[daler]

So who’s the oldest dead person?

[ConservativeMind]

It sounds like he would have been in interesting man to know.

[Moonman62]

Nestor, who worked as a shepherd in the village, used to say that he had lived to an old age because he had never been married and had not had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

Well, it is true that women usually outlive men.

[the invisib1e hand]

World's oldest living person dies at 116 in Ukraine

this is a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it?

[Jack Wilson]

That title ‘Oldest Living Person’ , seems to be cursed.

[djf]

My bet would be that 20-30 years from now, there will be hundreds, if not thousands, of folks that old in the US.

Nutrition, genetics, medical advances, fine cigars...

There’s a common nutritional supplement that has been shown over and over in animals to increase their lifespan by a third.

[Tijeras_Slim]

You had to be pretty tough to make it in the Ukraine during the first 60 years of his life.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

"undermined on the marital front."

Isn't it funny how Russians can eat stone soup, survive drowning under the ice of the river after being shot and poisoned, get through the horrors of Stalingrad in WW2, and put up with Soviet Communism for 70 years...but the marital front scares the guvna (sp?) out of them.

[democratsaremyenemy]

How can he be the oldest “living” person if he is dead?

[Red_Devil 232]

"...and never used alcohol in large amounts."

I spread out my 6 packs over a one hour period ... I never drink them all at once either.

[Publius6961]

World's oldest living person dies at 116 in Ukraine

And here I thought the "world's oldest living person" died about 6 months ago at age 114.
Makes me seriously question my math skills.

NOT!

[Revolting cat!]

MEMO TO SELF: Avoid becoming the world’s oldest living person, or you’ll die!

[Hot Tabasco]

The planet's oldest living person, Grigoriy Nestor, died at the age of 116

The second oldest person now refuses to walk across a street.........

[Verginius Rufus]

Nestor was an appropriate surname for him (cf. the Nestor in Homer).

Jeanne Calment was asked on one of her last birthdays, maybe the 120th or 121st, what she expected the rest of her life to be like. Her answer was "short."

The oldest people I have ever met in person have been 101--two of them, both women, one of whom is still alive.

[Live free or die]

My God! This man was my age during the revolution and was "middle-aged" by the time of Голодомор and he still had such a long way to go! God bless him and keep him.

[Caramelgal]

Nestor, who worked as a shepherd in the village, used to say that he had lived to an old age because he had never been married and had not had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

I find it interesting to note that Nestor had never been married but makes no mention as to whether nor not he had any lovers. Let’s just hope if he did, they were women and not sheep.

[Bogtrotter52]

According to Guinness World Records, today the world’s oldest living person is 115-year-old Emiliano Mercado del Toro of Puerto Rico who assumed this title after Elizabeth Bolden, an African American woman, died at the age of 116 years and 118 days in 2006.

What! They only count years and days? I think they should get in down to at least hours and minutes. Parting gifts to the losers.

[Bean Counter]

ahem...

[blam]

"Nestor, who worked as a shepherd in the village, used to say that he had lived to an old age because he had never been married and had not had his nervous system "undermined on the marital front."

I understand this ailment, three marital encounters have just about killed me.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.