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Subject:Teach someone a bit of Latin From:Paul Branchaud <paul -at- VEDGE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 7 Mar 1997 15:29:42 -0500
Given the random Latin posts, I figured everyone would get a decent
chuckle out of this.
BTW, my favorite Latin expression is painted on the chin of my goalie
mask: Carpe Disculum--Seize the Puck! :)
Paul
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The Top 15 Latin Phrases for the 90's
15> "Log floggit cum palma folliculus."
-- (If you don't stop it, you'll go blind.)
14> "Nolo Contendere." -- (Hillary, you're on your own.)
13> "Domino vobiscum." -- (The pizza guy's here.)
12> "Dumbassus! Hottie iste transvestitus!"
-- (Fool! That gorgeous woman is a crossdresser!)
11> "Auda similarum ad seattles."
-- (They all sound just like Pearl Jam.)
10> "Erectionus finalum."
-- (Anna Nicole Smith is here, Gramps.)
9> "Boobi falsetti starrius."
-- (Sugar, if ya wanna be a star, you're gonna have to do
something about that bustline.)
8> "Veni, veni, veni!" -- (I came, I came, I came!)
7> "Sharpei diem." -- (Sieze the Wrinkle Dog.)
6> "Nucleo predicus dispella conducticus."
-- (Remove foil before microwaving.)
5> "Motorolus interruptus."
-- (Hold on, I'm going into a tunnel.)
4> "Il guyus nissanem iste ickye."
-- (That Nissan guy gives me the creeps.)
3> "Bodicus mutilatimus, unemploymi forevercus."
-- (Better take the nose ring out before the job interview.)
2> "Dictum ad tua mater." -- (Word to your mother!)
and the Number 1 Latin Phrase for the 90's...
1> "Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum,
minutus carborata descendum pantorum."
-- (A little song, a little dance,
a little seltzer down your pants.)
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