An elderly, but hardy cattleman from Texas once gave his granddauighter the following advice. "If you want to live a long life, the secret is to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on your oatmeal each morning."
She did this religiously and lived to the age of 103. She left behind 14 children, 30 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren and a 40 foot hole where the crematorium used to be.