This "Living Will" humour piece is being circulated on the net at the moment via e-mail, supposedly from the cartoon character Maxine although I can't seem to find the original source, only blog versions. I enjoyed the original version, of course. But I got to thinking, what would rouse me from a vegetative state, in theory? What elements of MY version of "living well" would do it for me?

I realize I left a couple of very important things off my original e-mail circulation. It was also pointed out to me, by people who would know, that "sex" appeared WAY to far down the original list. Therefore, here is my second draft of my revised Living Will / Living Well … I'd love to read how others would respond!
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I, VENUS, being of sound mind and body, do not wish to be kept alive indefinitely by artificial means. Under no circumstances should my fate be put in the hands of pinhead politicians who couldn't pass ninth-grade biology if their lives depended on it, or lawyers / doctors interested in simply running up the bills. If a reasonable amount of time passes and I fail to ask for at least one of the following:
                                 

                             
It should be presumed that I won't ever get better. When such a determination is reached, I hereby instruct my appointed person and attending physicians to pull the plug, reel in the tubes and call it a day.

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