No food or water for 70 years??

woodoo

This man from India is claiming to have survived without food or water for 70 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8652837.stm

Do you believe him?

bleg

No.

galwayrush

Did he drink his own piss and sweat?

stupidusername

am, i'll go with..no.

Jarren

Must be Voodoo

juan.kerr

Can humans eat their own faeces?

antodeco

Welcome to 18 months ago. The guy is probably dead by now. Good work OP

My name is URL

Old story. He most likely cheated along the way or doesn't know what a year is but there is evidence that people can live for very extended periods without any sustenance.

woodoo

They'll be monitoring him for 2 more weeks so that will be 3 weeks in total. I'll be interested to see him then.

galwayrush

jarecki1976 wrote: »

Must be Voodoo

Vindalo sounds like voodoo.
Cheating bastard is eating curries...

starbelgrade

juan.kerr wrote: »

Can humans eat their own faeces?

Yes. But it tastes like shit.

ThePower11

galwayrush wrote: »

Did he drink his own piss and sweat?

How would he piss if he had nothing to drink?

saa

Can hummus eat its own feces?

galwayrush

starbelgrade wrote: »

Yes. But it tastes like shit.

Vindalo would mask the taste though..

biko

Page last updated at 18:35 GMT, Thursday, 29 April 2010 19:35 UK

Can you find anything recent?

woodoo

galwayrush wrote: »

Did he drink his own piss and sweat?

No he doesn't piss or defecate

amacachi

Must like Justin Bieber's latest album, I'm not buying it.

Yakult

@ 1:46

A Swastika sign or am I missing something here?

galwayrush

ThePower11 wrote: »

How would he piss if he had nothing to drink?

How would he live without anything to drink?

My name is URL

Yakult wrote: »

@ 1:48

A Swastika sign or am I missing something here?

Originally an Indian symbol for peace and good health.

Yakult

My name is URL wrote: »

Originally an Indian symbol for peace and good health.

Heh.

44leto

I seen something about this on the BeeB

There are actually a few of them, one was brought in and tested under laboratory conditions and scrutinised by CC TV and he didn't drink or eat for 10 days, with no ill effects.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=man%20not%20eaten%20for%2070%20years&source=web&cd=6&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Feslkevin.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F28%2Fman-doesnt-eat-for-70-years-scientists-around-the-world-are-interested-and-we-should-too%2F&ei=Ar4ET53-OYKphAe0pcWiDg&usg=AFQjCNEq5sfPZOyCQw4RFFbSKb9qxy8_lA

"Neurologist Sudhir Shah said Jani was under watch for 10 days, with a closed-circuit camera running, and that doctors were convinced he did not break any of his vows, although there was no way of verifying whether Jani has pulled it off for 68 years.

“He has e"

Logical Fallacy

Simple way to test his cred, stick him in a locked room with no food or water for two weeks.

If he doesn't die then fair balls to him.

My name is URL

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Simple way to test his cred, stick him in a locked room with no food or water for two weeks.

If he doesn't die then fair balls to him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia#Prahlad_Jani_.28.22Mataji.22.29

Yakult wrote: »

Heh.

Yeah.. Hitler tended to ruined stuff.

The Goosestep was once a popular form of foreplay you know.

ThePower11

galwayrush wrote: »

How would he live without anything to drink?

That's the whole point of this thread, we don't know.

44leto

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

Simple way to test his cred, stick him in a locked room with no food or water for two weeks.

If he doesn't die then fair balls to him.

They virtually did for 10 days, and he didn't and he suffered no ill effects.

Now it could be an elaborate magic trick, but the programme I seen left me and the observers fairly convinced.

woodoo

It just seems like he is very good at it. But i wouldn't believe the 70 years.

BrokenArrows

No.

Logical Fallacy

44leto wrote: »

They virtually did for 10 days, and he didn't and he suffered no ill effects.

Now it could be an elaborate magic trick, but the programme I seen left me and the observers fairly convinced.

10 days is doable with no water depending on the temperature of the room.

14 days without water = death.

It's the only way to be sure.

maxfresh

more than likely hes just crazy

Doc Ruby

The case has attracted criticism, both after 2003 tests and after the recent 2010 tests. Sanal Edamaruku, president of the Indian Rationalist Association, criticized the 2010 experiment for allowing Jani to move out of a certain CCTV camera's field of view, meet devotees and leave the sealed test room to sunbathe. Edamaruku stated that the regular gargling and bathing activities were not sufficiently monitored, and accused Jani of having had some "influential protectors" who denied Edamaruku permission to inspect the project during its operation

Additionally, please do not drink your own urine or eat your own faeces. You will die.

