Victor Segno: How to Live 100 Years – Don’t Boil Water!

Posted on January 11, 2019 by lmharnisch

L.A. Times, 2009

For a while, I thought it would be amusing to run advice of A. Victor Segno, my favorite Los Angeles charlatan. Like this item on not boiling water. Look out for the decaying carcasses of dead germs!

This item originally appeared on latimes.com and is available via Archive.org.

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3 Responses to Victor Segno: How to Live 100 Years – Don’t Boil Water!

  1. Eve says:
    January 11, 2019 at 12:29 pm

    Well, thanks. Now I can’t look into a glass of water without seeing tiny decaying carcasses.

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  2. Eve says:
    January 12, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    Well, to be fair, ENORMOUS decaying carcasses would probably be worse; plus, no room for the water.

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