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I thought for my 2000th ( :eek: ) post, I would see if I could raise the bar a bit here with regards to the overall grammar and vocabulary level.
So here goes. I'll start with an easy one.

What is the following saying:

Scintillate, Scintillate, asteroid minific?

Twinkle twinkle little star?

Twinkle twinkle little star?
Excellent!
OK, another easy one to ease into it:

Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate

forcefully strike me with your superior attempt

Excellent!
OK, another easy one to ease into it:

Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate

birds of a feather flock together

birds of a feather flock together
Yep.
Let's start making them a bit harder, shall we?

Surveillance should precede saltation

Look before you leap?

Look before you leap?

I said it first! :D

Hee Hee! (http://www.lsuagcenter.com/Communications/news/March2003/Images/NewsUse/Easter%20Eggs%203087.jpg)

Damn you. I refreshed to see if someone had answered. Had I not, I would have had it.

This game could become a world-wide phenomenon...

Look before you leap?
Since you get in nanoseconds before Demographika, you win the award!

Now for a difficult one:

Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity

Since you get in nanoseconds before Demographika, you win the award!

Now for a difficult one:

Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity

Beauty is only skin deep.

Since you get in nanoseconds before Demographika, you win the award!

Now for a difficult one:

Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity

beauty is only skin deep

Beauty is only skin deep.
Damn, you're good!

Abstention from any aleatory undertakings precludes any potential escalation of a lucrative nature

Assuming you mean 'abstention' and 'escalation', it will be 'Nothing ventured, nothing gained'.

Damn, you're good!

Absention from any aleatory undertakings precludes any potential esculation of a lucrative nature

No pain, no gain?


(should probably not be playing this at 3am... such a great game though)

dangit demo-i was gonna say that!

more DH! we want more!

Good guesses, but neither quite right (bit embarrassed about the poor spelling!).
What does 'aleatory' mean?

Good guesses, but neither quite right (bit embarrassed about the poor spelling!).
What does 'aleatory' mean?

Aww I was so sure I had it. Isn't aleatory to do with chance? Hence abstaining from chance-based ventures prevents gain. The only other thing I'd stab at would be 'You've got to spend money to make money', but I don't think that's quite right, unless I've mistaken my definition of aleatory.

Excavating Excretion - Shoveling Sh*t. :D

Aww I was so sure I had it. Isn't aleatory to do with chance? Hence abstaining from chance-based ventures prevents gain. The only other thing I'd stab at would be 'You've got to spend money to make money', but I don't think that's quite right, unless I've mistaken my definition of aleatory.
It means dependent on chance or luck.
So I thinking of a saying that involves luck.

I'll post another just to keep the thread going:
It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid

There's no point crying over spilled milk.

Easy. It's no use crying over spilt milk.

I'll post another just to keep the thread going:
It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid

Theres no point crying over spilt milk?

EDIT: Damn it...beaten.

There's no point crying over spilled milk.
you get the award for quickest typing (or server).

Freedom from incrustations of grime is contigious to rectitude


(Still waiting for the 'aleatory undertakings' one!)

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

you get the award for quickest typing (or server).

I posted as soon as I saw. Fastest. :D

Cleanliness is next to godliness.
You people are impressive!

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted

Rapidly sundered from filthy lucre shall be a jester of the court royal. :D

Damn, you're good!

Abstention from any aleatory undertakings precludes any potential escalation of a lucrative nature


well theres the lottery saying "you cant win if you dont play"

Rapidly sundered from filthy lucre shall be a jester of the court royal. :D
A fool and his money are soon parted?

well theres the lottery saying "you cant win if you dont play"
Pretty much. I meant "Got to be in to win"
Here's a very easy one:

The stylus is more potent than the claymore

You people are impressive!

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted

My god that's hard. I know what mendicants means, 'cause one of my teachers told my mate he looked like one, and we asked him what he meant. Interdicted is easy, too, but I can't fathom the phrase.

