१६ डिसेंबर, २००७

"Hryhoriy put his long life down to the fact he never married."

The world's oldest man dies.
In accordance with his wish that there should be no crying, a hearty meal was served of his favourite dishes: warm potato and herring, and cabbage with home-made sausage....

Oksana, one of the relations with whom he lived, said he had led an active life to the last, helping around the house, whether it was making dumplings or tending the chickens....

"He didn't find himself a mate because he was a short man and never had money," Oksana believes.

ADDED: Commenter ricpic writes another poem (and wins the title — it's been fought over you know! — of Poet Laureate of the Althouse Blog):
The commies came, the commies went,
Hryhoriy hardly noticed;
Earthbound, barefoot, his life was spent
Sausage, not Stalin, focused.

१६ टिप्पण्या:

Ryan म्हणाले...

No doubt that's why he lived so long.

Agnostic Monk म्हणाले...

Damn! Im gonna live too long :(

Unknown म्हणाले...

Why do married men die younger than single men?

They want to.

Ron म्हणाले...

Broke? Check!
Short? Check!
and fat too?

Hellfire, I'll live to see Obama's grandkid become President!

If I wear shorts on my 120th birthday, Prof. Althouse's 3rd clone twice removed will negatively blog about it!

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

"He didn't find himself a mate because he was a short man and never had money," Oksana believes. "Well, that and being the only gay in town."

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

I meant to say, "RIP."

rhhardin म्हणाले...

There's chickens out back right this instant, crowing to keep warm. I'll probably live forever.

George M. Spencer म्हणाले...

"He loved to get outside and would run barefoot through the grass."

Life is good.

EnigmatiCore म्हणाले...

The world's oldest man, lives!

Greg Hlatky म्हणाले...

Q: Why do husbands die before their wives?

A: They want to.

ricpic म्हणाले...

The commies came, the commies went,
Hryhoriy hardly noticed;
Earthbound, barefoot, his life was spent
Herring, not belly lox, focused.

MadisonMan म्हणाले...

I'd hate to be the world's oldest man. It seems like all they do is die.

ricpic म्हणाले...

The commies came, the commies went,
Hryhoriy hardly noticed;
Earthbound, barefoot, his life was spent
Sausage, not Stalin, focused.

अनामित म्हणाले...

Mel Brooks died? Gosh!

Steven म्हणाले...

The reason he lived so long was that he was a cousin of Mister Mxyzptlk -- he would only die if someone tricked him into saying his name backwards. It took this long. (In Mr. Mxyzptlk's case, of course, he didn't die, he simply returned to the fifth dimension, and stopped bothering Superman.)

Meade म्हणाले...

Well done, ricpic. Especially enjoyed the revision.
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"...he was a short man and never had money,"

That makes one out of two for me. I've got the no money thing working and I suppose it's not too late for me to take up moderate vodka drinking. I'm going to start grubbing for potatos and cabbage... catfish and squirrel sausage and I just may break the short old bachelor's record but it's hard to believe I'm not even halfway there.