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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/10/23/geissler.safrica.oldest.people.itn

Her name is Kookoo Molookoo. She likes marshmallows. :)

I likes marshmallows too! :eek:

...but wow, thats old.

She thinks she's 134....I doubt she's that old.

Wow, talk about longevity. :eek:

She thinks she's 134....I doubt she's that old.

Well, I doubt even the South African government would have given her an official birth certificate if she weren't at least in the vicinity. She has great-great grandchildren and a daughter who is 90. That'd put her over 100 for certain.

That woman is old. :eek:

Sometimes I say that old people are 'rotting', but she looks more jerkied than rotted. I love the name, Kookoo Molookoo. Makes me chuckle. :)

Sometimes I say that old people are 'rotting', but she looks more jerkied than rotted. I love the name, Kookoo Molookoo. Makes me chuckle. :)Wish that I had the last name "Molookoo". :D

She has great-great grandchildren and a daughter who is 90. That'd put her over 100 for certain.
That would mean she's between about 105 and 135. Not really a very accurate way of measuring age. It would put her twelve years older than the current 'oldest person ever' (Jeanne Calment - possibly the only person to have lived to over 120).

Call me cynical, but she's probably not 134.

That would mean she's between about 105 and 135. Not really a very accurate way of measuring age. It would put her twelve years older than the current 'oldest person ever' (Jeanne Calment - possibly the only person to have lived to over 120).

Call me cynical, but she's probably not 134.

I'm thinking in 19th century Africa women didn't generally get particularly old before being commandeered for baby makin.

I could do that, I just don't want to.

Cool.

Wish that I had the last name "Molookoo". :D

Change it.

I'm thinking in 19th century Africa women didn't generally get particularly old before being commandeered for baby makin.
They don't mention if this was her oldest child though. The daughter just lives with her. It's possible that there's an older brother or sister who either lives somewhere else or is dead.

I'm thinking in 19th century Africa women didn't generally get particularly old before being commandeered for baby makin.
Yeah...she'd probably be too shagged out (intended) to still be popping them out at 44.

They don't mention if this was her oldest child though. The daughter just lives with her. It's possible that there's an older brother or sister who either lives somewhere else or is dead.

90 is pretty old. I wouldn't be surprised if all her other sons and daughters are dead already.

Well, I doubt even the South African government would have given her an official birth certificate if she weren't at least in the vicinity. She has great-great grandchildren and a daughter who is 90. That'd put her over 100 for certain.

If the girl they focused the camera on when they talked about her '90 year old daughter IS that daughter... I would have no reason to doubt that Kookoo Molookoo is WELL over 100. She looked maybe... 60 or 70. And a good 60 or 70, not like she was fading.

Sometimes I say that old people are 'rotting', but she looks more jerkied than rotted. I love the name, Kookoo Molookoo. Makes me chuckle. :)

Her name is not Kookoo - it's like calling an old lady 'grandma'.

134? Yikes! Thats like a sea tortoise or something

Her name is not Kookoo - it's like calling an old lady 'grandma'.

I know. I still like it. :)

You could make combat boots out of her skin.

I am 192,817 years old. Where is my interview?

I want to be her. :D

I likes marshmallows too! :eek:

...but wow, thats old.

I'm jealous that they gave her marshmallows. Now I want some, and we don't have any in the house. And the roads are all icy here, so I don't really want to go out and buy any.

:(

I've always said I wanted to live to 138. It's possible. It's possible... =)

I'm jealous that they gave her marshmallows. Now I want some, and we don't have any in the house. And the roads are all icy here, so I don't really want to go out and buy any.

:(
I also lack marshmallows. This makes me sad. It makes me feel like death is rushing towards me faster than it's rushing towards her. :(

I would really like to break a 105 year life span. My family are pretty long-lived but prone to stroke (since it seems nothing else will kill them), so who knows if I'll make it.

But when I think of what it takes to live very long, I realize that all these century-plus clubbers don't really do anything to prolong their lives. They eat fried foods, smoke, live in wildernesses, do heavy lifting and hunt tigers. Sometimes I think the key is not to try, but just to keep doing whatever it is you're doing and never look at a clock or calendar.

Other times I think it's just an accident -- like Death has this list of names and scheduled dates, and every now and then, he reviews it to make sure he's all caught up and one name jumps out, and Death is, like, "Oh, shit! I forgot that one!"

I'm jealous that they gave her marshmallows. Now I want some, and we don't have any in the house. And the roads are all icy here, so I don't really want to go out and buy any.

:(

I also lack marshmallows. This makes me sad. It makes me feel like death is rushing towards me faster than it's rushing towards her. :(

I had s'mores for the first time this weekend, I'd seen the name referred to in books and TV but never actually knew what they were.

Sometimes I say that old people are 'rotting', but she looks more jerkied than rotted. I love the name, Kookoo Molookoo. Makes me chuckle. :)
So she's half-way mummfied.

So she's half-way mummfied.

http://www.hookahforum.com/uploads/1165808825/gallery_2063_3_17264.jpg

:D