Pretty much. I meant "Got to be in to win"
Here's a very easy one:

The stylus is more potent than the claymore

the pen is mightier than the sword.

Can we stick to one puzzle at a time please? :D

A fool and his money are soon parted?
Yup! Got that pretty quickly! :)

You people are impressive!

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted
Beggars can't be choosers. Or am I way off?

Beggars can't be choosers. Or am I way off?

Aww man that's got to be it. Well done.

the pen is mightier than the sword.

Can we stick to one puzzle at a time please? :D
Told you it was easy. And sorry I did meant to keep to one conundrum at a time, but I got carried away.

Keep trying with the mendicants one, I think you're close.

forcefully strike me with your superior attempt

Hit me with your best shot

You people are impressive!

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted

beggars cant be choosers?

Hit me with your best shot

yay!

You people are impressive!

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted

Beggars can't be choosers.

Beggars can't be choosers. Or am I way off?
Awesome. Glad to see your brain didn't atrophy while you were away.

It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

damn....sorry- i didnt notice either. DC got that one. *curses at her slow connection*

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
I'm starting to get RSI! You people are just too quick

Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion

I'm starting to get RSI! You people are just too quick

Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion

lol the amount of times 'eschew' is used in onne of my history books.

spare the rod and spoil the child. :D

I'm starting to get RSI! You people are just too quick

Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion
Spare the rod and spoil the child

If aspirations were beasts of burden scroungers would journey.

If aspirations were beasts of burden scroungers would journey.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

This is a nice topic. Spelling and grammar are always major problems on message boards. This board's pretty clean though.

lol the amount of times 'eschew' is used in onne of my history books.

spare the rod and spoil the child. :D
Well done! I love that word 'eschew'. It's so odd.

The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan may never reach 212 degrees F.

Well done! I love that word 'eschew'. It's so odd.

The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan may never reach 212 degrees F.


a watchpot never boils

YAY! A watched pot never boils!

Reminds me of that Star Trek episode where Data thinks it's a factual statement and sits in his quarters watching a kettle and timing it :s


[EDIT: C'mon you have to give me that. Not only did I type out that anecdote, but I didn't make up the word 'watchpot' :P]

Well done! I love that word 'eschew'. It's so odd.

The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan may never reach 212 degrees F.
A watched pot never boils

This is a nice topic. Spelling and grammar are always major problems on message boards. This board's pretty clean though.
Yeah, I'm typing very slowly to ensure that. Last thing I want after stating that the purpose of this thread was to raise our grammar and vocabulary level is let the side down with a mis-spelled word! :p

A watched pot may never boil?

Yeah, I'm typing very slowly to ensure that. Last thing I want after stating that the purpose of this thread was to raise our grammar and vocabulary level is let the side down with a mis-spelled word! :p

Of course, this makes it difficult to be first with the answers. Especially if you are a bad typist.

YAY! A watched pot never boils!

Reminds me of that Star Trek episode where Data thinks it's a factual statement and sits in his quarters watching a kettle and timing it :s


[EDIT: C'mon you have to give me that. Not only did I type out that anecdote, but I didn't make up the word 'watchpot' :P]


thats how we say it in georgia.....sorry

YAY! A watched pot never boils!

Reminds me of that Star Trek episode where Data thinks it's a factual statement and sits in his quarters watching a kettle and timing it :s


[EDIT: C'mon you have to give me that. Not only did I type out that anecdote, but I didn't make up the word 'watchpot' :P]
Yep, yours was the first completely correct answer. Extra points for the anecdote, too.
That one works better with non-Americans, btw.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous

thats how we say it in georgia.....sorry

Well this thread is about grammar. I don't think the spoken word is excused from grammar. :D

thats BS DH

Yep, yours was the first completely correct answer. Extra points for the anecdote, too.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous
All that glitters is not gold.

