The Pooka 26 Posted October 19, 2006 Hear, hear Banshees! Not sure that DLB has the concentration necessary to read and understand such a long post though, even though you obviously went to some trouble to formulate it in ways which should be familiar to him. Let's hope he gets the message. That smiley is starting to get a bit annoying, when it appears on a new thread. a canadien is 117. julie winnefred bertrand born september 16 1889 I believe that the Wandering Jew is older still. I met him in a Wetherspoon's last year. He was hammered. The WJ told me that he had recently met Enoch in a Happy Eater and that Enoch was even older. I know little of the good book so I have to accept what they say. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted October 31, 2006 World's oldest living baseball player discovered, aged 111. I hope the old chap gets a bit of acclaim now that he's been rediscovered. I wonder if he'd get a UK obituary, unfortunately I kind of doubt it, otherwise he'd be an excellent DDP pick. Not for 2007 it would seem. Dead now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted October 31, 2006 World's oldest living baseball player discovered, aged 111. I hope the old chap gets a bit of acclaim now that he's been rediscovered. I wonder if he'd get a UK obituary, unfortunately I kind of doubt it, otherwise he'd be an excellent DDP pick. Not for 2007 it would seem. Dead now. Oh well, another one that I had pencilled in for next year has bitten the dust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 5, 2006 Oldest Rwandan dies Zimurinda Stephen, aged 127. Reputedly the "oldest Rwandan"... in Rwanda... so probably in the World. I suspect there's not too many Rwandans in places such as Mexico and Iceland, and certainly not aged 127+. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted November 5, 2006 I'm guessing a birth certificate is unlikely to appear for yer Rwandan man. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted November 17, 2006 Rollie Stiles, world's oldest major league baseball player, turns 100 Sharp as a tack mind you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pokerman 0 Posted November 24, 2006 this is the oldest living person in the world she is 116, maybe when she dies it will make news headlines. Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the oldest living man he is only 115 , but maybe worth a punt!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 24, 2006 this is the oldest living person in the world she is 116, maybe when she dies it will make news headlines.Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the oldest living man he is only 115 , but maybe worth a punt!!! Lizzie Bolden will make the news, purely because she was the world's oldest person before Maria Esther de Capovilla was discovered to be older. This made Bolden the oldest confirmed person in the US and now she's both the oldest in the US and the world Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,196 Posted November 24, 2006 Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the oldest living man he is only 115 , but maybe worth a punt!!! I love the only. I would love to be only 115. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted November 29, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. In cricket, a score of 111 is supposed to be unlucky. I think that's because it's the total England usually get bowled out for by Australia. Here's some other far-fetched theories.... http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index...26225050AApc4Qq Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 29, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. That is weird, since the BBC ran an article when it was her birthday back in June Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted November 29, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. That is weird, since the BBC ran an article when it was her birthday back in June I've been in Aberdeen every day this week and heard nothing of her demise. If she is dead, does that make Allingham the oldest Briton? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cowboy Ronnie 78 Posted November 29, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. That is weird, since the BBC ran an article when it was her birthday back in June well, she probably called to tell them it was her birthday.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted November 29, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. That is weird, since the BBC ran an article when it was her birthday back in June I've been in Aberdeen every day this week and heard nothing of her demise. If she is dead, does that make Allingham the oldest Briton? According to http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM the oldest is Aida Mason who is 111 and 62 days The BBC are now carrying the story Henry Allingham is the 5th oldest person in the UK and the oldest man at a young age of 110 years and 172 days Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 30, 2006 Britain's oldest person Annie Knight has died aged 111. How come this news can only be found in The Australian, weird. The good ol' Mirror has picked up on it now: Good to Go However, the article concentrates more on former world's oldest woman, Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 aged 122. I thought it was worth quoting here: "Jeanne was virtually blind and deaf - and totally miserable. Her only pleasure was chocolate, which was used to coax her to talk to the media. When she smelt it, she'd break wind with excitement and whisper a soundbite bringing publicity to her French nursing home. The one she imparted to me was that she hadn't had sex since 1940. Then she fell asleep and we had to wait until she came round again before we could offer another chocolate, hear her rasp with delight, and ask another question ... ... Life terrific after 100? Only if you fancy turning into a cabbage who breaks wind at the thought of announcing you haven't had it for 56 years. All so you'll get a chocolate button" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted December 11, 2006 Wikipedia are currently reporting that Lizzie Bolden has died Although nothing has appeared on a reliable news site Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,196 Posted December 11, 2006 Wikipedia are currently reporting that Lizzie Bolden has diedAlthough nothing has appeared on a reliable news site Considering Robert Young was the poster of the news, I think it is very likely she has died. Give it till tomorrow morning (UK) or later tonight (US) So, Mercado del Toro is now the oldest person in the world. He would have to be on my DDP list and not the other two.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted December 11, 2006 Wikipedia are currently reporting that Lizzie Bolden has died Although nothing has appeared on a reliable news site Considering Robert Young was the poster of the news, I think it is very likely she has died. Give it till tomorrow morning (UK) or later tonight (US) So, Mercado del Toro is now the oldest person in the world. He would have to be on my DDP list and not the other two.... I'll have to hold off on announcing the news just yet as one of the stipulations from our "family" dead pool is that they need a news site web write-up. Although if I happen to catch it on the CNN crawler, then it will only be a matter of time before it appears on their site. OK it's now on CNN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,196 Posted December 11, 2006 Now Confirmed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenon II 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Now Confirmed So young, so youing why was she taken so young, it's all too harrowing when a tragedy* like this occurs. *The tragedy being I didn't have her in any deadpool as far as I remember. Man that sucks but 116 OMG! No one has been 116 for quite a while. I was just wondering the other day how much longer she would exist seeing as she recently had a birthday. Why do they always pop off just after a birthday? It's like that was all the were living for, one more birthday! It's been a very sad day, it's only a few hours since I heard of General Pinochet's departing and now this!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xenon II 0 Posted December 12, 2006 Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the oldest living man he is only 115 , but maybe worth a punt!!! I love the only. I would love to be only 115. I wouldn't. I'd be worried about kicking the bucket any second. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
football_fan 42 Posted December 17, 2006 Julie Winnefred Bertrand, 115 of Montreal, Canada is now the world's oldest living woman and the world's 2nd-oldest living person. Montrealer now world's 2nd-oldest living person Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted December 17, 2006 Aye, one or two of us spotted her a while back. Kinda useful in the CPDP, since she's female and Canadian. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
