The wonder that is YOU?

[mint]

[url]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7490025/BILL-BRYSON-8-000-different-things-kill-one-succeed.html[/url]

This article made me smile[:)]  Please persevere beyond the first few paragraphs as you will be well rewarded.

You will realise that, in fact, you have a lot in common with Jeff Bezos, for example!  That is, except for his billions[:P] 

[Loiseau]

Amazing, mint! I feel quite exhausted now I realise what my body has been doing while I read the piece! ?

[suein56]

Great stuff mint .. another insightful dialogue from someone I have long admired.

As long as I completely put aside your reference to Bezos .. ?

[mint]

But, Sue, that is the whole idea, isn't it?  That, for all his millions, his body doesn't work any better than yours?  LOL!

See, rich or poor, (and dare I say it, Brexiteer or Remainer), we are more or less the same under the skin?

I just could laugh out loud, good old Bill Bryson.......always something to laugh about but at the same time always something thought-provoking in his writings.

[Gardengirl]

It made me think how wonderful this old body of truly mine is, and made me smile.

Good old BB! And thank you for the link, Mint.

[richard51]

Yes, mind boggling biological systems. Interesting that apoptosis was headlined - truely remarkable but we dont know why it doesnt always work.

Perhaps his next one will be on the wonders of the universe of which we are a very small part.