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DavidG
1st August 2004, 09:33 PM
Could you rephrase this and run it by me again?

1. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
2. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific.
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage will congregate.
4. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately scattered lacteal fluid.
5. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
6. Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to divinity.
7. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
9. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not rise to a state of rapid energetic vaporization.
10. Neophyte's serendipity
11. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.
12. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices should abstain from hand-launching missiles of crusty geomorphic material.
13. Where visible vapors originate from excessive caloric effluence from carbonaceous material, there is conflagration.
14. Omnifarious articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
15. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
16. Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous juvenile male.
17. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping comestibles.
18. A revolving solid geological conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous bryophitic plants.
19. Ligneous growths or articles of plerous consistency may fracture my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally be benign.

Robert WA
1st August 2004, 09:49 PM
Could you rephrase this and run it by me again?

1. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
2. Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minific.
3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage will congregate.
4. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately scattered lacteal fluid.
5. The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
6. Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to divinity.
7. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
8. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
9. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not rise to a state of rapid energetic vaporization.
10. Neophyte's serendipity
11. Male cadavers are incapable of yielding testimony.
12. Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices should abstain from hand-launching missiles of crusty geomorphic material.
13. Where visible vapors originate from excessive caloric effluence from carbonaceous material, there is conflagration.
14. Omnifarious articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.
15. Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.
16. Exclusive dedication to necessary chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous juvenile male.
17. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping comestibles.
18. A revolving solid geological conglomerate accumulates no diminutive glaucous bryophitic plants.
19. Ligneous growths or articles of plerous consistency may fracture my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally be benign.

Can't work them all out, but here is a start.

2. Twinkle, twinkle little star.
4. Don't cry over spilled milk.
5. The pen is mightier than the sword.
6. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
7. You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
8. Spare the rod, spoile the child.
9. A watched pot never boils.
11. Dead men don't lie. ????????????? That doesn't quite work.
12. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
13. Where there is smoke there is fire.
16. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
17. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
18. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
19. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
3. Birds of a feather flock together.

That's enough. Someone else finish it.

journeyman Mick
1st August 2004, 10:09 PM
1) beauty is only skin deep
3) birds of a feather flock together
10) beginner's luck
11) dead men tell no tales
14) not all that glitters is gold
15) :confused:

David,
you've obviously been living in the ACT for too long and have started to speak bureaucratic hogwash! :D

Mick

DavidG
1st August 2004, 10:15 PM
Mick
Naah! I nicked it from another site. :D
Dave..

hexbaz
1st August 2004, 11:29 PM
15) :confused: Beggers can't be choosers.

AlexS
1st August 2004, 11:39 PM
As a superannuated former occupant of public office (public servant) I had no trouble understanding the originals, but don't expect me to put it into words that can be understood by just about anyone!

hexbaz
2nd August 2004, 12:52 AM
Here's another:

20. Elementary sartorial techniques intitially applied, preclude repetitious actions to the squares of three.

Bob Willson
2nd August 2004, 05:14 AM
Dressed to the nines

hexbaz
2nd August 2004, 05:15 AM
Dressed to the ninesNot quite! I must admit that it kind of fits though... 'repetitious' is important.

Tankstand
2nd August 2004, 05:36 AM
A stitch in time saves nine?

hexbaz
2nd August 2004, 06:57 AM
A stitch in time saves nine?Yes ;)

Iain
2nd August 2004, 06:43 PM
He displays all the sagacity of a lavatory rodent.

Driver
2nd August 2004, 07:00 PM
He's as cunning as a sh*thouse rat.

He might also be said to be as well-lubricated as a rodent with auric dentition.

Iain
3rd August 2004, 09:06 AM
Smooth/slick as a rat with a gold tooth?

Driver
3rd August 2004, 11:12 AM
Got it in one, Iain. (I prefer slick myself- it carries a connotation of greasy sleaziness. Smooth is a bit too James Bond).

silentC
3rd August 2004, 12:19 PM
You are as jocose as an abrupt expulsion of intestinal gas ;)

Driver
3rd August 2004, 01:28 PM
You are as jocose as an abrupt expulsion of intestinal gas ;)

You're as phunny as a phart!

Or, in Franch as she is spoken by the Captoon:-

Yo're as feeny as a phoot!

Large rationalisation apparatuses (apparati) have similar cognitive processes.

craigb
3rd August 2004, 01:36 PM
Great minds think alike :)

Iain
3rd August 2004, 06:25 PM
Maybe unctious would have been a better choice :D
Now, how do we phrase as greasy as a butchers p****?
Unctious as a meat workers wedding tackle, over to you!

RETIRED
3rd August 2004, 07:39 PM
We don't! :D :D :D :D