Saturday, July 18, 2009
Henry Allingham
Henry Allingham is dead. I like formula for a long life - 'cigarettes, whisky and wild, wild women - and a good sense of humour.' Apart from the women and the humour it's not true, but, of course, the significance of the remark is that there is no such formula, it's all chance so just live.
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A blog about, among other things, imaginary ideas - What ifs? and Imagine thats. What if photographs looked nothing like what we see with our eyes? Imagine that the Berlin Wall had never come down. What if we were the punchline of an interminable joke? All contributions welcome.
Too long for the side of a bus.
ReplyDeletethat list of world events since 1896, I wonder if Mr. Allingham ever got over the death of Elvis. They should have just listed all the major wars...
ReplyDelete...but I guess that's that zeitgeist you're telling me about.
ReplyDeleteIt seems the moon walkers have all about made it to their 80s.
ReplyDeleteOut of the 12 you can only say one has died prematurely, if 69 is premature?
Maybe its the thrill factor thats the all important ingredient?
Personally I will be giving Rapamycin a go.
Good women can extend life but bad women surely curtail it.
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