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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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The post office uses DC3s as their work horse.

¡Encima de su, compañero!

Smile at the customers, salaryman!

Schlesischer Mohnkuchen mit dicken Butterstreuseln nach original schlesischen Familienrezept

That film director man cooks Spotted Dick with butter for his family's unique reception.

Zweckmäßige Handlung, Orientation, Richtung

Deliver message by hand, face the right direction and use flowery language.

Tawelwch! Llyfrgell yw hwn, 'dach i'n gwbod.

Infidel! Bow down before us, the Klingon army!

En caso de ser victima o testigo de un delito en el Metro de Londres, llame a la British Transport Police.
If the trains break down, alternative transport by llama will be arranged by the British Transport Police.

Enchiridion indulgentiarum

And Celine Dion likes being pampered with smells.

Haws twyllo maban na gwrachan.

Prostitutes around here may not be women.

de mieren onder de vloer hebben partijen

The meerkats over there with the voles are having a great party.

Klettern Sie jedes Gebirgssegel jedes Meer

The Jedi Gerbils Collective have just joined the party and are trying to convert the meerkats to Jedi-ism.

Si fallatis officium, quaestor infitias eat se quicquam scire de factis vestris

If you are attending the sexual needs of anyone important, ask how long it will take, if anyone knows where he is and whether it will ruin your clothes.
ningit, Quinte, suntne tua ilia - sine tunica talari - glaciata?

Time warning: Competitors in this free-for-all MUST make their entries within a reasonable time. ZK came very close to having a substitute made ... please, all, take care with your timing - it is important to all parties (e.g. 7:30 for 8:00 means that I turn up at 9:00 so that I can watch everyone else make fools of themselves.)
ningit, Quinte, suntne tua ilia - sine tunica talari - glaciata?
Huh? What did I do?

Nuffin, apart from a 25 minute gap between answer/post; Anyhoo, never take anything here as personal, I simply have to prove that my existence is real and necessary. OK, where's the next party?

So, putting entries back where they belong:


ningit, Quinte, suntne tua ilia - sine tunica talari - glaciata?
Dammit, where's Quentin? He was with us a moment ago... Oh hell, we didn't leave him on the iceberg, did we?

Wenn ich lächele, habe ich eine Öffnung voll der Zähne; wenn ich die Stirn runzele, bin ich nicht hier gleichmäßig.

When I cry, I have offal full of zithering. When my stern rumbles, I don't do any glassmaking here.

Pisteuomen eis hena Theon Patera pantokratora, panton oraton te kai aoraton poiten.
Pisteuomen eis hena kyrion Iesoun Christon, ton huion tou theou, gennezenta ek tou patros monogene, toutestin ek tes ousias tou patros, theon ek theou alethinou, gennethena, ou poiethenta, homoousion toi patgri de ou ta panta egeneto, ta te en toi ouranoi kai ta epi tes ton de hemas tous anthropous kai da ten hemeteran sotererian katelthonta kai sarkothenta kai enanthropesanta, pathonta, kai anasanta tei tritei hemera, kai anelthonta eis tous othranous, kai erchomenon krinai zontas kai nekrous.
Kai eis Hagion Pneuma.
The piston is in father's underwear drawer, the underwear is being aired outside. The piston is in Kylie's bosomy chest, a ton for him, a ton for you, knees up for your father's one-legged jeans, tested on the ooze of your father, you and you with the thin ale, old jeans, or poem-ends, your manly fluids [the remainder of the text describes acts of such depravity as to endanger the reader's virtue were they to be translated].

ipso facto

NHS waiting list for Hip Replacements

Het spijt me, ik spreek geen Engels

I hate spit, me, and that bloke off Vets in Practice said it was icky too.

longum iter atque molestum eos adhuc manebat.
It's a long time at the mausoleum for anyone to smack a lion on the head. (I don't know, these Romans are crazy)

Meenya yest tree syestree ee sobarka. Ya nye paneemaiyoo p'angleeski
*overcoming temptation to translate literally* My wooden sisters are mean bitches. It's true! They spread mayonnaise on my skis and broke them.
Dio mio! E gia mezzogiorno! Dobbiamo sbrigarci!
Holy crap! The pirates threw Dobby off our balcony!

Darling, the ant got loose in the inkwell again and this time he's having an epileptic fit.

mortam sic quisquam exhorruit
If you tell the truth, you are dead!

Je jamais, ne fais jamais cela.

Pyjamas! Nice pyjamas for sale!

Veuillez appeler le directeur, il y a une grenouille dans ma toilette.

Please call Mr Arkwright, Granville's been sick in my toilet.


iudicio? quid enim saluis infamia nummis?
Eustace? Is your family so large that it costs a pound just to say hello?

Il bugiardo vuola buona memoria.

His budgerigar stole a skeleton of mine from the Mines of Moria!

scriptus et in tergo necdum finitus Orestes?
This script is a like a terd down the neck, find the writers and arrest them!

Indem er seinen Mantel anzog und seinen Hut aufsetze, lief er aus dem Zimmer. Das Baden ist hier verboten
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.

I say, Mornington Crescent!
*shouts, screams, generally goes wild for Megaphone*
Hearing good things about you. Although after reading this web sight I realize you are totally off the wall!!! Uncle Bill said it's not inherited, but I'm not sure about that!. Hope all is well with you, and enjoy your Christmas season.
I WANT MALE SEX TOYS FRE WITHOUT CASH
SEX TOY
Any chance the game may start up again ? Quite intriguing indices to the streams of certain consciousnesses. And whence Angus Prune these days ? Have missed him since the dear ISIRTA days.
Yeah, this was a good game. Might be worth beginning a new incarnation of it.
ff
ff: musical sign meaning to whistle the marked passage.
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