Bob Engelhardt wrote:

F. George McDuffee wrote:
It is a state secret, but 100 people out of 100 will die of
something sooner or later....

Reminds me of 'way back when anti-smoking was getting started and one of
the promoters said something, in all seriousness, like "All smokers will
die of lung cancer, if they don't die of something else first". Which
sounds OK, but is really meaningless - it's true for everything (you'll
die from drinking water if you don't die from something else first).

The odds are that smoking will shorten life. No one argues smoking is
healthy.

As far as drinking water, I remember a story back in the 70's where a
disturbed lady killed herself by drinking massive amounts of water. IIRC it
was in the 8 gallon a day range.

Take nothing to excess, live long and prosper.

Wes