Humor West of Chester

This past weekend, my wife, daughter and I had a chance to visit my sister and brother-in -law, which he is by title but not of heart. It was a good visit and it was filled with some good stories, discussions and laughter. In our conversations, my brother (in-law), who we will call John, had a couple good examples of inexpensive healthy ways of how to treat and cure.

It would seem that people with an active sweet tooth might try John's method to quench their desires:

When he told me the story I had a detailed picture in my head that may or may not be what he exactly said, but for this story, it is my version that counts. Being a lover of yogurt pretzels, but worrying about the bulge they may contain, in their contents, John decided to switch over to almonds, another favorite of his. Unfortunately, the sweetness of the yogurt was missing from this treat.

A quick solution was to dip his wet finger into a little Spenda before placing the almond in his mouth. Wonderful idea, but it lacked the pure satisfaction of tossing your head and palm back as you place a whole handful of these tasty morsels in your mouth. As food is one of our primary survival instincts, a person will spend a lot of time devising ways to make eating easier. John, being an upper level corporate executive, had his own office and would handle the outcome of agreements that were worth millions of dollars to the company he worked for.

The day of a big meeting, John went to his office in his suit and tie and sat as his desk. His clients arrived on time and his personal assistant announced their arrival to John over the intercom. She had trouble hearing from the other end as a loud noise was coming thru the phone. Thinking something was wrong, she burst thru the door with the clients behind her. She found John at his desk with a large amount of almonds spread across his desk covered in wet Splenda, trying to dry them with a hair drier.

As for his Cure, I found this to be quite unique. John had always enjoyed working out with the weights of the Olympians. Bench presses and dumbbells were his home. He was at the gym one day lying on a bench with his head hanging over the edge holding a 45 lbs. weight to his forehead. He would lift and lower his head in the same motion as nodding your head yes. A young woman, at the gym, came up to him to ask what the exercise was for. She thought it might be some new neck exercise she could use. John explained that he was worried about the affects of Alzheimer’s and would use the weight and his neck motion to "clean the plaque from his brain and lessen his chances of getting the disease.