The following is an actual excerpt from this month's Forbe's Magazine:
A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo, and when
the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are
killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole,
because the general speed and health of the whole is maintained or even
improved by the regular culling of the weakest members.
In much the same way, the human brain can operate only as fast as the
slowest brain cells through which the electrical signals pass. Recent
epidemiological studies have shown that while excessive intake of alcohol
kills off brain cells, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.
Thus, regular consumption of beer helps eliminate the weaker cells,
constantly making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. The result
of this in-depth study verifies and validates the causal link between
all-weekend parties and job related performance. It also explains why, after
a few short years of leaving a university and getting married, most
professionals cannot keep up with the performance of the new graduates.
Only those few that stick to the strict regimen of voracious alcoholic
consumption can maintain the intellectual levels that they achieve during
their college years.
So, this is a call to arms. As our country is losing its technological
edge, we must not shudder in our homes. Get back into the bars. Quaff
that pint. Your company and country need you to be at your peak, and
you shouldn't deny yourself the career that you could have. Take life by
the bottle and be all that you can be.
Forward this to all of your friends, acquaintances and co-workers that may
be in danger of losing their edge.