entury Livers

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

The Baron’s chief advisor, Professor Hamblin, was invited to speak at a meeting of the Century Livers Club at the Grand Lilliland Hotel. When the Professor mentioned the invitation to the Baron, he said he was not familiar with the club. Lady Angela of Alpine Castle, the Baron’s fiancée, was also present and said that she had never heard of the club either.

The Professor was curious about the invitation and decided to inquire about the purpose of the club and also to ask the topic on which he was to speak. The answer came back that the Century Livers Club was a group of people from Lilliland who had lived to be 100 years of age or older. The subject of the Professor’s speech, if he accepted, was why people in Lilliland lived for such a long time.

The Professor consulted with the Baron and decided to accept the invitation to speak.

The Professor’s speech was not as inspirational as they expected. He said that the people of Lilliland live about as long as people from other countries, and that the record keeping of births has not been as accurate as it should be. Also there was no scientific evidence that there was anything special about the Lilliland air, water or crops.

The Professor was politely thanked for his speech and observations. The people did not like being presented with the cold facts.

At a meeting later with the Baron, the Professor asked about undertaking a study to see if people really lived longer in Lilliland than in other places. The results of the first part of the study were also displeasing to many people because it was discovered that being a member of the Century Liver Club was a mark of achievement, respect and dignity. But the people who wanted to join the club did not have any reliable records and there was a tendency to falsify the records to get into the club.

One positive result of the study was that the Professor discovered several scientists who believed that the human body without disease would live to be approximately 125 years of age until it just wore out. That was the reason certain people lived a longer time because it ran in the family. Parents lived a long time and their children would do the same.

If people avoided things that overworked their bodies they would live longer. Hiking up the beautiful Alpine Mountains and meditating for a while were both inspirational and healthy.