Darts Good for your Brain?

I suppose when you start getting over 40 years old it's time to start paying extra attention to all that stuff about living healthy, so that's how I found myself coming across an article on how to keep your memory sharp. Apparently ginkgo biloba is not the answer. One of the recommendations is to do math in your head instead of doing it on a calculator, and what is steel tip darts but doing math without a calculator?

I wonder if this article will cause a backlash against electronic darts scoring machines? Imagine what the other guys will now claim. OUR dartboard with the chalkboard promotes healthy brains, while THEIRS with that fancy automatic scorer will turn them to MUSH! Perhaps a FDA-style warning should be put on electronic dart machines...something like "playing darts without manually calculating scores had been shown to cause memory loss in some dart players."

The problem is that a lot of dart players are taking one step forward while taking another back. You calcluate your score, and brain cells pop up and flex their muscles. Then you take a sip of alcohol and they die a horrible death. You calculate another score and....well you get the picture.

I can't wait to hear the excuses people will use to go play darts all the time..."But honey, I have to go practice my math or I'll start forgetting things, like taking out the trash, your birthday, our anniversary..." Somehow, I don't think that will fly.

Good darts until next time. I am working hard to finish 50,000 words on my novel before next Friday so I can go to the Long Island Fall Classic. If I remember that is...I suppose I better unplug my Dartmaster III!