[2386] in Humor
A forward, but a slightly amusing one!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Me :))
Sat Jul 18 02:00:28 1998
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 01:45:23 -0400
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: "Me :)" <jerrod@MIT.EDU>
>Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Emily <phlegmily@rocketmail.com>
>Subject: A forward, but a slightly amusing one!
>
>Less Common Latin Phrases (1 of 2)
>
>In the "what you need to know but didn't know you needed to know it"
>category, I offer the following sent by a friend (first of two parts):
>Slightly Less Common Latin Phrases.
>
>Die dulci fruere.
> Have a nice day.
>Mihi ignosce. Cum homine de cane debeo congredi.
> Excuse me. I've got to see a man about a dog.
>Si hoc signum legere potes, operis boni in rebus
>Latinus alacribus et fructuosis potiri potes!
> If you can read this sign, you can get a good job in
> the fast-paced, high-paying world of Latin!
>Sona si Latine loqueris.
> Honk if you speak Latin.
>Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
> Don't you dare erase my hard disk!
>Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad
>caput tuum saxum immane mittam.
> I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will
> fling an enormous rock at your head.
>Gramen artificiosum odi.
> I hate Astroturf.
>Furnulum pani nolo.
> I don't want a toaster.
>Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare.
> I think some people in togas are plotting against me.
>Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
> I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.
>Noli me vocare, ego te vocabo.
> Don't call me, I'll call you.
>Cave ne ante ullas catapultas ambules.
> If I were you, I wouldn't walk in front of any catapults.
>Canis meus id comedit.
> My dog ate it.
>Illiud Latine dici non potest.
> You can't say that in Latin.
>Vidistine nuper imagines moventes bonas?
> Seen any good movies lately?
>Nullo metro compositum est.
> It doesn't rhyme.
>Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.
> I don't care. If it doesn't rhyme, it isn't a poem.
>Fac ut gaudeam.
> Make my day.
>Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica
>Caledonia-quam elenganter concinnatur!
> Those green pants go so well with that pink shirt
> and the plaid jacket!
>Visne saltare? Viam Latam Fungosam scio.
> Do you want to dance? I know the Funky Broadway.
>Re vera, potas bene.
> Say, you sure are drinking a lot.
>Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant!
> May barbarians invade your personal space!
>Utinam coniurati te in foro interficiant!
> May conspirators assassinate you in the mall!
>Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant!
> May faulty logic undermine your entire philosophy!
>Radix lecti
> Couch potato
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