> Something I got sent wot made me chuckle.....
> 
> A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when
> the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that
> are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a  whole,
> 
> because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even 
> improved by the regular culling of the weakest members.
> 
> In much the same way,  the human brain can operate only as fast as the
> slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass.  Recent
> epidemiological studies have shown that while excessive intake of
> alcohol kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain 
> cells  first.  Thus, regular consumption of beer helps eliminate the 
> weaker cells,  constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient 
> machine.
> 
> The result of this in-depth study verifies and validates the casual 
> link between all-weekend parties and job related performance. It also
> explains why, after a few short years of leaving university and getting 
> married,  most professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the 
> new  graduates. Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of 
> voracious  alcoholic consumption can maintain the intellectual levels 
> that they  achieved during their university years.   So, this is a call
> to arms. As our country is losing its technological  edge we should not
> shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars! Quaff  that pint! Your
> company and country need you to be at your peak, and you  shouldn't 
> deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by the bottle and
> be
> all that you can be!
> 
>