Humor in abstinence

Thanks to [the Street Talk responder] for the wildly humorous response to the question “Should men who have sex with men be permitted to donate blood?” [June 1-7]. He replied: “Yes, but there should be a 10-year waiting period. A man who has sex with other men should wait 10 years from his last sexual experience before giving blood.”

Any gay man who waits 10 years after his last sexual experience to give blood will have been existing in a state of total rigor mortis for at least nine years, 364 days!

I haven’t laughed so hard in months. Keep up the good work.

— Walter Peterson
Philadelphia