This may explain the stunning mental agility displayed by folks on this list.... >>> > 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 causal 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 those bars! DRINK >>> > 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!