In Hollywood’s golden years there lived a lovely actress, Betty Grable, who was said to have had her legs insured for $1,000,000, a pretty hefty chunk of change in that era and not too shabby in this one either. Like many movie stars of the day, i.e. Lauren Bacall, Marlene Dietrich, Angela Dickinson, Rita Hayworth, and Shirley MacLaine to name a few, she was admired for, among other assets, her shapely legs or gams, as they were affectionately known. Many questioned the authenticity of the “million dollar legs” claim. After all, how could anyone’s legs be worth that much? Were they kidding?! With the amount of money that could be made in the movies, those legs easily made a million dollars several times over.
Today of course things are a little different. How so? Well for instance, some actresses now have their legs insured for several million dollars. Also, in today’s world actresses are not the only people with million dollar legs. Athletes immediately come to mind. Where would a Lance Armstrong or Venus Williams be without their strong and powerful lower appendages? Almost every athlete owes their livelihood to a good, dependable, and healthy pair of legs. And what about singers and performers? Today’s country and rock stars do more than just stand on a stage strumming their guitars as they sing their songs. Nowadays they jump around from one end of the stage to the other, indeed some of them even end up in the crowd! They too need their legs in order to make their extravagant livings.
Can you think of anyone else with $1,000,000 legs? Hmmmmmm….. Think hard now. Well, if you are an average working American and plan on working well into your sixties, guess what, YOU my friend have a nice set of million dollar legs! That’s right, do the math. The average worker earning at least $25,000 per year will make at least $1,000,000 in his or her lifetime. Pretty awesome, huh? So why not start taking better care of those valuable assets now while you can still cash in on them? How? Well there are many ways to protect your investment, but seeing as how this article is being brought to you buy the Bicycling Examiner, this author recommends riding that bike. Everywhere. Ride it to work, ride it back home, ride it after work, ride to the gym, ride to the grocery store, but just ride it! Here’s another simple math equation: more time on the bicycle = stronger, healthier, lovelier (in some cases) legs. Believe me folks, you cannot go wrong.
So let’s recap. If you were to ride your bicycle to work (within a reasonable distance of course) for the rest of your life, you could brag to all your friends and family about your $1,000,000 legs and how you are only trying to protect your investment. Sound good? Let’s get rolling then.
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