Newspaper Clipping: Want to live to 100? Forget the meds

We have a winner - two of them actually.

The oldest twins in the world, at 100-years of age, are now Ena Pugh and Lily Millward of Wales.

The previous record holders, Raymonde and Lucienne Wattelade, both 98, are from France and some sharp-eyed census taker must have spotted they just weren’t keeping up.

The two pairs of twins cited the following for their longevity:

whisky

pastis

laughter

Not a bad recipe, eh!

I know about whisky and laughter and learned the following re pastis at Wikipedia.

“Pastis is an anise-flavored liqueur and apéritif from France, typically containing 40–45% alcohol by volume, although alcohol-free varieties exist.”


["Photo of Pastis from Wikipedia"]

I’d say, buy the bottle that has alcohol.

“Pastis was first commercialized by Paul Ricard in 1932 and enjoys substantial popularity in France. Pastis emerged some 17 years following the ban on absinthe, during a time when the French nation was still apprehensive of high-proof anise drinks in the wake of the absinthe debacle.”

For more information re the debacle, I bet we could talk to the Wattelades!!

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