hospital.

And I had absolutely no trouble stopping after surgery. I hate that stuff; makes me itchy and nauseous. I have a hard time imagining how anybody could become addicted.

[Renfield]

Some folks are virtually immune to narcotics.

Back when I had a ruptured disc in my back, I could take enough oxycodone AND morphine AND demerol (at the same time) to kill the average person, and not only did it not kill me, I didn’t even get much pain relief. When I finally went in for surgery, the nurse at the prep station literally turned white when I told her what I’d taken that morning before coming to the hospital.

And I had absolutely no trouble stopping after surgery. I hate that stuff; makes me itchy and nauseous. I have a hard time imagining how anybody could become addicted.

[Lurker]

Heroin addiction in and of itself isn't all that damaging to the body. If, and it's a big if, one can get a long term supply of pure heroin and then stick to a regular 'delivery' schedule people can function at a surprisingly high level in spite of their addiction.

The damage comes from repeated episodes of withdrawal, infections from dirty needles, impure product, etc.

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[a fool in paradise]

How is Obama still in office?

[The KG9 Kid]

Hell, every Jazz great who died of old age... HERR-ON.

[a fool in paradise]

How is Obama still in office?

[a fool in paradise]

How is Obama still in office?

[rickb308]

#5. 90% of what we saw was all show for street cred.

[a fool in paradise]

Keef put a book out this week. It’s all hype.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

OMG! How horrible. How do you know he isn’t dead? He looks like a zombie.

[Beowulf9]

“You forgot one:
5. He’s been dead for years, but the Grim Reaper is afraid to get near him.”

He’s suddenly in the news because his new book came out October 26.

[a fool in paradise]

Pretty much. When he fell off of a bookcase ladder at his home in Connecticut, people quickly forgot about it.

But falling out of a cocoanut tree on cocaine, people remember.

[riri]

Why would you think eyeliner is necessary at that point? I don’t even think botox injections could help that. Not even the most radical, cutting edge plastic surgery could put a dent in that.

[pissant]

LOL!!

[rickb308]

“And what kind of hash. Lebanese? Turkish?
Corned beef?”

Mmmmmmmm. Corned beef hash.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Also . . . what's it with Richards being suddenly in the news? The New Yorker had a feature article on him this week.

He just published his autobiography.

[Boogieman]

“Also . . . what’s it with Richards being suddenly in the news?”

I think he’s making the rounds promoting his book.

[DPMD]

I guess that explains why he bit the head off a chicken. Coffee. The Demon Bean.

Next movie, “Java Madness.”

[dead]

I met Keith Richards at a Tom Waits show in NYC about a dozen years ago. He was sitting in the row in front of us and was there long before the show started. He would chat or pose for a picture with anybody who came by. Very nice guy.

Joe Strummer and Elvis Costello were also in our row, but they came in when the house lights went down and didn't really interact with anybody.