Cross your legs, while standing.
Sit down on the floor without touching anything at all, legs still crossed.
Rise again, without touching anything (including the floor).
That's it. Deduct a point out of ten every time you wobble or reach out to touch anything. Apparently 0-3 points and you're in trouble. You can find this on YouTube, and see an athletic young man smilingly sinking, then rising again like Venus from the foam. I suspect he's been practising.
Gentle readers, I tried this. I wobbled, I touched everything in sight, and ended up more or less like an upturned beetle, limbs waving helplessly. According to this test, I'm already dead. I suspect that all over the country, there are other poor souls similarly placed, floundering helplessly on a thousand bedroom floors before trotting off to put their affairs in order.
Do try it and let me know how you get on.
I had to try it of course. I am also dead, well actually I died laughing. Laughter helps you to live longer, so I hope the one outweighed the other.
ReplyDeleteIn glad you enjoyed it, Maggie!
DeleteI'm not going to tell you my result...
ReplyDeleteThe mental images brought on by thinking of you impersonating an upturned beetle and Maggie May laughing herself to kingdom come are going to stay with me for a while :-D
Meike, I suspect you did it perfectly. Am I right?
DeleteI did wobble a little on getting up...
DeleteAs I suspected, you're going to live for ever, Meike! But then you are very young.....
DeleteDoes this mean a bum knee is fatal? I thought the answer to your Title was going to be "Right up until the last moment!"
ReplyDeleteNo. A bum knew is a very good excuse, ER. I have a twice broken back and replaced hip so hope I can count those....
DeleteWhy would I take a test designed to prove that I'm not immortal? I already know that.
ReplyDeleteThis just tells you how immortal you are, Tim. Give it a try. You know you want to.
DeleteI can't even do the sit bit, never mind the getting up again!
ReplyDeleteNeither Can I, Frances. And this was trialled with 50-80 year olds! Where on earth did they find them?
DeleteWhat a title to grab the attention! I'm not even going to try, Frances, as I'll probably end up injuring myself, if not dying on the spot.
ReplyDeleteRosemary, I wonder who on earth can actually do this?
DeleteI can do a down dog, does that count?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so, Yvonne. Good try!
DeleteI did this some time ago. If it's an accurate test, I'm writing this posthumously.
ReplyDeleteI think most of us are, Patsy. Welcome to the spirit world!
DeleteI almost did not even survive reading your description of it! Here is my test: Get out of bed in the morning. If I manage it, there is probably a pretty good chance that I may survive the rest of the day.
ReplyDeleteIf you can get out of bed without wobbling too much, I'm sure that counts, DT.
DeleteI'm sorry that I missed this post when it was published. I was thinking about you on the way home and checked your blog (by looking at my own would you believe). I'm glad you are still blogging. As for the test you wrote about I have absolutely no doubt that with my new knee I would have no problems. After all I used to Cossack dance. However as I believe therefore I can and have no need to try. No longer 'cogito ergo sum' but 'Credo ita esse potero' (well that's what Google translate says after considerable coaxing).
ReplyDeleteCredo non est vero, Graham....but I have this lovely image of you Cossack dancing in a kilt...?
ReplyDeleteBtw thank you so much for the beautiful birthday card. I loved it.