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Indonesian Man Claims to Be World's Oldest Person at 145
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Posted on 09/02/2016 12:24:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway

An Indonesian man is claiming to be 145 year old - making him the oldest person in the world.

Sidomejo - or Mbah Gotho as he is known locally - claims to have been born on December 31, 1870, and he even has the "identity card" to prove it.

He says the secret to his exceptional longevity is to "relax and take it easy" and that there is "nothing special" in his eating habits.

A local official said that while his ID card is real, it is impossible to verify Sidomejo's claims.

But the local government would help the elderly man to apply for Guinness World record status if he wants to.

Aside from blurred vision and hearing loss, Sidomejo is in remarkably good health given his years.

He enjoys spending his days eating and smoking, his grandson Suryan said.

Born in Sragen, central Java province, Sidomejo claims to remember the opening of Dutch-owned sugar factory attended by the King of Solo in Gondang Sragen when he was 10-years-old.

Sidomejo now lives with his 46-year-old grandson after outliving most of his family.

Sidomejo is said to have been planning his funeral since 1992.

He has already lost his 10 siblings, four wives and all his children.

He is due to turn 146 on New Year's Eve but says: "What I want is to die."


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: gondangsragen; indonesia; kingofsolo; mbahgotho; reallyold; sidomejo
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To: nickcarraway

And yet they STILL have to ask him for ID at the party store!


21 posted on 09/02/2016 1:17:57 PM PDT by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: jjsheridan5

LOL


22 posted on 09/02/2016 1:19:25 PM PDT by Defiant (The Koran is the Mohammunist Manifesto.)
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To: Defiant

He doesn’t look a day over 135 if you ask me.


23 posted on 09/02/2016 1:27:05 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: nickcarraway

“He is due to turn 146 on New Year’s Eve but says: “What I want is to die.”


Hey, that’s easy - just spill the beans on Hillary, and off to Ft. Marcy Park you go!


24 posted on 09/02/2016 1:56:22 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: nickcarraway
He still smokes, non-filtered cigs.


25 posted on 09/02/2016 3:15:56 PM PDT by nightlight7
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To: nickcarraway

He looks 155.


26 posted on 09/02/2016 3:45:37 PM PDT by luvbach1 (We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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To: nickcarraway

That’s sad.


27 posted on 09/02/2016 3:48:27 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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