See my car-related addition at the end.
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> > > > The following were the winners of a New York magazine contest in
> > > > which contestants were to take a well-known expression in a foreign
> > > > language, change a single letter, and provide a definition for the new
> > > > expression.
> > >
> > >
> > > > HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS
> > > > Can you drive a French motorcycle?
> > >
> > > > EX POST FUCTO
> > > > Lost in the mail.
> > >
> > > > IDIOS AMIGOS
> > > > We're wild and crazy guys!
> > >
> > >
> > > > VENI, VIPI, VICI
> > > > I came, I'm a very important person, I conquered.
> > >
> > > > COGITO EGGO SUM
> > > > I think; therefore I waffle.
> > >
> > >
> > > > RIGOR MORRIS
> > > > The cat is dead.
> > >
> > >
> > > > RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID
> > > > Honk if you're Scottish.
> > >
> > >
> > > > QUE SERA SERF
> > > > Life is feudal.
> > >
> > >
> > > > LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI
> > > > The king is dead. No kidding.
> > >
> > >
> > > > POSH MORTEM
> > > > Death styles of the rich and famous.
> > >
> > >
> > > > PRO BOZO PUBLICO
> > > > Support your local clown (or politician, your call)
> > >
> > >
> > > > MONAGE A TROIS
> > > > I am three years old.
> > >
> > >
> > > > FELIX NAVIDAD
> > > > Our cat has a boat.
> > >
> > >
> > > > HASTE CUISINE
> > > > Fast French food.
> > >
> > > > VENI, VIDI, VICE
> > > > I came, I saw, I partied.
> > >
> > > > QUIP PRO QUOU
> > > > fast retort.
> > >
> > >
> > > > ALOHA OY
> > > > Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you would never know.
> > >
> > >
> > > > MAZEL TON
> > > > tons of luck
> > >
> > > > VISA LA FRANCE
> > > > Don't leave your chateau without it.
> > >
> > > > AMICUS PURIAE
> > > > Platonic friend.
> > >
> > >
> > > > L'ETAT, C'EST MOO
> > > > I'm bossy around here.
> > >
> > > > COGITO, ERGO SPUD
> > > > I think, therefore I Yam. (OK, more than one letter.)
> > >
> > > > VENI, VIDI, VELCRO
> > > > I cam, I saw, I stuck around. (OK, another exception)
> > >
> > > > ICH BIT EIN BERLINER
> > > > He deserved it.
Personally, I always like the title of David E. Davis' column in Automobile
Magazine:
COGITO, ERGO ZOOM
I think, there for I speed.
--
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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