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hobbit709

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7. A few years ago my mother went to dinner with her uncle who was 100

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 07:06 PM

Jan 2013

This was in Vienna. They had a pretty good meal and then coffee, torte and schnapps for dessert.
He held up his glass of schnapps and said "My doctor thinks I should do this any more. I'm a 100 years old and I'll do what I damn well please"

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94-year-old escapes hospital for birthday beer [View all] n2doc Jan 2013 OP

He's 94 - can't fault the guy for doing what he wants to do! Initech Jan 2013 #1

Huzzah! Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 #2

You can't deny an old man a beer! backscatter712 Jan 2013 #3

That'll be me in 47 years. FSogol Jan 2013 #4

I want to be just like him Lasher Jan 2013 #5

That is so funny sad-cafe Jan 2013 #6

A few years ago my mother went to dinner with her uncle who was 100 hobbit709 Jan 2013 #7

poor guy. Glad he got to have the beer. Liberal_in_LA Jan 2013 #8

coolest story ever Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2013 #9

What's the point of living if you can't live a little ? n/t PoliticAverse Jan 2013 #10

He was probably headed to the GentryDixon Jan 2013 #11

My idol newfie11 Jan 2013 #12

99 year old who wanted her chocolate chip cookies HockeyMom Jan 2013 #13

I got a stein in Feldkirch that says,... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #14

I think the sense of it is more like 'enjoy life while you have it' HiPointDem Jan 2013 #24

Either way is appropriate to the OP. Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #25

My Kind Of Guy !!! WillyT Jan 2013 #15

That's like The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared. Zoeisright Jan 2013 #16

That was what I thought too! KitSileya Jan 2013 #23

Hear, hear! Ken Burch Jan 2013 #17

Aww. I like this guy. Kurovski Jan 2013 #18

German beers are delicious. I don't blame the dude (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #19

Good, I'm glad he knows what he wants for his birthday tavalon Jan 2013 #20

I remember a woman at my Grandma's home who had to have a thickener in all liquids. JVS Jan 2013 #21

when my mom was 93 womanofthehills Jan 2013 #22

On Eubie Blake's 100th birthday. immoderate Jan 2013 #26

Finally a fun story for a change... Kalidurga Jan 2013 #27

I visited my wife's grandmother on her 100th birthday in the nursing MineralMan Jan 2013 #28