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[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 38 points 2 months ago

Alternative headline.

World's oldest person dies.

[-] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Long live the worlds oldest person!

[-] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Does anyone know where Ethel was at the time?

[-] snaprails@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

In Surrey. Punching the air πŸ˜€

[-] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 months ago

Time for everyone to stop hyping up the Mediterranean diet for longevity and move over to the UK diet.

[-] errer@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

This lady has been taking bangers in the mouth for a century

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Giggidy giggidy granny

[-] modeler@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Britain for most of the 20th Century did not have great food - by that I mean the kind of dishes you see in France, Italy, Spain and so on. However almost all food was cooked at home from fresh ingredients and so was relatively healthy - just highly unappealing to anyone who loves flavour, aroma, texture and appearance.

Additionally, for a good portion of her life (1939 to 1954) and Britain was living with severe rationing which resulted in most people eating a lot more vegetables and little butter, lard and sugar. There was also rationing and hardships during the Great War and the Great Depression. While bad for food lovers, it was actually quite good for health.

From the 1980s an increasing amount of the British diet became fast food, prepared meals and ultra-processed foods. These are the actively unhealthy bit of the current British diet.

[-] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

What?

Britain for most of the 20th century wasn't even trying to home grow food any more, it came in canned from across the world as it's a lot easier to ration and stockpile food which lasts forever, hence the reputation for awful food... It's only comparatively recently that we've been rediscovering historical British food

[-] goodgame@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

I grew up there in the sixties. Regular ingredients came from the local market (this was before supermarkets) who typically sold regionally grown produce. We supplemented with home and allotment grown vegetables which were shared around the neighborhood. The food was great. Tinned food was quite expensive and generally considered an unhealthy novelty best used on camping trips - I'm looking at you fray bentos, you and your weird deliciousness.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I grew up there in the sixties.

Isn't that slightly after the rationing ended?

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 18 points 2 months ago

She said the secret to her longevity was "never arguing with anyone, I listen and I do what I like".

[-] Hacksaw@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 months ago

Everyone who was alive when she was born is dead.

[-] dwemthy@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago
[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

NEW WORLD RECORD!? πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡πŸŽ†πŸŽ†πŸŽ‡πŸ§¨

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

Imagine being from the UK, seeing not one but TWO world wars that involved your country directly and living to 115! Fuck, the stories she probably has and events she witnessed first hand, which we only read about, would be the kind of stuff I'd love to find a way to preserve!

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 10 points 2 months ago

Tell you what I haven't heard for a while, is jokes about Wayne Rooney's preferred age bracket of bedroom companions.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

He's busy right now, travelling to Surrey.

[-] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Based on the last picture I saw of him, she might actually think he looks too old.

[-] Thermite@lemmings.world 6 points 2 months ago

Read that as "surly woman" at first.

[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

They call it Slurrey locally.

[-] MrPoletki@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

She's looking good for 115. Like, seriously.

[-] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Pfft oh yeah? Well who died and made you world's oldest person?

Wait...

[-] Trilobyte@feddit.uk 2 points 1 month ago

Imagine being a teenager again

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