107 year old man marries 30 year old woman

[Malacandra]

@Tuckerfan

Lest you think I’m exaggerating the possibility, I heard a series of interviews on NPR with Civil War widows (yes, there’s a few left). They’d all married when they were quite young and all of them stated (euphamistically, of course) that their late husbands were still able to run one up the old flag pole, if you know what I mean.

By “Civil War widow” I presume you mean “women who were married to Civil War vets” and not “women widowed by the Civil War”? :dubious:

[Rigamarole]

Forget the old “I’m old enough to be your father line”, he could go with “I’m old enough to be your ancestor”.

[Muffin]

@Kythereia

Color me, according to our board smileys, purple.

I was pointing out that the fellow is not just an average Joe. He has substance, which one might expect would make him attractive.

[Paul_in_Qatar]

Probably a scam to get a widow’s pension. It was commonly done at the turn of the last century.

[Tuckerfan]

@Malacandra

By “Civil War widow” I presume you mean “women who were married to Civil War vets” and not “women widowed by the Civil War”? :dubious:

Yup.

[Derleth]

Prof. Hubert Farnsworth: “People say I’m robbing the cradle, but I say she’s robbing the grave!”

Good for the old shit. I hope I’m that active at 104.