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Carpe Diem - Fish of the Day
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One player will provide a word or phrase in another language, and the next will furnish us with an erudite translation and then a word or phrase of their own...
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Sign the insurance form on the mantle; it insures your hut. Leaf through it and then boil it. Ignore the bad use of verbs.
Gott sei dank
God, I'm drunk!

Du! Deinen Kartoffelsalat ist sehr gemütlich!

Oi, you! I'm going to cart you off as a salad if your mutt does that again!

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
Ents do not breed beyond necessity.

Gutta cavat lapidem.

My guts are carving a hole in my lap

Uppror med hjälp av gerillaförband är den verkliga krigföringsmetoden
Doctors are in uproar over help given to a band of guerilla fighters at the vertical Toden Arakawa Line tram service in Tokyo.
Det lyt ein gong fyrst vera.
Vera turn the light on first.

nix gigt's, fisch gibt's!
We are the knights who say Ni! We give you a herring with which to cut down the mightiest tree in this forest!

securus licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem committas, nulli gravis est percussus Achilles aut multum quaesitus Hylas urnamque secutus
Sexy licences are available from the Ferocious Reticulan Anal committee, but these don't cover beating out people's brains or multiple quantum urn sucking.

Caro dio, sesso me del high. Vorrei credere nella vostra nota. Addestrilo prego calorosamente. Dio, uno da potere me da venire!

My dear, I want to join the mile high club. It will up my street cred and yours. You'll burn off calories! Dear, please, come with me a moment!!!! (said in increasingly desperate voice to an air steward before the passenger was arrested. In her defence, she said she meant she could eat a mile high club biscuit as she was hungry)

Varmista mukava matka: aja autosi junaan. Varaa paikkasi ajoissa
'Tis a misty, moisty morning: I must take the car to June, where I shall park joyfully.

nemo me impune lacessit

(Marlon) Him, my little Nemo, has left!

rubet auditor cui frigida mens est criminibus tacita sudant praecordia culpa
Worldcom auditors are cold men with criminal tendancies who will deny anything is their fault.

valse hoop nooit open deuren

It's not Hoop Night, so open the door!

O bob trwm, trymaf henaint.

Oi, Bob, it's your turn -- I moved to Hainault.

Quid pro quo

Tit for tat

ketam menyuruh anaknya berjalan betul

Budge, Alan, fetch your anorak, get many euros and bet them all.

Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu, Pie Jesu, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona eis requiem
Pies, pies, pies, for Christ's sake. We've pecked at them since Monday. Let's finish off those kebabs.

Vedi Napoli e poi mori.

Get a nap and have more poi.

Wie der Acker, so die Ruben,wie der Vater, so die Buben.
What do Acker Bilk, Ruby Wax and an old fart have in common?

Pana la sfarsitul acestui an ne propunem sa cream si o retea de corespondenti
Pan those farcical ancestors for failing to use proper salad cream to seal their correspondence.

Una furtiva lagrima

secret legroom

os mundi donare flammas et sulfurum minarit - cave quattor equites ultimae exstinctionis!
Our mouth gives forth flames and sulphurous minerals - in the cave where share dealers find their ultimate extinction! (From a description of the circles of Hell.)

Liberté, eqalité, fraternité!

Free kick - equaliser - oh brother! (From the commentary on the '98 World Cup)
Oops, my move.
När kunderna som drabbats protesterat har de mötts av hot om indrivning och stämningar
Don't condemn some lifeless bats - a rat is picketing John Motson, now a hot Buddhist who refuses to drive Scottish cars that stutter. (A letter written to Ally McCoist by a Ukranian fan with a particularly bad dictionary)

dura lex sed lex
Durex - made from legs.

Oppmøtet var også lavere enn regjeringen hadde håpet
This motet shows you how to wash your pet's hat in the rain.

ante bellum

I implore you O sister of my proud father to please call them soonest

Danka zrob-co, bo cie zdupcza
Thankyou to Robbie and gang - when the crowds say Bo! Selecta

Ne pas mélanger piles neuves et usagées
Please don't use melon scrapings on your piles

Muihin konsertteihin myydään lippuja kunkin tilaisuuden järjestäjän valitsemassa lippu
My concert teeth have slipped down the back of the sofa.

By way of the merest hint of a suggestion that a certain stage may have been reached:

Croissant à la Matin-Tonne

Hmm, that looks familiar... French, is it? Let's see, morning... ton... croissant? Something about breakfast?

I'm stumped.

A worry, my fine friend - I wonder whether they are toasted or roasted? Nevertheless, it's the weight that bothers me! Then again, it could be something to with Easter?

I too shall retire.

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