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To: Signalman
George Burns lived to be a 100 and did nothing but smoke cigars and enjoyed the occasional adult beverage.

Is too healthy bad for you?

21 posted on 01/10/2017 3:39:08 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (STOP THE TAPE!!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
George Burns lived to be a 100 and did nothing but smoke cigars and enjoyed the occasional adult beverage.

Back in the mid seventies I worked as a delivery driver in Los Angeles. We did a ton of work for the entertainment industry, so I wound up meeting a lot of famous people.

One day I had to deliver a package to George Burns' house. I ring the bell and an elderly woman with a New York accent answers the door (i assumed she was his wife). The smell of cigar smoke immediately hits my nostrils.

I tell her that I've got a package for Mr Burns and she goes to accept it, but I tell her that it's legal papers, and only Mr Burns can sign for it.

She turns and tells, "George, you've got a package! The man says you have to come sign for it!"

He didn't really need to sign for it. I just wanted to meet him in person ;-)

Next thing I know, there he is, big ole cigar in his mouth, in the flesh. I gave him the package and had him sign while telling him how much I admired him and appreciated his work.

He looks at me with smile and a twinkle in his eye, and says, "Why, thank you son." It was one of the best celeb meetings I ever had.

45 posted on 01/10/2017 3:58:55 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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