FUCK "The World's Oldest Man" (he wasn't Rik Mayall)

Just STOP it, already. STOP IT.

It's monotonous isn't it? Whoever the "world's oldest" man or woman is, that person is NOT going to hold the TITLE for very long.

You might as well keep writing up Nathan Cleverly.

If somebody doesn't keep a title, or is going to lose it instantly...forget about it. Here we go again:

The point?

To remind us that very few live past 100, and the ones that do are mostly mummies that can do little except blink?

Ironically today, aside from this geezer croaking ("OH, it was SO unexpected...") the death of Rik Mayall was announced. He probably was about as well known to Americans as this ancient mummy in a nursing home, but he was a very big deal in the world of British comedy. And he was only 56.

Most people who scan a newspaper, or a newspaper website, are going to bypass Rik Mayall entirely, drawn to "the world's oldest man" even though, technically he ceased BEING "the world's oldest man."

Assuming the guy was aware of anything at all, the moment he heard, "hey, you are NOW the world's oldest man..." must've been very depressing. Might as well say, "you're not long for this world."

Maybe, like the "Debt Clock," and other morbid things, there should simply be a website where you can see the stats and faces of "the current world's oldest man...woman...black...Jew...Muslim..." How about world's oldest duck...cat...goose...James Last fan? How about the world's oldest bottle of Amontillado...French cheese...senile Boot Sale goer...