Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 9, 2016 Ok it's time to bid a fond adieu to the 1800s. Let the sweeps begin on our two holdouts: Susannah Mushatt Jones and Emma Morano. And seeing as I got this thing started, I'll go first. I've been banking on Morano dying before Jones all year, so let's continue that bullheadedness. Emma Morano - July 12, 2016 Susannah Jones - January 13, 2017 Sir Creep 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,342 Posted May 9, 2016 Susannah Mushatt Jones :21st August 2016 Emma Morano:30th January 2018 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 9, 2016 I don't think anyone from that century will see 2017 SMJ - 12 Sept 2016 EM - 1 Nov 2016 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted May 9, 2016 Both of them on the same day. Going out with a bang. 5th of November 2016. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted May 9, 2016 I don't think anyone from that century will see 2017 1900 was still in the 19th century 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 9, 2016 Susannah: July 26, 2016 Emma: February 12, 2017 Also, 1900 is the 20th century, not 19th. Yeah, yeah, I know there was no Year 0. But don't you think the switch from starting with 18 to 19 is more significant? December 31, 2000 may have been the real last day of the millennium, but don't you think December 31, 1999 and switching to years starting with 2 was more significant? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 9, 2016 I don't think anyone from that century will see 2017 1900 was still in the 19th century MPFC only said 'that' Century. It's a perfectly correct comment. No one said anything about 19th or any other specific century but you. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImNotHades 207 Posted May 9, 2016 What exactly will be the use of this thread when they die? I see it closed in few months....You could've just post this in World's Oldest thread. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Switch 141 Posted May 9, 2016 I don't think anyone from that century will see 20171900 was still in the 19th century MPFC only said 'that' Century. It's a perfectly correct comment. No one said anything about 19th or any other specific century but you. SC I never said the MPFC's comment was wrong. He voiced his opinion, anyway. If he didn't think anyone from the 20th century would see 2017, he would still be entitled to think that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted May 9, 2016 Susannah: July 26, 2016 Emma: February 12, 2017 Also, 1900 is the 20th century, not 19th. Yeah, yeah, I know there was no Year 0. But don't you think the switch from starting with 18 to 19 is more significant? December 31, 2000 may have been the real last day of the millennium, but don't you think December 31, 1999 and switching to years starting with 2 was more significant? So how many years were there in the 1st century? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 9, 2016 I don't think anyone from that century will see 20171900 was still in the 19th century MPFC only said 'that' Century. It's a perfectly correct comment. No one said anything about 19th or any other specific century but you. SC Aye, and - more to the point - the last death of a person born in a year starting with 18 will be world wide news; less so the final death of a 1900 birth 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 10, 2016 As I mentioned in the "World's Oldest" thread, I am going for the long shot that they will both reach 2017. After all, they have made it this far...After that, Susannah to go first. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 48 Posted May 13, 2016 Looks like you made this at the right time, Susannah Mushatt Jones has just died, May 12th. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,751 Posted May 13, 2016 Very prescient thread creation Sir Creep Shame you then lost your prophetic status with a shit guess as to when they would die! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 13, 2016 Looks like you made this at the right time, Susannah Mushatt Jones has just died, May 12th. ONE 1800s to go, that'll be bigg(ish) news as and when Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RadGuy 1,614 Posted May 13, 2016 Huh. Didn't 'spect it so quick. Points for Shaun's pool for me (198 at that) but nothing else. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,491 Posted May 13, 2016 Wonder if Ms Morano will now do a Harry Patch and go within a week. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 13, 2016 Wow well I guess Susannah just needed some prodding. Glad I could oblige. RIP ma'am you had a great run and almost a full year as oldest person. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,018 Posted May 13, 2016 Man, the final 2 was always fascinating to witness. The ultimate competition: Europe vs America, white vs black, who would win the battle? This is a historical moment for Emma Morano-Martinuzzi. Just think about it, out of all those 1800s people that we all read about in history books, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, Florence Nightingale, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Graham Bell, etc. Emma is the ONLY human being who is still living and breathing, wow. But this also puts extreme pressure on her to not screw this enormous legacy up by dying. Of course, death is probably inevitable, but she should try with all her might to postpone it as much as possible. She owes it for the sake of all the billions of people that came and went between 1800 and 1899. I'm not sure about animals though, because I have no idea whether there are any obscure living microorganisms, Galapagosian turtles or whatever older than Emma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,170 Posted May 13, 2016 Man, the final 2 was always fascinating to witness. The ultimate competition: Europe vs America, white vs black, who would win the battle? This is a historical moment for Emma Morano-Martinuzzi. Just think about it, out of all those 1800s people that we all read about in history books, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, Florence Nightingale, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Graham Bell, Am I the only one who thought this would go on to say "Your boys took a hell of a beating" 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,020 Posted May 13, 2016 Man, the final 2 was always fascinating to witness. The ultimate competition: Europe vs America, white vs black, who would win the battle? This is a historical moment for Emma Morano-Martinuzzi. Just think about it, out of all those 1800s people that we all read about in history books, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, Florence Nightingale, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Graham Bell, etc. Emma is the ONLY human being who is still living and breathing, wow. But this also puts extreme pressure on her to not screw this enormous legacy up by dying. Of course, death is probably inevitable, but she should try with all her might to postpone it as much as possible. She owes it for the sake of all the billions of people that came and went between 1800 and 1899. I'm not sure about animals though, because I have no idea whether there are any obscure living microorganisms, Galapagosian turtles or whatever older than Emma. Predictor, How did you get the news of Madeleine Lebeau's death? It it still unclear whether she's dead or not 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,020 Posted May 13, 2016 We Italians always win! We even won two World Wars, the second one betraying our allies in 1943 and then doing nothing till the end! Now we have the oldest person alive till we will betray her to win another war! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 14, 2016 Yawwwwwn well another hit for my shadow list yawwwwn.... No 16. You people are witness to something far more special than some bint what is lucky enough to be the last person representing her century. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,662 Posted May 14, 2016 Man, the final 2 was always fascinating to witness. The ultimate competition: Europe vs America, white vs black, who would win the battle? This is a historical moment for Emma Morano-Martinuzzi. Just think about it, out of all those 1800s people that we all read about in history books, Thomas Edison, Edgar Allen Poe, Florence Nightingale, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Queen Victoria, Adolf Hitler, Alexander Graham Bell, etc. Emma is the ONLY human being who is still living and breathing, wow. But this also puts extreme pressure on her to not screw this enormous legacy up by dying. Of course, death is probably inevitable, but she should try with all her might to postpone it as much as possible. She owes it for the sake of all the billions of people that came and went between 1800 and 1899. I'm not sure about animals though, because I have no idea whether there are any obscure living microorganisms, Galapagosian turtles or whatever older than Emma. About this "probably inevitable" quality in death - do you know summat the rest of us dead poolers don't? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bass 17 Posted May 14, 2016 Just looked her up yesterday on the Wiki, then went on today finding out she died. Damn. at least that is my fourth hit of this year Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
