A cure for old age is a very common wish,” Kurtz observed. "Dashed slug-a-beds want to be shot by a jealous husband, not a nurse bored with emptying the bedpan. (Charles Stross)

A cure for old age is a very common wish,” Kurtz observed. "Dashed slug-a-beds want to be shot by a jealous husband, not a nurse bored with emptying the bedpan.

Charles Stross

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