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Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

1097.0. "Aloha Oy!" by CPDW::ROSCH () Tue May 03 1994 11:18

Subj:	New York magazine competition :-)  [from the internet]

 These are from the New York magazine competition where they asked competitors
 to change ONE letter in a familiar non-English phrase and redefine it.

   HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS? - Can you drive a French motorcycle?
   EX POST FUCTO - Lost in the mail
   IDIOS AMIGOS - We're wild and crazy guys!
   VENI, VIPI, VICI - I came; I'm a very important person; I conquered
   J'Y SUIS, J'Y PESTES - I can stay for the weekend
   COGITO EGGO SUM - I think; therefore, I am a waffle
   RIGOR MORRIS - The cat is dead
   RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID - Honk if you're Scots
   QUE SERA SERF - Life is feudal
   LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI - The King is dead.  No kidding.
   POSH MORTEM - Death styles of the rich and famous
   PRO BOZO PUBLICO - Support your local clown
   MONAGE A TROIS - I am three years old
   FELIX NAVIDAD - Our cat has a boat
   HASTE CUISINE - Fast French food
   VENI, VIDI, VICE - I came, I saw, I partied.
   QUIP PRO QUO - A fast retort
   ALOHA OY - Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you should 
   never know
   MAZEL TON - Lots of luck
   APRES MOE LE DELUGE - Larry and Curly get wet
   PORTE-KOCHERE - Sacramental wine
   ICH LIEBE RICH - I'm really crazy about having dough
   FUI GENERIS - What's mine is mine
   VISA LA FRANCE - Don't leave chateau without it
   CA VA SANS DIRT - And that's not gossip
   MERCI RIEN - Thanks for nothin'.
   AMICUS PURIAE - Platonic friend
   L'ETAT, C'EST MOO - I'm bossy around here
   L'ETAT, C'EST MOE - All the world's a stooge
   ESPRIT DE CARPS - Enthusiasm for fishing
   CA VA BEEN - It's history



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1097.1Two quickiesSMURF::BINDERUt res per opera mea meliores fiantTue May 03 1994 15:012
    SUE GENERIS - What's a little litigation among friends?
    ON DAT - Get it on tape.
1097.2DRDAN::KALIKOWWorld-Wide Web: Postmodem CultureTue May 03 1994 15:433
    I (& friends) did a whole series of these a year or two back...  I'll
    post a pointer later... :-)
    
1097.3CPDW::ROSCHThu May 05 1994 12:442
    
    Carp Diem - Gone fishing
1097.4Proposed correction to .3 for survivors of Vietnam eraDRDAN::KALIKOWWorld-Wide Web: Postmodem CultureThu May 05 1994 18:122
    Carp Diem - Ngone fishing
    
1097.5SMURF::BINDERUt res per opera mea meliores fiantFri May 06 1994 07:344
    Carp Diem doesn not qualify; the rule is to change one letter, not omit
    one.  It does, however, trigger the following:
    
    HABEAS CARPUS - We'll try the fish, please.
1097.6... Friday is fish day ...CPDW::CIUFFINIGod must be a Gemini...Fri May 06 1994 08:504
    
    Carpe Diet : Lose 10 pounds in one week!
    
    jc
1097.7CSC32::S_BROOKThere and back to see how far it isFri May 06 1994 10:041
a mari usque ad mare  -> married man tied to mother's apron strings 
1097.8Found the earlier thread... 731.29 _et seq._ ... :-)DRDAN::KALIKOWWorld-Wide Web: Postmodem CultureSun May 08 1994 10:536
    My fave from that series is Beth Rust's 
    
    TABULA RASTA - Don' be erasin' ma tablet, mon.
    
    :-)
    
1097.9DSSDEV::RUSTWed May 11 1994 08:266
    Hey, thanks for finding the other note. I remembered that we'd done
    some of those before, but I have no memory at all of the ones I
    composed. But, as a friend once pointed out, an advantage of
    forgetting things is that you get to be surprised all over again!
    
    -b
1097.10LGP30::KALIKOWReally DRDAN::KALIKOWWed May 11 1994 18:442
You'd be surprised how few occurrences of "POST FUCTO" there are in here...

1097.11From "Apres moi, le deluge."CUPMK::WAJENBERGThu May 12 1994 07:179
    Apres moo, le deluge -- You'll get wet if you stand behind the cow.
    
    Apres mop, le deluge -- Empty the bucket after cleaning the floor.
    
    Apres mow, le deluge -- Cut the grass before it rains.
    
    Apres moi, le delege -- The diplomat is following me.
    
    Earl Wajenberg
1097.12WELSWS::HILLNIt's OK, it'll be dark by nightfallThu May 12 1994 08:571
    Apres moi, le Delage -- The car is following me
1097.13If I may be permitted to bend the rules... :-)DRDAN::KALIKOWWorld-Wide Web: Postmodem CultureThu May 12 1994 11:582
    Aupres moi, La Deneuve -- my fantasy...
    
1097.14...CPDW::CIUFFINIGod must be a Gemini...Thu May 12 1994 14:109
    re: .13
    
    Dan, 
    
    I have checked the DECStandard 131314 on Rule Bending and your
    specific rule and variant are not listed. Please refer to 
    DECStandard 131317 which lists the rules that can be bent and
    the specific variation theretofore.
    jc 
1097.15GIDDAY::BURTScythe my dandelions down, sportThu May 12 1994 18:362
    Apres koi, le deluge - The fish is following on a sled

1097.16SMURF::BINDERUt res per opera mea meliores fiantFri May 13 1994 08:041
    Chacun � son goat -- Stay in your *own* barnyard.
1097.17Aloha!ALLVAX::GELINEAUfear, surprise, and an almost fanatical devotionFri May 13 1994 11:174
    Apres poi, le deluge  (I get sick from Hawaiian food)
    
    
    --angela
1097.18HBFDT1::SCHARNBERGSenior KodierwurstWed May 18 1994 03:3614
    
    Mercedes Bent	- hit the streetlight
    
    Mercedes Lenz	- Cabriolet
    
    Hercedes Benz	- we have two of them
    
    Tel Avis		- famous Israelian rent-a-car hotline
    
    Ruma Eterna		- Hemingway's motto
    
    
    
    Heiko
1097.19HLDE01::SOEMBA::RIKMostly HarmlessThu May 19 1994 08:2919
These don't follow the rule exactly, but nevertheless ...

(VISA LA FRANCE from .0 doesn't, too)


VENI, VIDI, VISA  - I came, I saw, bought some souvenirs

L'ETA, C'EST MOI  - I'll be arriving shortly

L'ETA, C'EST MOI  - Basque Separatist Movement is not that big anymore, nowadays

And a contemporary one:

MENS SAN'A IN CORPORE SANEM - Boy, am I glad we reached the Yemenite capital 
                              unhurt...


                                                        
                                                  - Rik -
1097.20QUOD PRAT DEMONSTRANDUMBONNET::PINEYTue Jun 07 1994 10:595
    ICH LIEBE DICK	guess what I fancy
    COSTUS INTERRUPTUS	I can't afford to do it again
    FIAT SUX		My next car's a Porsche
    TEL PERE, TEL PILS	Call your father, his beer's ready
    POX VOBISCUM	Here's to penicillin