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Preservation of Man
« on: February 23, 2008, 06:54:54 PM »
The Preservation of Man

The horse and mule live thirty years
And nothing know of wine or beers.
The goat and sheep at twenty die
With never a taste of scotch or rye.
The cow drinks water by the ton
And at eighteen is mostly done.
The dog at sixteen cashes in
Without the aid of rum or gin.
The cat in milk and water soaks
And then in twelve short years it croaks.
The modest, sober, bone dry hen
Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten.
All animals are strictly dry
They sinless live and swiftly die.
But sinful, ginful, rum soaked men
Survive for three score years and ten.
And some of us, the mighty few
Stay pickled till we're ninety-two.

Script hanging in Portree House
[Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland]
09-29-04
Logged
Life's too short to drink mediocre beer.

me-di-o-cre /midi'o'k'r/ –adjective
1. of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.
2. rather poor or inferior.
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