FW: Top5 - 3/7/97 - Latin Phrases for the 90's

[Andrea Gideon <andreag@dogpound.com>]

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            The Top 15 Latin Phrases for the 90's  
  
  
15> "Log floggit cum palma folliculus."  
     --  (If you don't stop it, you'll go blind.)  
  
14> "Nolo Contendere."  --  (Hillary, you're on your own.)  
  
13> "Domino vobiscum."  --  (The pizza guy's here.)  
  
12> "Dumbassus!  Hottie iste transvestitus!"  
     --  (Fool!  That gorgeous woman is a crossdresser!)  
  
11> "Auda similarum ad seattles."  
     --  (They all sound just like Pearl Jam.)  
  
10> "Erectionus finalum."  
     --  (Anna Nicole Smith is here, Gramps.)  
  
 9> "Boobi falsetti starrius."  
     --  (Sugar, if ya wanna be a star, you're gonna have to do
          something about that bustline.)  
  
 8> "Veni, veni, veni!"  --  (I came, I came, I came!)  
  
 7> "Sharpei diem."  --  (Sieze the Wrinkle Dog.)  
  
 6> "Nucleo predicus dispella conducticus."  
     --  (Remove foil before microwaving.)  
  
 5> "Motorolus interruptus."  
     --  (Hold on, I'm going into a tunnel.)  
  
 4> "Il guyus nissanem iste ickye."  
     --  (That Nissan guy gives me the creeps.)  
  
 3> "Bodicus mutilatimus, unemploymi forevercus."  
     --  (Better take the nose ring out before the job interview.)  
  
 2> "Dictum ad tua mater."  --  (Word to your mother!)  
  
  
    and the Number 1 Latin Phrase for the 90's...  
  
  
 1> "Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, 
     minutus carborata descendum pantorum."  
     --  (A little song, a little dance, 
          a little seltzer down your pants.)  
  
  
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                 Just once, I'd like to see a 
                  claustrophobic mime do that 
                "stuck in a box" trick without 
                   screaming like a banshee.

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