Another Latin Joke

swin...@ecs.umass.edu

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Feb 28, 1991, 6:30:30 PM2/28/91

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my latin teacher from high school had this sign posted in her classroom:

O Sibili, Si ergo
Fortibuses in Ero
Nobili Demis Trux
Sewatis Enim? Cowsendux.

Good ol Latin

SWIN...@alpha.ecs.umass.edu

Dojun Yoshikami

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Mar 5, 1991, 9:37:19 AM3/5/91

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In article <12641.2...@ecs.umass.edu> swin...@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>my latin teacher from high school had this sign posted in her classroom:
>
>O Sibili, Si ergo
>Fortibuses in Ero
>Nobili Demis Trux
>Sewatis Enim? Cowsendux.
>

Reminds me of this latin phrase:

Braccae Tuae Aperiuntur.

(I think it means ``Your fly is open'')

DY

Gary Wong

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Mar 7, 1991, 6:06:04 AM3/7/91

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Not bad those latin jokes. This is the way I heard it:
O sed villi, si emgo,
Fortibuses in aro,
O no villi deis trux,
Vot es enim? Caus an dux.

Also, theres this joke that we rearranged to make the name of our teacher,
cant remember the original:
Burnibus sitibus on the deskinorium
Deskibus collapsibus, burnus on the floorum.

The ever present
Latin is the language, as dead as dead can be,
It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me.

and one I can't quite remember how it goes:
Caesar ad erum,
Brutus ad erat.
Caesar sic in omnibus,
Brutus in 'is 'at.

Thats about all I can remember, but we went through a fair few in between
Virgil and other dudes like im!

Gary.

CT Hart

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Mar 8, 1991, 12:11:37 PM3/8/91

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COGITO ERGO SPUD

(I think, therefore I yam)

Michael Nolan

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Mar 9, 1991, 12:41:50 AM3/9/91

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c...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (CT Hart) writes:

> COGITO ERGO SPUD

> (I think, therefore I yam)

Two more:

COGITO ERGO SPAM

(I think, therefore I am Monty Python!)

Or as Sadaam Hussein was heard to say,:

COGITO ERGO SCUD

(I think, therefore....OH....SHIT!!!!!)

cs170...@vger.nsu.edu

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Mar 8, 1991, 7:51:40 PM3/8/91

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How about this stirring slogan for our sailors:

ARMAGEDDON SIC ADISNE VI

(with thanks and apologies to Adm. Dan Gallery, where ever he may be)

Jean

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Dan Sandin

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Mar 12, 1991, 8:13:05 PM3/12/91

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I've never studied latin, [but I play one on tv... nonono]
I've never studied Latin, but I took a guess knowing a few roots,
and came up with this:

Coito Ergo Sum

(I fuck, therefore I am)

Is this correct?

stephan c/o san...@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu

Andrew Duane

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Mar 14, 1991, 7:44:00 PM3/14/91

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In article <1750...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> c...@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (CT Hart) writes:

> COGITO ERGO SPUD
> (I think, therefore I yam)

COGITO COGITO ERGO COGITO SUM

blewi...@gmail.com

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Jan 4, 2017, 7:13:03 PM1/4/17

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Our high school latin teacher gave us those lines as well as another page and a half of continued Latin that, when simply read aloud , made a silly story. Anyone have recollection of that???

The Horny Goat

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Jan 6, 2017, 12:09:57 PM1/6/17

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My Latin sucks and so does Google Translate's rendition of this. Help?

Mark F

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Jan 7, 2017, 4:28:04 PM1/7/17

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On Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:10:04 -0800, The Horny Goat <lcr...@home.ca>
wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jan 2017 16:13:02 -0800 (PST), blewi...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >On Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-5, swin...@ecs.umass.edu wrote:
> >> my latin teacher from high school had this sign posted in her classroom:
> >>
> >> O Sibili, Si ergo

Oh silly ??? see? her? go?

> >> Fortibuses in Ero
Forty buses in a row
> >> Nobili Demis Trux
? is trucks
> >> Sewatis Enim? Cowsendux.
See what is in them? Cows and ducks.

deT notsuH

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Jan 8, 2017, 9:04:39 AM1/8/17

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>>> O Sibili, Si ergo

Oh, see? Billy, see her go

>>> Fortibuses in Ero

40 buses in a row

>>> Nobili Demis Trux

No, Billy, them is trucks

>>> Sewatis Enim? Cowsendux.

See what's in 'em? Cows and ducks.

>>>
>>>
>>> Good ol Latin

The one I remember was

Lucat bene, derdago
Tausan busis inaro
Nojo, demis trux
Sumit cowsin, sumit dux

--
deT notsuH bass-ackwards ude.hcimu@pcird
"Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded
wheelchair." -- Dorothy Parker

gt...@hotmail.com

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Aug 27, 2018, 6:29:00 PM8/27/18

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On Thursday, February 28, 1991 at 6:30:30 PM UTC-5, swin...@ecs.umass.edu wrote:

It is causen dux

randys...@gmail.com

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Mar 23, 2020, 5:45:59 PM3/23/20

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1972, second year Latin ...

O sibili, si ergo,
Fortibus in ero.
O nobili, denim trux.
Si vatis enim? Causan dux.

Thank you Mr. Areno (Liverpool High School)