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World's Oldest Geezer Claims To Be 146-Years-Old

World's Oldest Geezer Claims To Be 146-Years-Old

Okay then, Mate.

Josh Teal

Josh Teal

Say hello, or greetings, or whatever they said in the 19th century, to the world's new oldest man, Indonesian Mbah Gotho. Documentation says he was born in 1870, making him 146 years of age.

For context, that's four years before Winston Churchill was born, and 19 before Adolf Hitler. Essentially, if true, Mr Gotho is old as fuck mate.

He reportedly enjoyed his birthday with his grandson on December 31, Suryanto, and Suryanto's wife, Suwarni. Family and neighbours also came to his house to celebrate with him.

He said he initially prepared for his death back in 1992, which strikes me as odd, given that this guy hit middle age around the time of the Treaty of Versailles. Who starts 'preparing' for death at 122? I'm 23 and wasn't even sure if I was gonna make it through 2016 - the year I slept on the toilet floor of a McDonald's for five hours. Here he is from a recent interview.

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Sadly, but obviously, Mr Gotho has outlived his 10 siblings, four wives and children. He told a regional news station, rather elusively: "What I want is to die."

Asked previously about how he's lingered on for so long, he said: "The recipe is just patience." An d he's patiently waited since mid-Victorian times.

Indonesian records office confirmed his birth date as December 31 1870, but it is yet to authenticated by Guinness, who, you know, are the actual real deal.

If true, he would go down as the oldest person to have ever lived, apart from your mum, beating the current champion, Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122.

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