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Lifestyle => Tha G-Spot => Topic started by: Now_Im_Not_Banned on September 18, 2007, 11:28:21 AM
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World's oldest man turns 112 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070918/lf_afp/lifestylejapansenior)
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Tue Sep 18, 9:46 AM
ETTOKYO (AFP) - The world's oldest man celebrated his 112th birthday Tuesday with a healthy Japanese breakfast of rice, miso soup and seaweed, saying he wanted to live forever.
Tomoji Tanabe, who has been the world's oldest man since January this year, lives with his son and family in Japan's southern prefecture of Miyazaki. He keeps a diary and reads the newspaper every day.
"I want to live indefinitely. I don't want to die," he said as he marked his birthday, Kyodo News reported.
Tanabe, a teetotaller who has repeatedly said that avoiding alcohol is a secret of his longevity, was given a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records by the mayor of his local municipality in June.
Japan has the largest population of centenarians in the world. The number of Japanese aged at least 100 years old is expected to top 30,000 by the end of September, the health ministry said in a recent report.
The Japanese people's renowned longevity is often attributed to eating the country's traditional healthy food, despite the hectic lifestyle many lead in the big cities.
But the longevity is also presenting a headache as the country has one of the lowest birthrates, raising fears of a future demographic crisis as a smaller pool of workers supports a mass of elderly.
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fuck that, id personally not want to live that long
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^^What if you still maintained yourself and stayed in good shape?
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fuck that, imma be 120
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Worlds Oldest Man (Asian, Of Course) ;D
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my point exactly
:D
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112 fuckin years damn
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^^What if you still maintained yourself and stayed in good shape?
Yup its all about eating to live to living to eat.
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I don't want to live too long, but if I lived until 112 I can say I've lived through 3 centuries. :D
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i'm cool at 69.
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112 fuckin years damn
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i'm cool at 69.
That's sad.
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I don't want to live too long, but if I lived until 112 I can say I've lived through 3 centuries. :D
I'd need to be 115 for that to happen. :)
But for real I ain't scared of death.
It'd be could to see your grandkids, etc but who knows.
Personally even if I was in good health, etc I wouldn't wanna live for too long.
Burying your own kids, watching everyone you've ever really known die before you - fuck that.
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thats fucked up,he must have seen plenty of things,the evolution of cars,electronics and so on and so on
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my dad says all the men in his lineage make it to 82 and die as far back as he can remember.
i look alot more like my moms side of the fams and they don't make it that far. like 60's, maybe 70s.
-T
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^don't trip, the herb will extend your life. 8)
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LMAO hopefully.
-T
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^don't trip, the herb will extend your life. 8)
lmao
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i dont care what age i die at as long as its quick
ya feel me