George Leppla wrote:
> "notbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 2009-10-09, Jean B. > wrote:
>>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>>>> It's spreadable death in it's purest form.
>>>
>>> How sad. So dare I ask what you use? What do you eat, anyway?
>>
>> Mark is our resident health food alarmist. Whatever you're eating,
>> it's bad for you. He's nice enough, but if you pay too much
>> attention, you'll be eating saw palmetto and dried seaweed for
>> breakfast.
>
> I had a MIL who at the age of 83, was told by her sister that her
> habit of eating bacon and fatty things like butter and mayo were bad
> for her health. I told Mom that if I lived to be 83, I would eat a
> whole pig dipped in mayo and smoke a cigar while I was doing it. (Her
> sister was a health/organic food fanatic.)

Too right!! Having got to her age, it is silly to tell her to stop eating
what she always has!

> Mom continued to eat what she wanted and passed away this summer at
> 94. She outlived her sister by 10 years.

Good for her