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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
The Tap of Youth
From Ananova:
Maybe those Germans are on to something.
World's oldest man likes a beerWhen we visited Germany, we stopped at the monastery in Andechs. There we had some of the best food we had on the entire trip. We also did some people-watching, and a little old lady caught my attention. She was probably about 80 years old, and she was drinking a LARGE (I'm guessing here, but I'd say 50 oz. or even more) dark beer. The mug was almost as big as she was.The world's oldest man says the secret of long life is a good beer every day.
German Hermann Doernemann, aged 111, took the title after the death of American Fred Hale.
The retired electrical engineer says a daily dose of a good dark beer kept him feeling on top of the world.
Mr Doernemann, who lives with his children, is officially the world's oldest man but he's a long way off being the oldest person.
The Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group, which keeps records of the world's oldest people, says 26 women are older than him.
Maybe those Germans are on to something.
