The Loony Bin
(
loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
)
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:41:36 +0100
Hiya Folks...
If you seek the secret of immortality read on...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
xx
************<andrea@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk>************
******************<ajc6@ukc.ac.uk>*******************
*** ***
*** THE LOONY BIN ***
*** loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk ***
*** ***
******************Internet Goddess*******************
*********************ANDROMEDA***********************
------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
Once upon a time an adventurous man went on a search for the secret of
immortality.
He travelled through the great civilizations of the world, and could
find no answer.
He travelled to the last remnants of ancient civilizations, and found no
answer.
He spoke with the Pope, who could not help him.
He spoke with the Dalai Lama, who had no answer.
He spoke with many, many Jehovah's Witnesses, who had no answers.
One day, he heard about a wise old man living on a mountain top, deep in
the recesses of the Hindu Kush.
He immediately flew to India, and made his way from there, through
Tibet, to the mountain where the holy man lived.
Walking through snow and ice, he scaled the mountain. And there was a
little old man, calmly sitting at the peak.
He prostrated himself before the old man, who bade him get up.
"And how," the old man asked, "may I help you, my son?"
"O wise one," said the young man,"I have heard that you possess the
secret of immortality. It is that secret I have come to ask you to share
with me."
"Hmmm." said the old man. "Well, let's see."
"You must give up smoking, all manner of liquors, and the pursuit of
wild women."
"That's all I have to do? And I will live forever?" asked the young man,
amazed.
"No," replied the old man. "But it will sure feel like it..."