Because he's the Prince of Darkness, Mr Worf. " 'Nuff said," to quote Stan the Man. I've come to wonder only what *will* manage to take him out. Reminds me of Daniel Craig's character in "Layer Cake". The Underworld couldn't knock him off, a bunch of kill-crazy Serbs couldn't get him... ended up being a jealous boyfriend.
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > DNA Test Could Explain Why Ozzy Osbourne is Still Alive > <http://omnikool.discovery.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html/1568608864/Top3/default/empty.gif/5252614b44557667572b514141356c39?x> > <http://news.discovery.com/contributors/david-teeghman/> Analysis by David > Teeghman <http://news.discovery.com/contributors/david-teeghman/> > Sun Jun 20, 2010 11:52 AM ET > 6 > Comments<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html#view-comments>| > Leave > a > Comment<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html#post-a-comment> > Print<http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html?print=true> > Email > > - > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html> > - > Twitter<http://wd.sharethis.com/api/sharer.php?destination=twitter&url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&title=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News> > - > Digg<http://digg.com/submit?url=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&title=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News&bodytext=Despite%20decades%20of%20drug%20and%20alcohol%20abuse,%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20alive%20and%20well.%20Does%20the%20secret%20of%20his%20longevity%20lie%20in%20his%20DNA?&topic=television> > - Yahoo! > Buzz<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=discovery_cha79&targetUrl=http://news.discovery.com/tech/dna-test-could-explain-why-ozzy-osbourne-is-still-alive.html&submitHeadline=DNA%20Test%20Could%20Explain%20Why%20Ozzy%20Osbourne%20is%20Still%20Alive%20:%20Discovery%20News> > > [image: > Ozzy-650x600]<http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8341bf67c53ef0133f183ab54970b-popup> > Our world has no shortage of mysteries: Where did life begin? Who killed > JFK? Will the BP oil > spill<http://news.discovery.com/earth/oil-spill-oil-rig-exoplosion-louisiana-gulf-coast.html>ever > end? Why is Ozzy > Osbourne <http://www.ozzy.com/> still alive? For this last conundrum, at > least, we may have an answer. > > Researchers at the genome sequencing company Knome <http://www.knome.com/>, > based in Massachusetts, are mapping the heavy metal singer's entire genome > to get to the bottom of why rock and roll's self-proclaimed Prince of > Darkness is still kicking and screaming despite decades of relentless drug > and alcohol <http://news.discovery.com/drugs-and-alcohol/> abuse. > > Genome sequencing is an exhaustive process that ultimately determines the > order of the 3 billion chemical building blocks -- the bases abbreviated as > A, T, C, and G -- that make up the DNA of a person's 23 different pairs of > chromosomes. > > The first full genome took 13 years to be sequenced and was finished in > 2003. Today, analyzing a genome takes about three months and costs around > $40,000. > Researchers hope there is some key to Ozzy's longevity in his DNA. It's no > secret that Ozzy has abused an astounding number of drugs. This Science > Channel > report<http://science.discovery.com/stories/week/ozzy-osbourne.html>says Ozzy > has described himself as a "modern miracle." > > The hallowed history books of rock and roll are littered with rock stars > who died of drug overdose, from Janis Joplin to Jimi Hendrix. But through it > all, Ozzy's health has been remarkably unscathed. > > Nathan Pearson, the director of research at Knome, tells the Sunday Times > of London, “Sequencing and analysing individuals with extreme medical > histories provides the greatest potential scientific value,” said Nathan > Pearson, director of research at Knome." > > As if to rub it in your face, he is about to begin writing a *health > advice column *for the Sunday Times of London. One piece of advice that > you can expect from this column, "to a mother for putting her young son off > cigarettes, including: “Throw some [cigarette] ash on his cornflakes.” > > By no means is Ozzy the only rock star who's been able to survive decades > of substance abuse. Researchers still have so much to learn from Keith > Richards and David Bowie! > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
