Breathless Old Lady Gets Tat

80 year old Iowan, Mary Wohlford has had 'DO NOT RESUSCITATE' tattooed onto her old chest. Apparently the message is not aimed to ward off kissers. Mary wants to make it clear to people that she wishes to die choking and wheezing on her own spittle. "People might think I'm crazy, but that's OK," she said. "Sometimes the nuttiest ideas are the most advanced."

Whether or not euthanasia should be legalised, there's a more pressing point at stake. When you see someone (in this case an old woman) bent double, coughing up organs suddenly pass out and stop breathing, you have to make a judgment call. I'm pretty sure that at no point in making that call it's appropriate to rip an elderly ladies top off to check for last wishes. Mary, who has large man-ish hands, will presumably have to hope she's in the presence of granny-fancier next time she's feeling short of breath.