Yep, yours was the first completely correct answer. Extra points for the anecdote, too.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous

Has to be 'all that glitters may not be gold'.

Yep, yours was the first completely correct answer. Extra points for the anecdote, too.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous
All that glitters is not gold.

Visual apprehension of supracorneal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracorneal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

What??? You dweebs aren't even going to try with this one? Sheesh! :D

All that glitters is not gold.
I'm going for this one as the first correct one. (watchpot? What's a watchpot? ;) )

Where there are visible vapours in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration

I'm going for this one as the first correct one. (watchpot? What's a watchpot? ;) )

Where there are visible vapours in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

[EDIT: Or 'There's no smoke without fire', whichever one you're going for.]

Where there's smoke, there's fire.

[EDIT: Or 'There's no smoke without fire', whichever one you're going for.]
Yes, indeedydo! (whoops soul briefly taken over by Ned Flanders there).
Anyone get Eustrusca's one? I can work out half, but not all.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain comestibles

Yes, indeedydo! (whoops soul briefly taken over by Ned Flanders there).
Anyone get Eustrusca's one? I can work out half, but not all.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain comestibles

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Yes, indeedydo! (whoops soul briefly taken over by Ned Flanders there).
Anyone get Eustrusca's one? I can work out half, but not all.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction produced by steeping certain comestibles

Too many cooks spoil the broth

Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Right again! Is anyone else playing this game? Or has everyone been put off because Demographika's so damn good?

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally

Right again! Is anyone else playing this game? Or has everyone been put off because Demographika's so damn good?

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally

:D

Well I'm stuck with this one. Something about something starting somewhere?

One avian conveniently located in the metacarpus is of equal account to a binate counterpart of such set in the chaparral.

One avian conveniently located in the metacarpus is of equal account to a binate counterpart of such set in the chaparral.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

As much as I don't like the deviation from DH's monopoly over the questionning, I had to answer that.

Right again! Is anyone else playing this game? Or has everyone been put off because Demographika's so damn good?

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally

Good deeds begin at home?

Not even touching Eutrusca's...yet.

Ahhh charity begins at home. Well done Valenzulu.

Ahhh charity begins at home. Well done Valenzulu.

:D

Well I'm stuck with this one. Something about something starting somewhere?

Charity Begins at home?

Good deeds begin at home?

Not even touching Eutrusca's...yet.
Ohhh....close, but sadly no.

The second half of Eutrusca's literally reads: "not seeing the light results in failing to start", if that's any help.

Edit:
No I will give it to you. I was being a bit too pedantic there.

Male Cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony

Ohhh....close, but sadly no.

The second half of Eutrusca's literally reads: "not seeing the light results in failing to start", if that's any help.

If it's close then I think I answered it when I congratulated him on getting it right. I reckon he was close enough.

Ohhh....close, but sadly no.

The second half of Eutrusca's literally reads: "not seeing the light results in failing to start", if that's any help.

Edit:
No I will give it to you. I was being a bit too pedantic there.

Male Cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony
Dead men tell no tales.

Dead men tell no tales.

Ohhh....close, but sadly no.

The second half of Eutrusca's literally reads: "not seeing the light results in failing to start", if that's any help.

Edit:
No I will give it to you. I was being a bit too pedantic there.

Male Cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony

dead men cant talk

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
very nice.

Good deeds begin at home?

Not even touching Eutrusca's...yet.
Cluck! Cluck! :D

Dead men tell no tales.
Correct, my good sir!

Now here's one that's especially pertinent to the users of this forum:
Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be strongly advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Correct, my good sir!

Now here's one that's especially pertinent to the users of this forum:
Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be strongly advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
Back to first I see Demographika.

Neophyte's serendipity

Back to first I see Demographika.

Neophyte's serendipity
beginners luck

Damn right!

