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The Bavarian Beckoning

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Count my abs! Men have been making fires, sharpening spears and tightening bowstrings since the Stone Age. When they went hunting it must have got their adrenaline racing, their heightened senses poised to detect the presence of the most surreptitious prey. While the joy of having conquered all barriers in having made the kill must have reigned supreme, the thought of the subsequent lip-smacking food would surely have been a powerful motivator. Life was simple then, and living was not really an art. You needed to have incredible sword-fighting and spear-throwing skills along with great abs. And if you also managed to kill the big bad neighborhood wolf, there was the added incentive that you would be crowned king. It is trying to take off ! Present day man lives in the petrol age. An age where making fires at random places is frowned upon, for a reduced carbon footprint defines your social acceptance and brandishing spears and bow-arrows would certainly...