# 120-year-old found fighting fit after 1st check-up in life

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 5, 2016, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811 "2016-08-05T06:34:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811/21 "2016-11-15T05:21:48Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> There is no 120-year-old man in India or anywhere else. I am more familiar with the _Times of India_ than I would like to be, and I would not believe anything they report. Only a very naive and gullible person would believe that story.

It doesn’t make sense to me, either; he was staying in Salt Lake City for the month but his medical exam is in Kolkata just the other day? Nonsense.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811/22 "2016-11-15T05:30:58Z")

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India is chock full of bogus, weird-ass claims.

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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811/23 "2016-11-16T00:59:11Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> I am more familiar with the _Times of India_ than I would like to be, and I would not believe anything they report.

Yeah, you should get your India news from reliable sources like [The International Business Times](http://www.ibtimes.com/3-month-old-indian-infant-keeps-catching-fire-doctors-say-baby-emits-combustible-gases-through-skin).

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**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811/24 "2016-11-16T01:10:30Z")

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You can be perfectly healthy by all doctors accounts and still die at any time. Especially at 120.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/761811/25 "2016-11-16T01:21:53Z")

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The 120-year-old man is not a bad person. Make an effort to like him!

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