Who says getting old has to be miserable?
OK, besides you?
In Holland, they now have a sport we ancient folk can call our own: battery-powered electric scooter racing.
The first Dutch batter-powered electric scooter race was held this week, and the winning team was led by an 82-year-old guy. His team beat contingents from 12 other nursing homes.
The teams raced over a 250-yard course of speed bumps, wooden ramps and plastic slalom cones.
The oldies' carts, with a top speed of 7.5 mph, are equipped with comfortable seats, armrests, handlebars and shopping baskets.
According to the original report from which we filched, Holland has one of the highest life expectancies in the world, and demand for scooters is way up there.
Highest life expectancies? Holland?
Hold on a second. We're trying to put 2 and 2 together.
Holland. Tulips. Wooden shoes. Windmills. And ...
Marijuana!
People in Holland smoke a lot of pot. And they live a long, long time.
Thus, if a equals b, and c equals d, then pot must add years to your life.
So one can extrapolate that at least some of those seniors rushing headlong around that demanding course were higher than the space station.
And when they were finished, they zigzagged on down to the nearest convenience store to load their shopping baskets with munchies galore.
Now that's what we call a Dutch treat.

Posted at July 28, 2004 11:55 AM