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November 1975

The Anecdote Bin

Dedicated to the lighter side of our common problem - From the June 1965 Grapevine

AND here again is Larry L., of Marin, Calif., with the following information. "Today," he reveals, "my heart beat 103,389 times, my blood traveled 168,000,000 miles, I breathed 23,040 times, gave off 98.6 degrees of heat, generated 450 tons of energy, spoke 4,800+ words, moved 750 muscles and exercised 7,000,000 brain cells. Doing this every day makes it a cinch to stay away from booze because I'm just too pooped to pull or blow my cork."

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