What A Way To Go

I am saddened to report that Evel Knievel died today at the age of 69. He died in bed of two chronic illnesses - diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis. Who would have guessed? Evel Knievel was a famous daredevil in the 1970's. He attempted many crazy and dangerous stunts. The common sense gene had to be missing in this guy. Why would anyone with common sense try to jump the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle? Why try and jump 14 Greyhound buses on a motorcycle? Or how about that pool of sharks? He broke bones. He broke his head. Once he was in a coma for a month. Still he kept on daring the devil. It's like he was a boy with a big stick poking a hornet nest. The hornets would come out and sting the crap out of him but he kept coming back to poke that hornet nest again. In his red, white and blue jumpsuit he would play tag with the Grim Reaper. He danced at the very edge of death time and time again. And he lived, until now.