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Topic: What's Your "Motto(s) To Live By"? (Latin only)
started by: The_Stomper

Posted by The_Stomper on Jan. 28 2001,03:16

"Carpe Noctum" = "Seize the Night"

Pretty obvious why I live by this. The night time is the right time.

"Cogito ergo non ferio" = "I think, therefore I miss"

Don't think - shoot. By the time you've boarded your train of thought, I'll be derailing it with a .50 calibre slug. (God damn, I love the H&K PSG-1. Too bad shooting it feels like getting hit it the shoulder with a sledgehammer.)

Stomper

Posted by CatKnight on Jan. 28 2001,03:29

i need a english to latin dictionary then i'll post mine

Posted by Wolfguard on Jan. 28 2001,10:19

Fuck that latin shit. Its dead.

"Due unto others then split"
"Dead is dead. Parts is parts."
"Check it buddy" makes sense if you play paintball

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Posted by DuSTman on Jan. 28 2001,13:10

Our IT teacher left school and said the following

"Age et animo"

He said if anyone found out what it meant, and he ever saw us again, he'd buy that person a drink.

Any ideas anyone..

Also, my motto has always been "never commence work on an electrically powered device without isolating it from the mains first" - a sage piece of advice i'm sure we can all benefit from.

This message has been edited by DuSTman on January 29, 2001 at 08:12 AM

Posted by kuru on Jan. 28 2001,13:26

latin died a long ass time ago.

in the words of the ghostbusters:

we came, we saw, we kicked it's ass.

and um,
ok so i don't really have any mottos. i just go through life.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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Posted by Cyrino on Jan. 28 2001,13:56

Well, either:
"The best fun is at someone else's expense."
or:
"It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care." (Man, I love Office Space)

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Posted by whiskey@throttle on Jan. 28 2001,16:21

excerpt from one of my favorite poems:

dulce et decorum est, pro patria mori.

Posted by CatKnight on Jan. 28 2001,19:11

we mortals are but shadows and dust (maximus!)...shadows and dust!

Posted by Prometheus on Jan. 28 2001,20:55

Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam.
It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice.

Oderint, dum metuant.
May they hate me, if only they fear me.

(Personal favorite) Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
I loathe the uneducated mass and keep them away from me.

And who can forget my sig?
He must fear many, whom many fear.

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Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent.

This message has been edited by Prometheus on January 29, 2001 at 04:03 PM

Posted by Spydir Web on Jan. 28 2001,21:54

if someone tells me the latin translation of the following I'll make them into a plaque thing...
-shut the fuck up you skank whore
-I always forget my "special bag of magic" whenever I need it
-I love you all, except you, you, you, you... yeah, I don't like you either
-that song sucks, that band sucks, and most of all you suck (I use that when people talk all big about pretty crappy music)
-if it's not flamable, it's not my friend!
-Let them eat cake, for they will get fat and juicy >=)

and one last "serious" one I somewhat live by:
-You hit me, I hit you. Twice. Bitch.

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Posted by askheaves on Jan. 28 2001,22:37

quote:
Originally posted by The_Stomper:
"Carpe Noctum" = "Seize the Night"

Carpe Scrotum = Seize the Nuts

Posted by PersonGuy on Jan. 29 2001,02:57

Hehe, ask-man!

Hey, spyder! You've inspired me to dig my dictionary out of the garage! I'll get you some translations soon...

"We are just dust in the wind dude. Dust! Wind! Dude!"

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This message has been edited by PersonGuy on January 29, 2001 at 09:58 PM

Posted by darksol on Jan. 29 2001,06:11

"fuck everyone, this shit is for me."
sorry if its not in latin, the latin equivilent just doesnt do it justice.

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This message has been edited by darksol on January 30, 2001 at 02:20 AM

Posted by Wolfguard on Jan. 29 2001,12:34

quote:
Originally posted by DuSTman:
Also, my motto has always been "never commence work on an electrically powered device without isolating it from the mains first" - a sage piece of advice i'm sure we can all benefit from.

Bah! I still hot spice my welding machine into the 220 on the hot side of the panel when i need it. Do you think i call the power company first? Then again 110 and 220 dont seem to bother me all that much. 440 3phase is another story. Ouch!

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Posted by kuru on Jan. 29 2001,19:51

it's not the volts that'll kill ya. it's the amps.

wolfguard: they do use 440 V for the electric chair, and they crank the amperage and apply it in 1 second bursts. i've seen some rather lovely skull photos of executionees.. nice burn markings.

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'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
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Posted by peregrin on Jan. 30 2001,10:31

erare(sp?) humanum est

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Posted by Dark Knight Bob on Jan. 30 2001,16:40

yeah bout the voltage thing. you know those things that wind up and make your hair stand on end that they have in schools to demonstarte static electricity. tesla coils >: ) well they give you a shock of approx. 10,000 volts and that dont kills ya now does it.

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This message has been edited by Dark Knight Bob on January 31, 2001 at 11:41 AM

Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Jan. 30 2001,21:18

quote:
Originally posted by PersonGuy:
"We are just dust in the wind dude. Dust! Wind! Dude!"

Like sand in the hourglass, these are the days of our lives.

SAN DIMAS HIGHSCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!!!!

This message has been edited by damien_s_lucifer on January 31, 2001 at 04:19 PM

Posted by Happyfish on Jan. 31 2001,15:52

Klaatu Barada Nikto

Posted by Wolfguard on Jan. 31 2001,15:57

do unto others then split

do unto others then loot the bodies

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Posted by KL1NK on Feb. 03 2001,16:36

Populus vult decipi.

Posted by kuru on Feb. 03 2001,20:43

RUFUSSS!!

'we'd love to take you with us dude, but this is a history report...not a future report..'

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kuru
'dancing is the vertical expression of horizontal desire.'
-robert frost

Posted by a.out on Feb. 03 2001,21:52

here's my personal favorite:

Quicquid latine dictum, altum videtur

Here is the meaning:

"Whatever, having been said in latin, sounds profound"

Then there is the standard phrase all latin students know: "Semper ubi, sub ubi" - "Always where, under wear"

Of all the others I've seen posted so far, I like "Carpe scrotum" the most

Edit: spelling stuff

This message has been edited by a.out on February 04, 2001 at 04:53 PM