Life Expectancy

>center>LIFE EXPECTANCY

Every time you have sex, so the experts say,
You shorten your life by ten minutes.
I used to think it was worth the risk;
There was probably nothing in it.
But now I’m old and the end is in sight,
I don’t even kiss, just in case they’re right.

27th May 2022
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Watts Avatar
May 29, 2022 at 2:22 AM
Hi Bryn. ha ha this made me smile. Go one steal one kiss Cheers Christine
De Beaulieu Avatar
May 28, 2022 at 11:09 AM
Hello Bryn Strudwick, Bryn I thought it was the other way. Enjoy your day my friend.
De Beaulieu Avatar
May 31, 2022 at 11:57 AM
Hello Bryn, I am 73 and do not feel my age. i never did. Enjoy your day my friend.
Strudwick Avatar
May 31, 2022 at 7:37 AM
Well, I've got to 84. Not sure what that says!
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