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- From: mei141@cch.coventry.ac.uk (PH)
- Subject: Re: Sesquipedalian Sayings, et cetera
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- References: <21270@ksr.com> <1993Jan22.101302.5143@memstvx1.memst.edu> <1993Jan25.201358.9824@ll.mit.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 12:56:53 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan25.201358.9824@ll.mit.edu> jfinn@ll.mit.edu (Joe Finnivan) writes:
- >
- >In article <1993Jan22.101302.5143@memstvx1.memst.edu>, nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu writes:
- >|> In article <21270@ksr.com>, johnk@ksr.com (John Kavazanjian) writes:
- >|> > I have a request from a friend to find something that someone around may
- >|> > still have. Here it is:
- >|> >
- >|> > Two years ago, someone faxed me a two-page list of
- >|> > common folk sayings translated into sesquipedelian (sp?)
- >|> > terminology, to whit:
- >|> >
- >|> > Scintillate, Scintillate Asteroid Minific
- >|> > (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)
- >|> >
- >|> > You get the idea.
- >|>
- >|> And a good one it is! Let's just start our own list. Break out the
- >|> dictionaries and thesauri - here we go. (And don't explain them unless
- >|> they are particularly abstruse or the references are especially esoteric.)
- >|> Remember, correct spelling and accurate attribution is important here.
- >|>
- >|> An overabundance of talent skilled in the preparation of gastronomic
- >|> concoctions will impair the quality of a certain potable solution made
- >|> by immersing a gallinaceous bird in ebullient Adam's ale.
- >|>
- >|> --
- >|>
- >|> oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo
- >|> oo1oo Binary 4s all around. And a "bit-bird" to you too! oo1oo
- >|> oo1oo ------------------------------------------------------ oo1oo
- >|> oo1oo Some people don't know the difference between a grin oo1oo
- >|> oo1oo and a grimace. /s/Dennis (nealhd@memstvx1.memst.edu) oo1oo
- >|> oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo oo1oo
- >|>
- >
- >How about:
- > You, sir, are a complete copulating anal orifice.
- >
- >Joe
-
-
- Or from Monty Python:
-
- You, Your Majesty, are like a stream of bat's piss.
-
- Eh?
-
- ^L
- I simply mean, that you are like a shaft of gold, when all around is
- black
-
-
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