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If someone is 96yrs old has a heart attack what would you make of this?

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VladmirsPoutine · 21/06/2021 20:47

So a 96yr old man has a heart attack. Most mornings he has bacon/eggs etc fried in oil. Would your position be to cut down on the oily foods because they aren't very healthy for anyone at that rate let alone a near centenarian but would your view be well you're 96 so if you fancy also breaking out a crack-pipe have at it!!!

Just curious as I'm not sure where I stand on this and I do have a stake in this particular battle.

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addictedtotheflats · 21/06/2021 20:47

Id let him have his oil and accept hearts dont last forever

Nightmanagerfan · 21/06/2021 20:48

Goodness. Just let the poor old soul eat what they want! 96 is a ripe old age

BelleClapper · 21/06/2021 20:48

I’m team crack pipe, 100%

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Namechercanged · 21/06/2021 20:48

Crack pipe all the way at 96

feb2022 · 21/06/2021 20:48

Yeah let him enjoy anything he wants

PartyNeeded · 21/06/2021 20:48

Have the eggs...cream in your coffee and sugar as well. 4 tablespoons if you fancy!

HollowTalk · 21/06/2021 20:49

I'd say that that meal had stood him in good stead for decades and as long as the doctor was happy, he should carry on eating it. I bet he's hardly eating a thing anyway.

Fnib · 21/06/2021 20:49

Team crack pipe too!

nocoolnamesleft · 21/06/2021 20:49

He's 96. Let him eat bacon.

Sojo88 · 21/06/2021 20:49

Yeah let him have what he likes! 96 is an amazing age.

lljkk · 21/06/2021 20:49

he eats what he likes at that point

Shouldbedoing · 21/06/2021 20:49

Leave him to it. It hasn't killed him so far

peridito · 21/06/2021 20:49

Absolutely let him have whatever he wants .

Bryonyshcmyony · 21/06/2021 20:49

Fat is good for you anyway
#teamcrackpipe

justanotherneighinparadise · 21/06/2021 20:49

At 96 he may as well have a cigarette with his eggs and wash it down with a nice cold beer.

Fnib · 21/06/2021 20:50

Perhaps a nice fry up of a morning ain't all that bad if he's made it this far.

campion · 21/06/2021 20:50

Seriously? How long are you expecting him to live? Leave him alone. And the bacon and eggs are not the problem at 96. The 96 is.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 21/06/2021 20:50

God you've got to have some fun in life, let him have the fry up!

MrsTerryPratchett · 21/06/2021 20:51

@justanotherneighinparadise

At 96 he may as well have a cigarette with his eggs and wash it down with a nice cold beer.
I've often said if I make it to 90, I'm trying heroin. I imagine it's great for the aches and pains.
CrotchetyQuaver · 21/06/2021 20:51

My dads 96, I think he's earnt the right to do whatever he wants. He's still living independently, driving himself and doing his own shopping. At that age they're not going to go

enjoyingscience · 21/06/2021 20:51

Fry up with clotted cream on top if he fancies, with a lovely crack pipe to finish.

Sakura7 · 21/06/2021 20:51

Ultimately it's up to the person themselves. If his bacon and eggs make him happy so be it. 96 is a phenomenal age, he probably wants to enjoy whatever he can while he can.

PatchyTwat · 21/06/2021 20:51

Team crackpipe here too!

Wash it down with some decent unprotected old lady sex and a tequila.

WhoNeedsaManOfTheWorld · 21/06/2021 20:52

Eat whatever he wants
I used to work doing community cardiac rehab. I had an upset patient whose favourite food was prawns and the dietitian told him to give them up. He was 95 and still living independently. I told him if I reach 95 I'll eat anything I want, he was chuffed to bits and started eating prawns again

CrotchetyQuaver · 21/06/2021 20:52

not going to go on much longer anyway*