Friday, October 14, 2011

On Age





















I am .....


but my right knee is only 8.


A question, then. In this age of transplants, are we
as old as our oldest bit,
as young as our youngest bit,
or the average of all our bits?

2 comments:

Quarkmonkey said...

Or as old as the oldest cell in our body (probably no more than 20), or as old as our mitochondrial DNA (over 100,000 years old)?

Stick with "Old enough to know better."

Quarkmonkey said...

Or as old as the oldest cell in our body (probably no more than 20), or as old as our mitochondrial DNA (over 100,000 years old)?

Stick with "Old enough to know better."