The list of things bad for your heart is long and filled with things we all know; obesity, smoking, neglecting your teeth, drinking, inactivity (being a couch potato) eating the wrong food, you know, the fun things. The one factor you might not think about is loneliness. Being lonely can cause physical damage. It is estimated 1/3 of people over 45 are lonely and 1/4 of the population over 65 are considered socially isolated.
So, to do my part in combatting loneliness, I make the following offer to all the lonely people (where do they all come from? All the lonely people, where do they all belong?): I will be your Skype friend once a week for 10 minutes. The first five minutes we can gossip do non-lonely things. For the last 5 minutes I will provide a hilarious stand up comic routine of original material, for example:
“Good evening ladies and germs. Take my wife…Please! (Pause for laugh). For her birthday Linda said “Take me somewhere I’ve never been before,” so I took her to the kitchen. (Ba-dumdum). My doctor gave me six months to live. I couldn’t pay his bill, so he gave me another six months. (LOL). Thank you, I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waitress!”
See? Original material…at one time. (Thanks Henny!)