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nuisance lurkers.

That is fecking inspired!

Credit yourself with the kilolurk on the lurk thread and then give me my dues for the 999.

It will need an ammendment approved by the legislative council..
'note - points cannot be imported from lurks achieved on other threads'..

Jobsworths.

rowan wrote:

Stones of granite wrote:Apropos of not very much, the Turkish Deputy PM is an ethnic Kurd and dual citizen, holding a British passport in addition to his Turkish one. I’m pretty sure, as a consequence, that it was he who came up with the name of “Operation Olive Branch”.

Straight out of the US-Israeli book of surreal and ironic names for military invasions.

Another of my cringe/hates, just to keep it within the confines of the thread title...

Moves are now afoot to bestow the title of 'Gazi' upon our glorious leader; an epithet traditionally reserved for the most successful of Ottoman sultans upon the battlefied...

OptimisticJock wrote:22ud93.jpg

Wrong thread OJ, should be in 'Random funny images'

rowan wrote:

rowan wrote:

Stones of granite wrote:Apropos of not very much, the Turkish Deputy PM is an ethnic Kurd and dual citizen, holding a British passport in addition to his Turkish one. I’m pretty sure, as a consequence, that it was he who came up with the name of “Operation Olive Branch”.

Straight out of the US-Israeli book of surreal and ironic names for military invasions.

Another of my cringe/hates, just to keep it within the confines of the thread title...

Moves are now afoot to bestow the title of 'Gazi' upon our glorious leader; an epithet traditionally reserved for the most successful of Ottoman sultans upon the battlefied...

Our glorious leader and 'Gazi' warrior is now marching about in military uniform, personally overseeing the magnificent conquest and summonsing American, Russian and European representatives to his chambers in order to express disapproval at anything less than blind obedience.

Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. Not to be consumed with beware of the buyer.

welshsaint wrote:Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. Not to be consumed with beware of the buyer.

Coming in at number 1 on the Latin Phrases People Pretend to Understand chart:

Before money-back guarantees and 20-year warranties, caveat emptor was indispensable advice for the consumer. These days, it'd be more fitting to have it tattooed on the foreheads of used-car salesmen, infomercial actors, and prostitutes. For extra credit points, remember that caveat often makes solo appearances at cocktail parties (& rugby forums ) as a fancy term for a warning or caution. Oh, and just so you know, caveat lector means "let the reader beware."

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54011/10 ... understand

With a week of Super Bowl build up still to come, people talking about uniform match ups. Or people refereeing to them as unis. Really bugs me.

switchskier wrote:With a week of Super Bowl build up still to come, people talking about uniform match ups. Or people refereeing to them as unis. Really bugs me.

Hadn't heard that. Personally I think NFL commentators are great. Joe Theismann and John Madden were my favorites back in the day. I think the British & Saffas do rugby best, and Aussies rugby league. But NZ commentators are awful, full of cliches and cheesy word plays that always sound a little contrived and never quite come off with that dorky short front vowel shift. & that's my cringe hate on this topic: Dorky-sounding Kiwi sports commentators.

I think the British & Saffas do rugby best, and Aussies rugby league

Perhaps it's something to do with the heritage of the codes, but having a slightly posh accent seems to help with rugby commentating, while rugby league requires a bit of mongrel and occasional wacky humor.

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:MDMA is a great metaphor for caveat.

It makes you feel great, in love with and loved by everyone around you and in possession of dance moves the envy of the rave-going world - all of which must be caveated by the reality that you are dangerously dehydrated, making an utter twat of yourself to anyone within arms distance and look like a complete spastic.

Oi Serje. He’s still doing it.

rowan wrote:

welshsaint wrote:Caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware. Not to be consumed with beware of the buyer.

Coming in at number 1 on the Latin Phrases People Pretend to Understand chart:

Before money-back guarantees and 20-year warranties, caveat emptor was indispensable advice for the consumer. These days, it'd be more fitting to have it tattooed on the foreheads of used-car salesmen, infomercial actors, and prostitutes. For extra credit points, remember that caveat often makes solo appearances at cocktail parties (& rugby forums ) as a fancy term for a warning or caution. Oh, and just so you know, caveat lector means "let the reader beware."to say

http://mentalfloss.com/article/54011/10 ... understand

Form 2 stuff for a Latin scholar mun. As we often used to say in Treorchy. Suck on this one, without recourse to t'internet. Dictum meum pactum, is the motto of which venerable UK institution? You could of course look it up in your Latin for Dummies, actual book.

And some older wendyball clubs still have a latin mottos on their club crest, which is surprising.
match these 3 with the respective clubs:
1. Fili super caput meum
2. Super lunam
3. Reversusque de rete

Unnecessary use of Latin terms in general: Oft-used in debate as though to deliver the final crushing blow upon an unwitting opponent, for the user has managed to dig up some ancient Roman phrase applicable to his standpoint - and no doubt adds a smug little Veni Vidi Vici as he swaggers triumphantly away . . .

of course the twue pwonounciation is 'wayney weedy weaky' which you can thwow back at them, especially if they're called wayne, wowan.

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:

rowan wrote:Is this man an artist, or an attention-seeking manwhore exploiting a tragedy?

I think the word you are looking for is 'cunt'.

I hate sexist dicks

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OptimisticJock wrote:

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:

OptimisticJock wrote:I didn't realise caveats were back in fashion. Do you colour co-ordinate them with your top or your trousers?

It depends whether you are using it to look like a faded 70s Top of the Pops-paedophile or to hold up your flares.

Not being old enough to remember either I always thought the two things were the same.

I think they're caveats of each other

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Swarmy little cretins who attempt to cover up their racism by pretending to be male feminists. Truly pathetic

rowan wrote:Unnecessary use of Latin terms in general: Oft-used in debate as though to deliver the final crushing blow upon an unwitting opponent, for the user has managed to dig up some ancient Roman phrase applicable to his standpoint - and no doubt adds a smug little Veni Vidi Vici as he swaggers triumphantly away . . .

Presumably you are a Latin ignoramus, and have Latin envy. Let it go.

Galfon wrote:of course the twue pwonounciation is 'wayney weedy weaky' which you can thwow back at them, especially if they're called wayne, wowan.

Oh yes, schoolboy humour. When he weed...oh how we laughed.

welshsaint wrote:

rowan wrote:Unnecessary use of Latin terms in general: Oft-used in debate as though to deliver the final crushing blow upon an unwitting opponent, for the user has managed to dig up some ancient Roman phrase applicable to his standpoint - and no doubt adds a smug little Veni Vidi Vici as he swaggers triumphantly away . . .

Presumably you are a Latin ignoramus, and have Latin envy. Let it go.

Yo hablo dos idiomas latinos, pero no necesito utilizarlos para impresionar nadie. Tambien hablo Turco.

I think I can remember how to order 2 more very cold Coca-cola’s in Turkish.

SerjeantWildgoose wrote:I think I can remember how to order 2 more very cold Coca-cola’s in Turkish.

Every anglophone knows how to do that.

two more very cold Coca-cola’s!!

rowan wrote:

welshsaint wrote:

rowan wrote:Unnecessary use of Latin terms in general: Oft-used in debate as though to deliver the final crushing blow upon an unwitting opponent, for the user has managed to dig up some ancient Roman phrase applicable to his standpoint - and no doubt adds a smug little Veni Vidi Vici as he swaggers triumphantly away . . .

Presumably you are a Latin ignoramus, and have Latin envy. Let it go.

Yo hablo dos idiomas latinos, pero no necesito utilizarlos para impresionar nadie. Tambien hablo Turco.

Spanish isn't Latin now is it?

Hwyl.