I don't mean to be picky or pedantic, but...

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expat replied

21 August 2008, 13:40
Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

Nah.

That was Methuselah.

960.

Ish.

969. An unforgettable number, when you think about it.
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zeitghost replied

21 August 2008, 13:27
His house was repossessed because he didn't have an echidna to pay the mortgage with...
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Diver replied

21 August 2008, 13:08
Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

Nah.

That was Methuselah.

960.

Ish.

His house was worth 15 goats, 3 camels and an echidna.

I ate an Echidna once........ Nope! sorry it was an anchovy
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Spacecadet replied

21 August 2008, 12:17
Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

His house was worth 15 goats, 3 camels and an echidna.

untill the great property crash of 2348 BC, when it dropped to the price of 2 fish
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TimberWolf replied

21 August 2008, 11:28
Originally posted by zeitghost View Post

Nah.

That was Methuselah.

960.

Ish.

His house was worth 15 goats, 3 camels and an echidna.

I thought Noah, or someone of his ilk, lived for a couple of thousand years?
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zeitghost replied

21 August 2008, 11:25
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

You might be thinking of the worlds oldest living man. That chap might still be the oldest man that ever lived.

Nah.

That was Methuselah.

960.

Ish.

His house was worth 15 goats, 3 camels and an echidna.
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ace00 replied

21 August 2008, 11:13
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

Well I cant help feeling that the reporting has let us down (again), if they meant that they should have been more specific

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They also failed to mention the value of his house and how much he bought it for. Tardy.
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EternalOptimist replied

21 August 2008, 10:47
Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

You might be thinking of the worlds oldest living man. That chap might still be the oldest man that ever lived.

Well I cant help feeling that the reporting has let us down (again), if they meant that they should have been more specific

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TimberWolf replied

21 August 2008, 10:45
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

How can the worlds oldest man have died at 138 years old.
Surely he was the worlds oldest man up till yesterday morning, but he isn't now.

That title now belongs to someone else, who isn't yet a stiff

You might be thinking of the worlds oldest living man. That chap might still be the oldest man that ever lived.
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DaveB replied

21 August 2008, 10:43
Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

I don't mean to be picky or pedantic, but...

I am being deliberately
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EternalOptimist started a topic I don't mean to be picky or pedantic, but...

21 August 2008, 10:42
I don't mean to be picky or pedantic, but...

How can the worlds oldest man have died at 138 years old.
Surely he was the worlds oldest man up till yesterday morning, but he isn't now.

That title now belongs to someone else, who isn't yet a stiff
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