At 113, Woman Lies About Her Age So She Can Join Facebook

[dixiegrrrrl]

Since her birth in 1900, Anna Stoehr has seen dramatic shifts in technology. But when the Minnesota woman tried recently to create a Facebook account, she hit a snag. The service's software couldn't handle her advanced age of 113 years old. So she fudged it a bit, and said she was 99.

To put Stoehr's age in context, we'll remind you: She was born three years before the Wright brothers conducted their historic first flight of an airplane in North Carolina.

( She turns 114 tomorrow)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/10/14/356174279/at-113-woman-lies-about-her-age-so-she-can-join-facebook?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2038

[irisblue]

1. wow i have a role model

you go Ma'am!

[MADem]

2. Following in the footsteps of unsupervised nine year olds across the land!!!!

Who also lie about their age to join FB!

[seaglass]

3. That is cool - my fb birthday is in 1905. I wonder when the cut off is. I just thought it was no

one's business how old I am so I made up the year. Though I don't use fb much and no one has told me I look great for 109.

[Jenoch]

4. Today is Anna's 114th birthday.

She lived alone in her farmhouse from 1998 when her husband died until April of 2012 when she was 111 and then moved into assisted living where she is now.

[KamaAina]

5. Hau'oli la hanau, E Anna!

Hawai'i had only been annexed to the U.S. for two years when she was born.

[mrdmk]

6. Does this mean you need to get your facebook account before the age of 99 years?

Do I need to put this into my calendar?

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. It could mean you Facebook is the source of Eternal Life

since you cannot put down any age older than 99.

[Massacure]

8. And in other news,

Facebook announces that Anna Stoehr's account was banned for lying about her age, which is a violation of the service's Terms of Service agreement.