The other day in our local shopping centre a young fellow approached and said, "Did you know that heart disease is our #1 killer?"

I answered, "Yes. What do you think should be our #1 killer?" He didn't answer.

Some day I'll die. I would rather die from a massive heart attack than from cancer, war, accident or anything else I can think of. I would prefer to put off the massive heart attack for a while. However, if it should happen while I'm asleep that would be the best way to go.

Anybody got any better candidates for #1 killer?

Erotic asphyxiation.

Ideally something quick and painless and that I knew about a week or two in advance.

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Oh well looks like Im voting for Euthanasia.

When I had my last heart attack, the ambulance took 45 minutes to get there. No wonder, when you see the lumbering great things they use today.

It's a good thing the bloke knew his stuff, & got the fix going, as it was another hour before we got to the local hospital. Told you those things were slow.

The chinese, [or what ever he is] doctor at our little hospital is so good, he had me mostly sorted within a few minutes of getting his hands on me.

Then the real danger to life. They stuck me into one of the emergency helicopter, & sent me into the cardiac specialists, in the big smoke.

I tell you, if the engine in one of my vehicles vibrated or shook as badly as that chopper, I'd dump the thing, probably on Ruddies front lawn, but that's another topic. I was much more worried about dying in an air crash, than of a heart problem.

Fair dinkum, you've got a pretty good chance of surviving a heart attack, with most of our doctors these days, but once they get you into one of those vehicles, air or road, I reckon your odds drop alarmingly.

In the United States, more than 60 million Americans have some form of cardiovascular disease. About 2600 people die every day of cardiovascular disease. Cancer, the second largest killer, accounts for only half as many deaths.
_When it comes to heart disease,it the number one enemy. It's smoking.Smoking. Most people know that cigarette and tobacco smoking increases your risk of lung cancer, but fewer realize that it also greatly increases your risk of heart disease and peripheral vascular disease (disease in the vessels that supply blood to the arms and legs). According to the American Heart Association, more than 400,000 Americans die each year of smoking-related illnesses. Many of these deaths are because of the effects of smoking on the heart and blood vessels.

http://www.stopsmokinghabits.com

mikk

Make that two votes.

Good deaths Hollywood style being very rare indeed.

My uncle was a Bolshevik before the February Revolution and Lenin's counterrevolution. He was arrested and imprisoned by the czarist police. In 1921 my father brought him to the United States. After four years of Lenin he was no longer a Bolshevik and was very happy in the United States. At the age of 98 he got dressed up in formal wear to go to a posh shindig. He had a heart attack and fell back dead on the bed all dressed and ready to go. That's the way to do it.

My wife's Uncle Bjarni was sitting and chatting with two friends in Norway. He never finished the conversation. That's also the way to do it.

Unfortunately David F, most people don't die from their first, or even subsequent heart attacks.

Heart disease is undoubtedly the number one killer in Australia, but it is certainly not the 'best' way to die.

If you survive the heart attack (MI) then it is a long hard road back to health again, if you ever get there.

The chest pain and fear of further attacks or death are no fun at all.
If the heart muscle is badly damaged, then you can live for years as a disabled person confined to home on continuous oxygen and breathlessness at rest.

Houellebecq, I couldn't imagine that asphyxiation (erotic or not!) could in any way be described as the 'best' way to go.
Have you ever seen anyone choke to death?

Mid-orgasm though Suze.