"throw in a few bottles of good Scotch, a few cigars, and he cudda done 105"
Posted on 09/24/2010 3:39:43 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A CHAIN smoking pensioner has celebrated his 100th birthday despite puffing on nearly 300,000 cigarettes — and glugging a glass of whisky a day.
Old soldier Arthur Langran - who survived being blown up by a grenade in the Second World War - claims the key to his longevity is doing what everyone tells him not to.
The dad-of-two started smoking aged 20 and has gone through at least TEN-A-DAY ever since. That works out at an incredible 292,000 cigarettes.
As well as being partial to the odd cigar he also sups a dram of Macallan single malt Scotch right before he goes to bed and credits it for his long life.
But his tipple a day over 80 years totals a staggering 900 BOTTLES.
He said: "I always say the secret is doing things you're not told to do. I have been smoking since I was 20 and I still enjoy it - and a pipe."
Arthur, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, downed pints of ale at his local pub to celebrate the milestone.
His eldest son Peter, 62, revealed doctors had told his father to KEEP smoking — despite having gone through 292,000 in total already.
Peter said: "These days he rolls himself five or six a day but used to smoke more and has his pipe once in the morning and once in the afternoon.
"The doctor has said it's not worth getting him to give up the cigarettes."
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Good for him !
Whats a glass of whiskey and a few ciggies compared to a freegin grenade and a war?
"throw in a few bottles of good Scotch, a few cigars, and he cudda done 105"
My kind of guy ! :-)
Oddly, My Great Grandad had a glass of whiskey a day as well as one or two wines and lived to 96.
He also used chewing tobacco and a pipe.
Ate butter/eggs/and lard daily.
LOL, grandpa smoked two cigars a day and never went without bacon and eggs for breakfast - sure ‘nuf killed him at 98.
Me too!!!!!!
My Father on the other hand was an athlete all his life, ran marathons into his fifty’s, didnt smoke or drink.
His first heart attack was at 57. the second one killed him at 62.
"Unhealthy" lifestyle
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I bet if he starts having unprotected sex with HIV-positive meth head street hookers he’ll make it to 120.
The guy sounds like a slacker to me. I had smoked over 300,000 cigarettes before I got out of my 30's.
His body was so toxic that cancer couldn’t survive in it. Just a case of being so mean that you repel evil. :-)
He might buy that- hook, line and sinker.
Yo! I have several friends who have gotten cancer that never smoked!
A long list.
Actually the list is longer than the smokers I have known that died of cancer, which number exactly zero.
I am not saying that smoking is good for you, but I am saying you are full of ****
The big C doesn’t care how you live your life.
That has been my plan all along Lol!
TO
ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE
1920s, 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and the 00’s
First, we survived being born to mothers
Who smoked and/or drank while they were Pregnant.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing,
Tuna from a can and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles,
Locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode
Our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.
As infants & children,
We would ride in cars with no car seats,
No booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.
Riding in the back of a pick-up truck on a warm day
Was always a special treat.
We drank water
From the garden hose and not from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends,
From one bottle and no one actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon.
We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar.
And, we weren’t overweight.
WHY?
Because we were
Always outside playing...that’s why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
As long as we were back when the
Streetlights came on.
No one was able
To reach us all day. And, we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of soap box scraps
And then ride them down the hill, only to find out
We forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
A few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s and X-boxes.
There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable,
No video movies or DVD’s, no surround-sound or CD’s,
No cell phones,
No personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.
WE HAD FRIENDS
And we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth
And there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt,
And the worms did not live in us
Forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
Made up games with sticks and tennis balls and,
Although we were told it would happen,
We did not put out very many eyes..
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and
Knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just
Walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn’t had to learn to deal
With disappointment.
Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law
Was unheard of.
They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best
Risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
The past 90 years
Have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
And we learned how to deal with it all.
If YOU are one of them?
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others
Who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the
Lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives
For our own good.
While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know
How brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house
With scissors, doesn’t it ?
The quote of the
Month is by Jay Leno:
“With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control,
Mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms
Tearing up the country from one end to another,
And with the threat of swine flu
And terrorist attacks.
Are we sure this is a good time
To take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?”
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