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Woman blows out 114 birthday candles, dies nine days later
Officially, the candle-blowing wasn't linked to the 114-year-old woman's death, but.... Throughout her birthday party, the woman warned her guests that she wasn't going to last much longer. (Isn't that something you start doing when you hit 90?) (Dallas Morning News)
March 24, 2008 | Permalink
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Thats really a heart warming story. I can see that at 114 she was probably ready to get out of that old body and move on. How nice of all her relatives ...to keep an eye on her and remind her how thankful they are that she started all those generations. My daughter works at a nursing home and so many of the elderly just seem to be forgotten.
Posted by: Cherie | Mar 24, 2008 6:44:28 AM
When you gotta go, you gotta go.
I hope we are all lucky enough to age as gracefully as this proud old lady, even if we don't make it to our 114th birthdays.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Mar 24, 2008 6:47:31 AM
the party was a real blow out
Posted by: AngrySockMonkey | Mar 24, 2008 8:15:32 AM
I saw a promo for a TV show on advances in medicine that will help us live to be 150 years old and my only thought was "Why?"
Posted by: mak | Mar 24, 2008 8:24:51 AM
That's too old to be giving blowjobs.
Posted by: A.V. | Mar 24, 2008 11:34:01 AM
Out, out, not-so-brief candle!
Posted by: Sheila | Mar 24, 2008 12:34:44 PM
this one hit a nerve with me, my grandmas 92nd birthday is in may and i just found out yesterday that shes got cancer around her gall bladder =[
Posted by: sd | Mar 24, 2008 4:41:46 PM
I think one of the worst curses anyone could get would be to live forever...to endure the loss of all friends, et cetera. The human body just ain't meant to last that long.
Posted by: Wolf | Mar 24, 2008 5:07:32 PM
Aww, that is heartwarming. To think of all the things this woman saw. I mean, she was born about 1894 or so. Imagine or recall all the events and inventions that happened along the way. Wow.
Posted by: Dances With Books | Mar 24, 2008 7:37:28 PM
Old? OLD?! You call that old?!
Now in my days...we had REAL old.
Heck, people didn't just lose their teeth, their jawbone fell off after a while.
Old...bah...you weren't considered old until you could cover your face with the skin dangling under your chin, and that's including the forehead.
Now these retirement homes are filled with 70 and 80 year old spring chickens.
Heck, at 70, I used to chop wood and make wood...no blue pill involved.
Old...you were not considered old until people had to repeat everything at least three times....WHAT?! HUH?!
Even the animals we had then were old...dogs without teeth, cows that couldn't stand upright for milking without shaking..which is probably where they got those new-fangled milkshakes.
You'd be sitting next to Ol' teethless, and suddenly this smell would fill the air, and you'd seriously wouldn't know whether your serious or not when you blame the dog.
Bah...
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sorry about that...I guess I was taken over by some 200 year old spirit...kinda like that Phebe episode in friends.
:)
Posted by: Ace | Mar 25, 2008 1:37:31 AM
