Woooo, Genghis, that's scary - what about his parting shot....
"I don't believe I took more than five years off my life."
Reminds me of the piece I read the other day about the ladies who used to paint the instrument dials in the Wartime factories, and were licking the tips of the brushes to get a nice point on them - many of whom later died from radiation induced illnesses.
So, going a little off-topic, what about all the warbirds flying around with vintage instruments? There must be serious H+S issues with the pilots, engineers and any overhaul shop that deals with them, unless the dials now use some sort of non-hazardous paint.