Canada’s oldest known citizen, Merle Barwis, turned 112 Saturday - and she celebrated with a cold beer surrounded by 38 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.
The Langford resident, who lives at the Priory Hospital, has outlived two sons and has an 87-year-old daughter who lives in Medicine Hat.
Canada’s oldest citizen turns 112
I hope I can still chug a cold beer when I’m 112.
I will, of course, still be posting away on the SDMB, telling tales to the young’uns about some mystical things like “AOL” and “dial-up connections”. I hope they will humour me.
They have beer in Canada ???
You have to know where to look for it…
lieu
January 15, 2013, 2:25pm
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Is that the Keystone Pipeline we keep hearing about?
Another recent story: this guy’s “only” 94, but you gotta admire his tenacity:
94-year-old escapes hospital for birthday beer
German, naturally.
Canada is sending Keystone Light down south? Dastardly!
“Medicine Hat”?
Huh. Medicine Hat . Ok, that’s definitely on the list for next time I visit my uncle in Great Falls. How can you not go to Medicine Hat?
Aewsome city names aside, congrats to Ms. Barwis. This Molson’s for you.
Baker
January 15, 2013, 10:33pm
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On her 99th birthday my grandmother had pizza and part of a can of beer. Didn’t seem to hurt her any! She just passed away last November, less than a month before she turned 108!
Heh. If you really want to get their goat, tell them you tried a Labatt Blue and determined Canadian beer isn’t all that great.
Uh, I’ve heard it is their top beer.
Well, kinda, but it’s in green bottles, so…
EmilyG
January 16, 2013, 3:12am
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Yes, and there are numerous jokes about our Canadian beer being better than American beer.