BEGINNER'S LUCK! (That's my answer, not my reason for being so good at this :D)

[EDIT: Beaten to it, but do I still win for correct grammar? :D]

Visual apprehension of supracorneal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracorneal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

What??? You dweebs aren't even going to try with this one? Sheesh! :D

not if your allowed to throw stones

Whaaaa? What about my allowed to throw stones?

beginners luck
Damn, you're quick!
I'm starting to run out of sayings. :(

Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jonathon a hebetudinous fellow

Saying the above out loud certainly makes you sound cultured and intelligent. Try it down at the pub next time.

Damn, you're quick!
I'm starting to run out of sayings. :(

Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jonathon a hebetudinous fellow

Saying the above out loud certainly makes you sound cultured and intelligent. Try it down at the pub next time.
All work and no play make Johnny a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jonathan (wtf?) a dull boy.

Isn't it supposed to be Jack?

Damn, you're quick!
I'm starting to run out of sayings. :(

Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jonathon a hebetudinous fellow

Saying the above out loud certainly makes you sound cultured and intelligent. Try it down at the pub next time.

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jonathan (wtf?) a dull boy.

Isn't it supposed to be Jack?
"Jack" is sometimes a nickname for "Jonathan." ( shrug )

Visual apprehension of supracorneal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracorneal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

What??? You dweebs aren't even going to try with this one? Sheesh! :D


Nope, I need a clue for this one.

Is it a saying thats world wide or mainly US?

"Jack" is sometimes a nickname for "Jonathan." ( shrug )

I know Jack is a Scottish alternate for John, but I don't know about Jonathan.

"Hebetudinous!" OMFG! ROFLMAO!!!!

Assuming that a certain equine was donated to a person by its previous owner, said person should not examine the equine's dentition.

Assuming that a certain equine was donated to a person by its previous owner, said person should not examine the equine's dentition.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Assuming that a certain equine was donated to a person by its previous owner, said person should not examine the equine's dentition.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Nope, I need a clue for this one.

Is it a saying thats world wide or mainly US?
It's from a famous quotation of a US military commander. How's that???

All work and no play makes jack a dull boy
I'll have to give it to you, as the others may the fatal error of keeping John, where of course it's the derivative - Jack - which is most commonly used in this phrase.

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of bryophyte

I'll have to give it to you, as the others may the fatal error of keeping John, where of course it's the derivative - Jack - which is most commonly used in this phrase.

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of bryophyte

Rolling stones don't get mold.

I'll have to give it to you, as the others may the fatal error of keeping John, where of course it's the derivative - Jack - which is most commonly used in this phrase.

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of bryophyte
A rolling stone gathers no moss.

I'll have to give it to you, as the others may the fatal error of keeping John, where of course it's the derivative - Jack - which is most commonly used in this phrase.

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of bryophyte

Meh. I put Jack.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

"Hebetudinous!" OMFG! ROFLMAO!!!!
A condition suffered by many users on this forum I sometimes think. Especially the conspiracists, :)

A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

A condition suffered by many users on this forum I sometimes think. Especially the conspiracists, :)
Aaaahahahahahahahahaha! Tou-fucking-che! ROFLMAO!

Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.

Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me! :D

Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words won't do anything. (Sorry, not native speaker)

Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.
sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me

Great one!

Missiles of ligneous or petrous consistency have the potent of fracturing my osseous structure. However, appellations will eternally remain innocuous.

Sticks & stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.

(PS. i believe the John/Jack used to be John but Jack was made popular in the shining when Jack Nicholson said it (or was it the bar tender?))

People that are in the present capital of the Italian national conglomerate are supposed to act like the inhabitants of said city once they are located there.

People that are in the present capital of the Italian national conglomerate are supposed to act like the inhabitants of said city once they are located there.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

People that are in the present capital of the Italian national conglomerate are supposed to act like the inhabitants of said city once they are located there.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.
Sorry, Demographika but this is the saying I learnt so I'm going for Valenzulu as first to post the correct answer.

