# When I'm 112, I hope I can chug a cold beer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275 "2013-01-15T13:16:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/1 "2013-01-15T13:16:26Z")
> [@](#): > > 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](http://www.vancouversun.com/news/metro/Canadas+oldest+citizen+turns/7740121/story.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/2 "2013-01-15T13:23:30Z")
They have beer in Canada ??? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/3 "2013-01-15T14:16:08Z")
You have to know where to look for it… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/4 "2013-01-15T14:25:53Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > You have to know where to look for it… Is that the Keystone Pipeline we keep hearing about? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/5 "2013-01-15T19:30:28Z")
Another recent story: this guy’s “only” 94, but you gotta admire his tenacity: [94-year-old escapes hospital for birthday beer](http://www.thelocal.de/society/20130111-47265.html#.UPWtRmfNl8E) German, naturally. > [@lieu](#): > > Is that the Keystone Pipeline we keep hearing about? Canada is sending Keystone Light down south? Dastardly! ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/6 "2013-01-15T21:20:32Z")
“Medicine Hat”? Huh. [Medicine Hat](http://wikitravel.org/en/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. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/7 "2013-01-15T22:33:50Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/8 "2013-01-16T01:55:22Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > They have beer in Canada ??? 😃 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/9 "2013-01-16T02:02:13Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > They have beer in Canada ??? 😃 Well, kinda, but it’s in green bottles, so… ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-im-112-i-hope-i-can-chug-a-cold-beer/647275/10 "2013-01-16T03:12:20Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > They have beer in Canada ??? 😃 Yes, and there are numerous jokes about our Canadian beer being better than American beer.