The Importance of Walking

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Walking can add minutes to your life.
% z5 V& ~1 @: g# u* |" Q   This enables you at 85 years old
   to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing
7 X0 u. m$ g, @6 A   home at $7000 per month.

, I: T$ ]; j; L2 k% N    My grandpa started walking
  u  W9 b8 Q. \! d* ]2 l7 @    five miles a day when he was 60.
    Now he's 97 years old
    and we don't know where the hell he is.
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   I like long walks,
1 O7 |$ }; B. n! [    especially when they are taken
    by people who annoy me.
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   The only reason I would take up walking
, [9 ?' ~! E% s- n- y% L3 _3 e    is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
  
    I have to walk early in the morning,
* D) k& \# T; V9 C6 j' ~. M  e    before my brain figures out what I'm doing..
   
   I joined a health club last year,
5 V' a' z; P$ ^    spent about 400 bucks.
2 }3 B$ }( K7 Q! I" S. _" L* L    Haven't lost a pound.
" }  q- g0 {% g7 {3 G$ Y7 R2 E    Apparently you have to go there.
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# i& F4 u3 n; D   Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise',
- Z, e# A6 K) X% I! i) ?    I wash my mouth out with chocolate..
  
3 h+ Z' W( Q4 W$ c   I do have flabby thighs,
; J3 Q6 |/ W6 Z% _( K    but fortunately my stomach covers them.

    The advantage of exercising every day
$ K$ r9 N5 k3 T/ D( J! z9 Z  &n bsp; is so when you die, they'll say,
* q8 s1 ]5 l/ ^7 {8 k    'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'
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   If you are going to try cross-country skiing,
  start with a small country.
   
( k  m; F* Z" [+ i5 I   I know I got a lot of exercise
& W, x6 q6 R1 K/ |" _7 O    the last few years,......
+ j: q# c  G: K* f7 T9 w$ a    just getting over the hill.
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' P$ O# X8 _9 ?6 w8 f, I  We all get heavier as we get older,
! V2 K# @: t6 p& v    because there's a lot more information in our heads.
- _2 A+ m. a0 D0 e$ Z    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
   
   AND
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    Every time I start thinking too much
/ K: D+ @# {7 m5 H/ Y9 y' E     about how I look,
    I just find a Happy Hour
4 X( F5 S  T! k4 q$ I9 z1 T# p6 C   and by the time I leave,
    I look just fine.