World's oldest person dies in New York (116 years old) (1 Viewer)

[Shutout]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/05/13/worlds-oldest-person-dies-new-york-age-116/84319294/

Pretty amazing.  This lady was born in 1899!  The 19th century.  Incredible to imagine all the world events that have occurred in her lifetime.

She was literally a 1st generation non-slave African American.

Her secret to a long life?  Bacon! Now that's something I can get behind.

For all you retirement planners out there who worry about "how much is enough", you might have to re-extrapolate your data to 116.

 

[cstu]

So young.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

See? Eating too much bacon will kill you. Don't say you weren't warned.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Has anyone else noticed that whenever the Guinness people name someone the "oldest person in the world" they die within a year or two?   Curse? Conspiracy?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Has anyone else noticed that whenever the Guinness people name someone the "oldest person in the world" they die within a year or two?   Curse? Conspiracy?

Has to be your turn sooner or later, doesn't it?

 

[Parrothead]

I'll bet she was somethin' before electricity

 

[bigmarc27]

Little known factoid. For a short period of time in the early 80s, I was actually the world's youngest person. 

True story. 

 

[Brony]

World's Heaviest Twins are dead now too. Nice going ###holes!

 

[Rick James]

they say the first person to live to 150 has already been born

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

World's Heaviest Twins are dead now too. Nice going ###holes!

Back in the day the "cool", independent record store in town was World Records.  I was friends with most of the guys that worked there.   My buddy and I would call them up when we were bored:

Clerk:  Thank you for calling World Records, how can I help you?

Me:  Yeah, how much did the fattest twins weigh?/What's the tallest building in the world?/Can you send someone over to measure my fingernails?

They would also get calls from people asking for copies of birth certificates and property deeds.

 

[fantasycurse42]

This changes everything.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Who the hell would want to live to be 116?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Who the hell would want to live to be 116?

117 year olds

 

[mr roboto]

She was middle aged (for most people) when Pearl Harbor was bombed. 

 

[Shankopotamus]

There is only one documented person alive who was born in the 1800's.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano

 

[Godsbrother]

My Dad is 92 and this lady graduated HS two years before he was born.   That's incredible.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

She was middle aged (for most people) when Pearl Harbor was bombed. 

Pretty sure she didn't have anything to do with Pearl Harbor though.

 

[Spin]

She was known as “T” (short for auntie) to her 100 nieces and nephews. Jones did not leave behind any children. She was married for a few years.

She was one of 11, and each of her 10 siblings had 10 children of their own, crazy.

 

[mr roboto]

Pretty sure she didn't have anything to do with Pearl Harbor though.

That you know. She certainly didn't stop it. 

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

That you know. She certainly didn't stop it. 

Good point. 

 

[timschochet]

Well that's just great. Now who's going to lead us against Randall Flagg after Captain Trips happens? 

 

[McGarnicle]

Otis can get that tree removed now.

 

[Brony]

Back in the day the "cool", independent record store in town was World Records.  I was friends with most of the guys that worked there.   My buddy and I would call them up when we were bored:

Clerk:  Thank you for calling World Records, how can I help you?

Me:  Yeah, how much did the fattest twins weigh?/What's the tallest building in the world?/Can you send someone over to measure my fingernails?

They would also get calls from people asking for copies of birth certificates and property deeds.

that is so immature.  I'd never do anything like that.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Otis can get that tree removed now.

Might have to still work it out with her 95 year old daughter.

 

[Ditkaless Wonders]

My Dad is 92 and this lady graduated HS two years before he was born.   That's incredible.

What's so incredible about a female graduating from high school? 

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Well that's just great. Now who's going to lead us against Randall Flagg after Captain Trips happens? 

M-O-O-N

That spells "moon".

 

[McGarnicle]

So when this lady was in high school, there was no such thing as Bitcoin. Really makes you think.

 

[Brony]

So when this lady was in high school, there was no such thing as Bitcoin. Really makes you think.

Pretty sure they didn't even have S'Mores Oreos then.  The horror!

 

[FBG26]

My Dad is 92 and this lady graduated HS two years before he was born.   That's incredible.

What's so incredible about a female graduating from high school? 

She would have graduated in what, 1917? Did a lot of women graduate HS back then? She was probably one of the first women to ever graduate HS.

 

[Two Deep]

This story will continue to repeat itself...

 

[Limp Ditka]

The few, the proud, the people that were alive when the Cubs last won the World Series just became fewer.

 

[Chadstroma]

Seems like this always happens.

 

[Tom Servo]

Who the hell would want to live to be 116?

Perhaps my grandma, who only made it to 101.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

She would have graduated in what, 1917? Did a lot of women graduate HS back then? She was probably one of the first women to ever graduate HS.

wtf

 

[msudaisy26]

She was one of 11, and each of her 10 siblings had 10 children of their own, crazy.

Moral of the story is if you want to live a long life don't have children!!

 

[bosoxs45]

DB Cooper outlived this person.

 

[B Maverick]

For all you retirement planners out there who worry about "how much is enough", you might have to re-extrapolate your data to 116.

One of my grandmothers lived to be 108.  My other just turned 102

My sister may need to heed these words...

(yeah I know, cool story bro)

 

[lardonastick]

One of my grandmothers lived to be 108.  My other just turned 102

My sister may need to heed these words...

(yeah I know, cool story bro)

That's actually pretty remarkable imo. Wonder what the odds of having 2 grandparents live past 100 are? 

 

[Otis]

they say the first person to live to 150 has already been born

 

 

[Koya]

This woman lived healthily for ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN FREAKING YEARS... through Civil Rights debacles, riots, depressions, great recessions, the blackout, crack, the death of good hip hop... and NOW she goes? Clearly the changes in the neighborhood were too much stress.  Damn hipsters.  

 

[B Maverick]

That's actually pretty remarkable imo. Wonder what the odds of having 2 grandparents live past 100 are? 

Its crazy to think about.  One of my grandfathers died at 98 or 99 as well, the other at 88 or so I think.

But I am just so happy my 7 year old daughter got to meet both her great grandmothers.  Doesnt happen a lot, esp when 1 was 100 years older then her.  

 

[Politician Spock]

My Dad is 92 and this lady graduated HS two years before he was born.   That's incredible.

She was 81 when that show premiered. 

 

[FBG26]

She would have graduated in what, 1917? Did a lot of women graduate HS back then? She was probably one of the first women to ever graduate HS.

wtf

Somebody asked, in what I assume was a joke, what was incredible about a woman graduating high school. My poor attempt to make another joke was that this woman was so old she was probably one of the first women to ever graduate. Obviously not good at jokes, especially online.