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yoshida
Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side (Star Wars)

Ad eundum quo nemo ante iit - To boldly go where no Man has gone before

Age. Fac ut gaudeam - Go ahead. Make my day!

Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? - (At a barbeque) Ever noticed how wherever you stand, the smoke goes right into your face?

Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine?

Ascendo tuum - Up yours

Audio, video, disco - I hear, I see, I learn

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!

Braccae tuae aperiuntur - Your fly is open

Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita - Life is too short to dance with ugly women

Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita - Life is too short to dance with ugly men

Cave canem, te necet lingendo - Beware of the dog, he may lick you to death

Clamo, clamatis, omnes clamamus pro glace lactis - I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream

Cogito ergo doleo - I think therefore I am depressed

Cogito sumere potum alterum - I think I'll have another drink

Corripe Cervisiam - Seize the beer!

Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum - Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake

Da mihi sis cerevisiam dilutam - I'll have a light beer

Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo - I'll have a pizza with everything on it

Ducator meus nihil agit sine lagunculae leynidae accedunt - My calculator does not work without batteries

Estne tibi forte magna feles fulva et planissima? - Do you by chance happen to own a large, yellowish, very flat cat?

Estne volumen in toga, an solum tibi libet me videre? - Is that a scroll in your toga, or are you just happy to see me?

Feles mala! cur cista non uteris? stramentum novum in ea posui - Bad kitty! Why don't you use the cat box? I put new litter in it

Fortunatus sum! Pila mea de gramine horrido modo in pratum lene recta volvit! - Isn't that lucky! My ball just rolled out of the rough and onto the fairway!

Heu! Tintinnuntius meus sonat! - Darn! There goes my beeper!

In dentibus anticis frustrum magnum spiniciae habes - You have a big piece of spinach in your front teeth

Machina improba! Vel mihi ede potum vel mihi redde nummos meos! - You infernal machine! Give me a beverage or give me my money back!

Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus - Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries (from Monty Python - Quest for the Holy Grail)

Mei capilli sunt flagrantes - My hair is on fire

Mellita, domi adsum - Honey, I'm home

Monstra mihi pecuniam! - Show me the money!

Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum! - Don't you dare erase my hard disk!

Nihil est--In vita priore ego imperator romanus fui - That's nothing--in a previous life I was a Roman Emperor

Non Gradus Anus Rodentum! - Not Worth A Rats Ass!

Non timetis messor - Don't Fear the Reaper

Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci - I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet

Nonne de novo eboraco venis? - You're from New York, aren't you?

O! Plus! Perge! Aio! Hui! Hem! - Oh! More! Go on! Yes! Ooh! Ummm!

Omnes lagani pistrinae gelate male sapiunt - All frozen pizzas taste lousy

Orbes volantes exstare - Flying saucers are real

Pistrix! Pistrix! - Shark! Shark! (from: Jaws)

Pone ubi sol non lucet! - Put it where the sun don't shine!

Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis - You do not know the power of the dark side

Quid est illa in auqua? - What's that in the water?

Quod foetet? - What's that bad smell?

Quod minimum specimen in te ingenii? - What microscopic evidence of wit can be found in you?

Quomodo cogis comas tuas sic videri? - How do you get your hair to do that?

Re vera, cara mea, mea nil refert - Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn

Re vera, potas bene - Say, you sure are drinking a lot

Sane ego te vocavi. forsitan capedictum tuum desit - I did call. Maybe your answering machine is broken

Semper ubi sub ubi ubique - Always wear underwear everywhere

Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes - Essentially it says, 'if you can read this, you're overeducated.'

Si hoc non legere potes tu asinus es - If you can't read this, you're an ass

Sit vis vobiscum - May the Force be with you. (Star Wars)

Sterca Sancta! - Holy shit!

Stercus accidit - Shit happens

Subucula tua apparet - Your slip is showing

Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure - I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear

Tua mater tam antiquior ut linguam latine loquatur - Your mother is so old she speaks Latin

Tum podem extulit horridulum - You are talking shit

Ubi est mea anaticula cumminosa? - Where’s my rubber ducky?

Utinam barbari spatium proprium tuum invadant! - May barbarians invade your personal space!

Vacca foeda - Stupid cow

Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home

Verveces tui similes pro ientaculo mihi appositi sunt - I have jerks like you for breakfast

Vescere bracis meis - Eat my shorts

Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit - A wise man does not urinate against the wind
Sam
simply hilarous (I'd do it in latin but I don't know how)
yoshida
What can I say... Res severa est verum gaudium.

which means True joy is a serious thing - Yosh
Joe Dalton
QUOTE (yoshida @ Nov 30 2005, 04:10 AM) *
Brevior saltare cum deformibus mulieribus est vita - Life is too short to dance with ugly women

Brevior saltare cum deformibus viris est vita - Life is too short to dance with ugly men


Non vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci - I don't think anyone knows I love the girl; I haven't done anything really silly yet


So true, I just wish the last one wasn't biggrin.gif ... actually, not really, it makes it a lot more fun smile.gif
n9zee
I suppose I should post my appreciation here, seeing as I'm using one in my sig? Thanks Yoshida! biggrin.gif
Arthur Dent
It's nice to have five years of studying Latin suddenly pay off.
Joe Dalton
QUOTE (Arthur Dent @ Dec 1 2005, 08:28 AM) *
It's nice to have five years of studying Latin suddenly pay off.

... Not really though sad.gif
kb7rky
Here's one for you:

Puteus illic vestri forsit - Well, there's your problem!

Doug (KB7RKY)
dragonking
QUOTE (yoshida @ Nov 30 2005, 01:10 AM) *
Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire - I came, I saw, I want to go home



i am going to use that
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