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jefflaura... jefflaura...
 
December 19, 2008 06:14 PM

Keith Richards turned 65 yesterday, how has he managed to live so long? Please be specific.

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chewie chewie
 
 December 19, 2008 09:31 PM
Genetic predisposition - he was just lucky. While people would like to say this or that - unless you are from specific areas of Scandinavia or Italy or Japan where diet plays a statistically measurable part of your longevity - hoping for good genes from your ancestors is about all you can do.

If you are interested in this area - google search "anagathic"


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rmithal rmithal
 
December 19, 2008 06:16 PM
Drugs and alcohol preserves one's innards. Specific enough, Lauras.

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jefflauras... jefflauras...
 
December 19, 2008 06:19 PM
What kind of drugs exactly? Aspirin and viagra?

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teduncan teduncan
 
December 19, 2008 06:18 PM
The answer lies in his use of "strychnine "

Strychnine is a very toxic , colorless crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents.

Keith Richards once said ''Someone put strychnine in my dope. It was in Switzerland. I was totally comatose but I was totally awake. I could listen to everyone, and they were like, 'He's dead, he's dead!', waving their fingers and pushing me about, and I was thinking, 'I'm not dead!'''
http://blafusel.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/keith-richards-and-miss-marple.jpg



On the other hand, Thomas J Hick won the 1904 Olympic marathon in St Louis, while using strychnine
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/1904_Thomas_J._Hicks.JPG

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/may/30/drugsinsport.olympicgames?gusrc...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Hicks


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seanscogin seanscogin
 
December 19, 2008 06:49 PM
Why, he drinks the blood of children, of course! Oh, and preservatives...lots and lots of preservatives.

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smarkowski smarkowski
 
December 19, 2008 11:12 PM
Clean living.

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