People who read the Daily Mail are likely to have a shorter life span

[ivykaty44]

Apparently Daily mail readers are likely to have particular DNA that could be linked to shorter life span and ability to accept change.

I can't find the link at the moment

but has anyone seen it and can link to this

Apparently it can effect your health - this could be terrible news for serveral thousand DM readers

And then have to watch a report on the leftliberalliceenceleeching BBC.

It's a hard life.

ironically enough isn't the Black Box in an airplane orange?

My Gran gets the Daily Mail - she's 95... exception that proves the rule?

Damn - That's me dead soon then - and I think you mean inability to accept change!! (ie stuck in a rut) - that'll be me again then!!

MrIC - that's the point of that quiz. None of the answers are the obvious ones!

My MIL started taking the DM when she was 85 for some unknown reason, and its not killed her yet (92) but for a lifelong socialist she does occasionally seem to swallow some dubious DM headline as true. Her neighbour passes on her guardian though so maybe that's kept her alive.

Grimma - perhaps your MIL is having a second childhood and wanted fairy stories..? But didn't know that none of the stories have happy endings

Goodness me no! (sorry, if you knew her thats a hilarious thought )

I think it was just because she found broadsheets uncomfortably large and it was a bit before the Times etc went to tabloid size.

I will admit to buying it. Not everyday. I don't like to spend ?2 on a newspaper though. I like the crossword, the tv guide, the gossip.

I know it's shite, and I hide it in my bag when I collect the children from school. I would really hate anybody to see it!

But I think the jogging and the not smoking and the not drinking very much and the low gi diet will counteract reading the DM twice a week.

I have a friend who says she is 'all grown up now' because she has graduated from some trashy weekly celeb mag to the DM.

Only Daily Mail Readers will fail !!
I have helpfully provided Daily Fail responses to the questions

1. How long did the Hundred Years' War last?
   is that the war involving the French? The French are trying to take over Britain with the Euro. I refuse to answer

2. Which country makes Panama hats?
   HATS? HATS?! Hats are an immigrant conspiracy that hides muslims - helps them blends in with the population. I refuse to answer

3. From which animal do we get cat gut?
   Pigeons

4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
   Russians AND Communists? Are you kidding me?

5. What is a camel's hair brush made of?
   You obviously spent more than 5p on that brush woman if it's made from camel hair. WOMAN, KNOW YOUR PLACE

6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
   Canary Islands - Spanish people, with all their foreign food and sunshine trying to ruin Britain by making them join the Euro. I refuse to answer

7. What was King George VI's first name?
   Harold

8. What color is a purple finch?
   The purple finch is obviously gay. Being gay causes cancer and kills the British countryside

9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
   The Chinese want to take all the jobs from British workers and give them to the Chinese. We must stop this

10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
    Black boxes are trying to take all the jobs from the hard-working, British white boxes. We must put a stop to this

How'd I do?

All I will say to that topic title is, good! the sooner they are gone the better.

'I have a friend who says she is 'all grown up now' because she has graduated from some trashy weekly celeb mag to the DM'

are you referring to the Guardian's weekend style magazine?

This shorter lifespan scare seems to be a desperate ploy by failing leftie newspapers, using their usual falsehoods in order to stem the tide of right-thinking individuals clamouring to read the truth in the Daily Mail.

It makes my blood boil every time I read it. Can't be good for me.

Doesn't surprise me!