Ok, here's my final one. I have no more left - also, it's 1.30am here and I have to get up early tomorrow (this morning to be technically correct). It's also my favourite:

The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.


Now I hope this has improved your vocabulary a little. If nothing else, remember these words next time you play scrabble!

you have no handiling of Jackson on the person speaking

Good luck :p

The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.


He who laughs last laughs best

He who laughs last laughs longest.

Sorry, Demographika but this is the saying I learnt so I'm going for Valenzulu as first to post the correct answer.

Ok, here's my final one. I have no more left - also, it's 1.30am here and I have to get up early tomorrow (this morning to be technically correct). It's also my favourite:

The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.


Now I hope this has improved your vocabulary a little. If nothing else, remember these words next time you play scrabble!

he who laughs last laughs loudest.

Sorry, Demographika but this is the saying I learnt so I'm going for Valenzulu as first to post the correct answer.

Ok, here's my final one. I have no more left - also, it's 1.30am here and I have to get up early tomorrow (this morning to be technically correct). It's also my favourite:

The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.


Now I hope this has improved your vocabulary a little. If nothing else, remember these words next time you play scrabble!
He who laughs last laughs loudest.

^^^^ What he said

Satiate thyself with offal and pass into the nethermost regions! :D

Visual apprehension of supracoronal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracoronal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

This is giving me a headache. I have resorted to a dictionary, to find that Supracoronal isn't in it.

ARRRRGGGHHH

Satiate tyself with offal and pass into the nethermost regions! :D

eat s**t and go to hell

Satiate tyself with offal and pass into the nethermost regions! :D
Eat shit and go to hell, I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Visual apprehension of supracoronal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracoronal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

This is giving me a headache. I have resorted to a dictionary, to find that Supracoronal isn't in it.

ARRRRGGGHHH
Try "supracorneal." Sorry!

My family nominative term is Bond. My individual nominative term, however, would be James.

I've got two different ones you can try.

Recumbent in the style of a rehydrating reptile.

and

The most prompt will be the most fashionably attired.

eat s**t and go to hell
ROFLMAO!! Very close! Hahahahahaha!

Try "supracorneal." Sorry!

aparently thats not a word either. according to dictionary.com

He who laughs last laughs longest.
It's one or t'other, really. Could be longest/best/loudest. So I'll give a point to both you and See u Jimmy.

I hereby declare Demographika the overall winner though, despite a late strong challenge from See u Jimmy. Not someone I'd like to challenge in Scrabble!

It's one or t'other, really. Could be longest/best/loudest. So I'll give a point to both you and See u Jimmy.

I hereby declare Demographika the overall winner though. Not someone I'd like to challenge in Scrabble!

Muahahahaha. No autographs, I have a busy schedule, as I am to announce my retirement from this podium of grammatical victory. By which I mean it's CounterStrike time. :D

aparently thats not a word either. according to dictionary.com
"supra" is a prefix. The base word is corneal, a medical term.

aparently thats not a word either. according to dictionary.com
I would think it means 'oversight' or something similar. To do with your eyes, or seeing, or vision. Something like that.

Translating it into 'normal' English, it says something like:
seeing the light will be the sole reason for starting the motor - not seeing the light means not starting.

I think that's what it says, but it still makes no sense.


From Boonytopia:

Recumbent in the style of a rehydrating reptile.
Flat out like a lizard drinking

The most prompt will be the most fashionably attired.
First come, best dressed

From Boonytopia:

Recumbent in the style of a rehydrating reptile.
Flat out like a lizard drinking

The most prompt will be the most fashionably attired.
First come, best dressed[/QUOTE]

These are sayings?

From Boonytopia:

Recumbent in the style of a rehydrating reptile.
Flat out like a lizard drinking

The most prompt will be the most fashionably attired.
First come, best dressed

These are sayings?
I take it you've never been to Australia, then?
You'll hear these everywhere you go if you do. First one is to do with work. as in "How's work these days, Bruce?", "Ahh, mate! I'm flat out like a lizard drinking! Got time for a VB?"
Second one makes no sense, even to them, but is used anyway.

