tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post7796471635119647137..comments2024-02-24T02:36:37.956-06:00Comments on Dizzy's Wanderings & Wonderings: Waist LineDizzy-Dickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-29806474516583816122010-08-13T07:08:53.151-05:002010-08-13T07:08:53.151-05:00Ben & Kathie, thanks for straightening me out ...Ben & Kathie, thanks for straightening me out on that. I heard that one also. Wasn't the wake started then, also, to make sure the person was really dead?<br /><br />Ernest, thanks for the translation. We must all take heed.Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-39179402140640090662010-08-13T06:19:30.721-05:002010-08-13T06:19:30.721-05:00Speaking of old sayings, I have a single bumper st...Speaking of old sayings, I have a single bumper sticker on my truck. It says, Mene Mene Tekle, Uphrasine!<br /><br />Many people have heard the old saying,'The hand writing on the wall' but did you ever wonder what the handwriting said?<br /><br />The bumper sticker tells us. <br /><br />A hand appeared out of thin air and wrote those words on the wall of king's palace in Babylon.<br /><br />'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.' "This is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE'--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. " 'TEKEL'--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. " 'PERES'--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." <br />(Dan 5:25-28 NASB)<br /><br />Peres is the plural of Upharsin!<br /><br />This warning could easily be applied to the USA now-a-days, too!Ernesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316124532748966612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-35846380314706210722010-08-12T21:28:27.326-05:002010-08-12T21:28:27.326-05:00Hi Dick,
This is what I found on Wikipedia:
"...Hi Dick,<br />This is what I found on Wikipedia:<br /><br />"The expression "Saved by the bell" came from the Black plague time when they used to bury people not knowing whether they were really dead or not. If the person was still alive, they would ring a bell that was attached by a string, and the night guard would unbury them."<br />By the way speaking of things shrinking, I found out the other day I am now 5'4" from the 5'7" I have been all my adult life. The incredible shrinking woman! Enjoyed the story of your lowering waist!Kathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334174033025219569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297986341537650775.post-7160202794760135162010-08-12T10:27:57.939-05:002010-08-12T10:27:57.939-05:00I always heard that saved by the bell, referred to...I always heard that saved by the bell, referred to the plague or some such, when seemingly deal people were accidentally buried alive. So they started putting a string in the coffin attached to a small bell above ground. Should the corpus awake and ring the bell, he was "saved by the bell "Ben in Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09068952818736489066noreply@blogger.com