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The World's Luckiest Man

Posted by samzenpus on from the near-death dept.

90-year-old Alec Alder has survived car crashes, being hit by a tank, and bombings. A fighter jet once crashed into his house and his whole squadron was killed at Dunkirk. All in all, Mr. Alder has cheated death 14 times, easily besting the luckiest alley cat. Alec worked as a minister when he returned from the war and says he believes God saved his life all those times. If he doesn't win the next season of "Who Wants to Be a Superhero?", the show is rigged.

8 comments

  1. okay by nimbius · · Score: 1

    falling down, and not getting sent to a battlefield are not really impressive. let me know when he's struck by lightning or mauled by hurricane bear.

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  2. God saved his life? by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    More like God killed off his whole squadron just to smell their corpses.

    It always cracks me up when the sole survivor of some disaster says that god must have a reason for saving his life. What if god had some good reason for killing all those other people? Ever think of that?

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    1. Re:God saved his life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Or maybe God just doesn't have such great aim all the time.

  3. Lucky? This man is Murphy's Law incarnate. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So he fell out of a tree, got hit by a car, got drafted, was run over by a tank, a jet crashed into his house, was bombed twice, His ships engine died in hostile waters, and was on leave while his platoon died. Doesn't sound very lucky to me, actually sounds rather unlucky, true he survived, but living isn't lucky. I'm alive and haven't had all those near death experiences, I think I'm lucky that I haven't gotten into those situations to begin with.

    Lucky is winning the Lottery 3 times. Lucky is finding a hundred dollars on the street. Lucky is getting a girlfriend that can kick your ass in TF2. Lucky is finding the exact page you were looking for when you open up the textbook. Cheating death isn't lucky because it only cancels out the bad luck that got you into that mess to begin with.

    1. Re:Lucky? This man is Murphy's Law incarnate. by DeadDecoy · · Score: 1

      Maybe luck is a matter of perspective. Consider that I may find a 100$ on the sidewalk. To a rich person, that's pocket change, and their version of lucky would be investing in some venture that sees 200% growth. I think this man is lucky relative to his circumstances.

  4. DarkKlown by elmer+at+web-axis · · Score: 0

    How is he lucky? he nearly died 14 times.. A lucky man wouldn't of come so close so oftern. -- http://plus613.net/

  5. cant survive a single tank rollover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    hey is he that guy that that other guy guy said got run over by a tank 10 times? they couldn't help him thats why they didn't check... what side he was on.

  6. Lucky eh ? by Joebert · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah ?
    Let's see him survive a Shashdotting !

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