FRANKENSTEIN IS ON THE LOOSE AGAIN !! BE VERY AFRAID !

      Remember the old Frankenstein movie - " It's alive , It's alive " . Well , Dr. Frankenstein is on the loose again . Scientists are messing with Mother Nature again . Will they ever learn ? This time round they have discovered the fountain of youth !
     They have fruit flies living 3 x longer and round worms living 6 x longer ! They do this by tinkering with a mutated gene that causes increased longevity AND they are musing about applying this technology to we lowly humans . Just think , gushes Dr. Cynthia Kenyon , Phd of biochemestry and biophysics , UCSF . We could live for 500 years !!!

     WOW , THAT'S AWESOME ! OR IS IT ?

     Jeff Goldblum's character chastises Richard Attenborough's character in Jurassic Park , " You didn't consider consequences . You just did it because you could " . He messed with MA NATURE !

     Well , ask yourself , DO WE REALLY WANT THIS ? DO WE WANT TO IMPROVE UPON MA NATURE ? DO WE WANT TIS BRAVE NEW WORLD ??

     Sure , there would be money to be made . Sales of preparation H , Depends and Viagra would skyrocket . Hearing aids , magnifying glasses , wheelchairs , canes and walkers would leap off the shelves .
     We could watch Oprah and Larry King celebrate their 1,000,000 th interviews .
     And just think how great we would be at golf , crossword puzzles and Wheel of Fortune !

     BUT CONSIDER THIS:

     We would have to live with the same spouse for 475 years !! We would have dozens of kids and hundreds of grandkids  sponging off us .
     We would be watching Jaws 100 , Rocky 200 and Rambo 300 .
     We would have all the re-runs of Matlock , Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory committed to memory . Not to mention all those ads for Slap Chop and Dollars for Gold !!
     We would suffer incontinence  , erectile dysfunction , cataracts   , hemorroids  , swollen prostates  , hot flashes and PMS for hundreds of years .

     THANKS BUT NO THANKS !!

     On a more serious note , don't forget that we would also run out of food , water , fuel , jobs and money for hospitals , doctors , senior's homes , medicare , pharmacare and pension funds !!!

     BRAVE NEW WORLD ? I THINK NOT !

     As Doc Frankenstein discovered to his chagrin , the monster you create can turn on it's creator . Don't mess with Mother Nature !