Standard Toaster

Do they have SuperMacs in India?

Abi

You'd die of dehydration before you'd die of starvation. Depending on your stamina and weight, but up to and aprox a week without any fluid whatsoever before your organs begin to jack in.


So, no. He's talking bollox.

TeddyTedson

biko wrote: »

Can you find anything recent?

We would have heard if he was still going. I presume he did it for 70 years but died in the 2 weeks where he was monitored.
I.E. Bull**** story.

lecker Hendl

He's full of shit...or not in his case

ascanbe

44leto wrote: »

I seen something about this on the BeeB

There are actually a few of them, one was brought in and tested under laboratory conditions and scrutinised by CC TV and he didn't drink or eat for 10 days, with no ill effects.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=man%20not%20eaten%20for%2070%20years&source=web&cd=6&sqi=2&ved=0CEEQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Feslkevin.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F28%2Fman-doesnt-eat-for-70-years-scientists-around-the-world-are-interested-and-we-should-too%2F&ei=Ar4ET53-OYKphAe0pcWiDg&usg=AFQjCNEq5sfPZOyCQw4RFFbSKb9qxy8_lA

"Neurologist Sudhir Shah said Jani was under watch for 10 days, with a closed-circuit camera running, and that doctors were convinced he did not break any of his vows, although there was no way of verifying whether Jani has pulled it off for 68 years.

“He has e"

He must have; whatever about the eating and drinking, there's no way he'd survive that.

Chuck Stone

Sad reflection on BBC that this story made it to their news section.

Saila

ThePower11 wrote: »

How would he piss if he had nothing to drink?

the best bit about this post is that 'just add water' thanked it!

Saila

is this this that foo who claims to survive on sunshijne again?


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ejmaztec

He's living on fast food, so fast you can't see it.

saywhatyousee

I read about this guy before apparently he draws all his energy and nutrients from the sun while meditating lucky he does not live in Ireland :pac:

aidan24326

Logical Fallacy wrote: »

10 days is doable with no water depending on the temperature of the room.

14 days without water = death.

It's the only way to be sure.

Even 10 days without water would almost certainly be fatal. And with all those years of no food where would he get the energy to survive? For his heart to even keep beating? It's the equivalent of suggesting that you've driven the same car for years without ever needing to refuel it. He is quite simply talking bollox.

TeddyTedson

Let's not give this troll the time of day, he's trolling an Indian hospital. He's 70 and should know better. Lock thread

hatrickpatrick

I've always wondered, could human beings ever evolve some method of photosynthesis? That we could effectively become solar powered?

Ficheall

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prahlad_Jani
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia


Seems legit.
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smokedeels

Big deal, he's no Electricity Mohan

SteelyDanJalapeno

Threads making me hungry

partyatmygaff

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I've always wondered, could human beings ever evolve some method of photosynthesis? That we could effectively become solar powered?

So unlikely that it'd almost be considered impossible.

In fact, i'm almost 100% certain this is a hoax. Photosynthetic plants and archaea may be able to obtain energy using the sun's energy, CO2 and Water but they still need a source of matter to synthesise all the biomolecules needed for life.

Unless he can somehow synthesise nucleic acids, amino acids, lipids and at least glucose using only the Nitrogen, Carbon dioxide, Oxygen, Water vapour and other trace materials and pollutants (Sulfur-containg pollutants in particular) in the air there is absolutely no way that any known organism can survive.

There are only two possible explanations:
1. He is a novel organism that has never been observed before. - Not going to completely discount this possibility but it's incredibly unlikely.
2. It's a hoax. - Most likely.

Logical Fallacy

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Additionally, please do not drink your own urine or eat your own faeces. You will die.

There is no real health risk with regard to drinking your own urine actually, beyond if you have an infection of some kind (kidney, urethra etc).

But yes, you certainly do not want to eat da poo poo.

mcmoustache

My name is URL wrote: »

Originally an Indian symbol for peace and good health.

Thank you.

I keep having to explain this to people every time myself and makikomi pop down to the local synagogue.

RichieC

galwayrush wrote: »

Did he drink his own piss and sweat?

Still impossibru!!1