Posted on 07/21/2009 8:39:36 PM PDT by Libloather
Should be, you've survived smoking, drink and women.
Well, there is that new health care thingy...
Sorry. Only wild, wild women would've helped. You're pretty much doomed...
Sorry to throw cold water on an entertaining thread, but in fairness to the memory of Henry, he was being a bit tongue-in-cheek about the “wild women”.
from his obit:
He would attribute his longevity to “cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women” then add that there had only been one woman for him – his beloved wife, who died in 1970.
That doesn't count. Henry Allingham was involved with wild, wild women. Please keep your evidence to yourself.
“Going forward at night to salvage parts of downed aircraft left him with a frightening memory of the war. ‘I fell into a shell hole. It was full of arms, legs, ears, dead rats — a lot of dead, rotten flesh. I was up to my armpits in water. I can’t describe the smell of flesh and mud mixed up together. I turned to my left … and I was able to lift myself out of the water. I lay there in the dark, not daring to move, cold and with my uniform stinking. I was frightened. I was scared. I was so relieved when it finally got light and I could move.’”
Imagine living with that memory - for 92 years.
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