Recumbent in the style of a rehydrating reptile.

surely "pissed as a newt" is more apt

Visual apprehension of supracorneal full-spectrum appearances shall be sole determinant for initiating rapid combustion process; failure to apprehend said full-spectrum supracorneal appearances results in contraindication for initiation.

Give up???

Clues:

1. Famous saying by US military leader.

2. Much, much shorter than the above.

Translating it into 'normal' English, it says something like:
seeing the light will be the sole reason for starting the motor - not seeing the light means not starting.



something to do with a race starting? or a red light at an intersection?

when you see the light, go. If you dont, stop.

I going down the "wait untill you see the whites of thier eyes" path, but I get lost :(

I going down the "wait untill you see the whites of thier eyes" path, but I get lost :(
Very, very close! :D

I think you are probably right which would make it
dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes

I going down the "wait untill you see the whites of thier eyes" path, but I get lost :(

of course!

Don't fire untill you see the whites of their eyes!

not sure about the second sentence though.

Just looked this up

contraindication = A factor that renders the administration of a drug or the carrying out of a medical procedure inadvisable: A previous allergic reaction to penicillin is a contraindication to the future use of that drug


I'm no closer

the first sentence is superfluous, it says shoot when you see the whites, the second half is saying dont shoot until you do see them

I think you are probably right which would make it
dont shoot until you see the whites of their eyes
Yup!

I divided the postive and negative aspects to make it more difficult. The first portion was "fire when you see the whites of their eyes," and the second was "if you don't see the whites of their eyes, don't fire."

of course!

Don't fire untill you see the whites of their eyes!

not sure about the second sentence though.
Of course! I always think of it as a British quote (so Eustrusca's comment about a US commander threw me a bit), cause it was said about the British. Good ol' William Prescott.

Just looked this up

contraindication = A factor that renders the administration of a drug or the carrying out of a medical procedure inadvisable: A previous allergic reaction to penicillin is a contraindication to the future use of that drug

I'm no closer
You got there first, though. The term "contraindicated" has also been adopted by the military to mean that an action is inadvisable.

You got there first, though. The term "contraindicated" has also been adopted by the military to mean that an action is inadvisable.


Thank you, my life is complete. :D

have an easy one

complete prism generated hues martial expert

You, sir, have incontrovertibly created no perspicacity concerning Johnathon coprolite.


Now I am definitely off to bed!

have an easy one

complete prism generated hues martial expert
Rainbow warrior?

close but not quite

You, sir, have incontrovertibly created no perspicacity concerning Johnathon coprolite.

Now I am definitely off to bed!
So now I don't know Jack shit? Tsk! LOL!

close but not quite
[ mystified look ]

Thank you, my life is complete. :D
It's comforting to realize that one can spread such joy with very little effort! :D

have an easy one

complete prism generated hues martial expert

full spectrum warrior.

I thought we were doing sayings.

yeah, well, it just came off the top of my head

Depart! Exercise thy corporeal being via impossible acts!

Depart! Exercise thy corporeal being via impossible acts!

Go fuck yourself. :)

Go fuck yourself. :)

lol
That's an easy saying to guess!

Go fuck yourself. :)
LOL! Kewl eh? :D

I take it you've never been to Australia, then?
You'll hear these everywhere you go if you do. First one is to do with work. as in "How's work these days, Bruce?", "Ahh, mate! I'm flat out like a lizard drinking! Got time for a VB?"
Second one makes no sense, even to them, but is used anyway.

Flat out like a lizard drinking - it means you're very busy.

First in, best dressed - has the same sort of meaning as the early bird gets the worm.

Go fuck yourself. :)
God, that cracks me up! ROFL! :D