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At the clinic, a fellow is just beginning his physical checkup.

The nurse starts with certain basic items.

"How much do you weigh?"

"One-seventy." says he.

The nurse puts him on the scale.

It turns out that his weight is 193.

"Your height?"

"Five-eleven." he says.

The nurse checks and sees that he's only 5' 8 1/2".

She then takes his blood pressure ... the reading is very high.

The man explains, "Of course it's high. When I came in here, I was tall and wiry. Now, I'm short and fat ..."

-------------------A Final Thought ...

"Self-respect: The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious."

- H. L. Mencken (1880–1956), U.S. journalist