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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread methuselah #189116 02/05/2010 3:49 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague methuselah: 1. An extremely old man. 2. An oversized wine bottle holding approx. 6 liters. Language is a limitless source of amusement. Considering these definitions I was thinking of them as possible synonyms. ( only the contents might be a few liters more) (or less) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah BranShea #189117 02/05/2010 4:05 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I thought the No. 2 was a magnum. but this shows me differently: wine bottles Last edited by Buffalo Shrdlu; 02/05/2010 4:07 PM. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah BranShea #189118 02/05/2010 4:09 PM Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA kah454 journeyman kah454 journeyman Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 95 Long Island, NY USA Does anyone remember the band Methuselah from the 60's? They had one record. Later they morphed into Amazing Blondel Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah Buffalo Shrdlu #189120 02/05/2010 4:47 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague melchior The one in the middle must be the melchior (18 liters) the one on the right the methusala. I guess it needs a Goliath to pour from that melchior. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah BranShea #189122 02/06/2010 1:14 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 I wonder how many babies were fathered by a methuselah. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah Avy #189123 02/06/2010 1:31 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: Avy I wonder how many babies were fathered by a methuselah. if shakespeare had it rigght perhaps not so many? “It provokes the desire but it takes away the performance" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah latishya #189127 02/06/2010 4:25 AM Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 Avy old hand Avy old hand Joined: Jun 2000 Posts: 724 What does shakespeare do about it? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah Avy #189128 02/06/2010 4:31 AM Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... latishya enthusiast latishya enthusiast Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 390 कहीं &... Originally Posted By: Avy What does shakespeare do about it? he said music was the food of love and a good mujhra seems to get people in the mood for something not unconnected to love so he might have been right. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah latishya #189132 02/06/2010 12:59 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The context (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah zmjezhd #189133 02/06/2010 6:31 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague The song: " Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in To no man what's nine hundred years I'm preachin' dis sermon to show .................. It ain't necessarily so " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah BranShea #189231 02/12/2010 4:54 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water In his 969 years only one is mentioned, and obviously for the Genesis author, only one mattered: Lamech. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: methuselah LukeJavan8 #189247 02/13/2010 12:53 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Yeahbut. He was a sprightly 187 when he fathered Lamech. And, since Lamech was Noah's father and we're all descended from Noah, Methuselah is the great-grand-daddy of us all. Also, of the seven generations before Methuselah, only one, fifth generation Maholalol, died younger than 900 years. And he lasted to 895. 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