Free Beer for Life for 109 Year Old

[Winnow]

Usually these type stories belong in the "Bunch of Crap" thread but it's great to see someone 109 years old still having a beer!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... 538134.ece



Last surviving British WW I veteran.

BRITAIN’S last surviving First World War veteran has been recognised for his bravery - with free beer for the rest of his life.

Harry Patch, 109, won five medals for his service during the war but now his local boozer has honoured him free drinks.

The Rose and Crown in Limpley Stoke, Somerset, made the offer after inviting Harry to open the pub after a refit.

Harry, who was injured in the 1917 Passchendaele offensive which killed half a million men, drank in the pub when he was a young man.

Speaking at the packed re-opening ceremony, where he signed copies of his book The Last Fighting Tommy - A Tale by Harry Patch, Harry said: ''It's a very kind gesture.

''I must be the envy of many a younger man, being offered free beer in a pub. It's like being a child in a sweet shop. The beer is very good here too.''

I hope I look that good when I'm 109!

[Canelek]

That fucking rocks. I bet that bloke caused a right fucking row back in the day.

[Funkmasterr]

I'm glad to see something like this here for once, instead of the usual shit that is depressing to read.

[Kaldaur]

He's a handsome devil. I bet all the great-grandmothers swoon over him!

[Ashur]

Took you bastards long enough.