Coolness Bears Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 René Descartes "Cogito ergo sum" in latin Or in Fench "Je pense, donc je suis" Or in English "I think, therefore i am." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 or in Yoda... Therefore I am, I Think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninty 182 Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 "those who think money can do everything, will do everything for money" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 "I just figured my life would be better with you in it." Aww. Pushing Daisies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted December 2, 2007 Author Share Posted December 2, 2007 "You make me want to be a better man." - As Good as it Gets Great line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierce_LiNk Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 "Ray, if somebody asks you if you're a God, you say YES!" - Winston Zedmore in GhostBusters. And, and! "Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you." - Louis Tully, again, in GhostBusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEVILMURRAY Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Some classic Darkplace quotes. Dean Learner: Garth is the most significant artist that I've worked with and I've worked with Lulu and four other people, so we're talking crème de la crème. Dean Learner: I, got a script, read it. Scared me senseless, comme d'habitudes. And I said to Garth, I looked straight into his face, I've never been afraid of holding a man's gaze - it's natural. I said "this is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap." And I do not say that lightly. Garth Marenghi: (sat at his desk, reading from one of his novels The Told) Nina's eyes popped out of what was left of her back. Why oh why had she opened that tomb? The sand turned red. This was because she was bleeding on it. Blood - ruby-red blood, her blood. Blood… and piss and shit. This was the worst day of her life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 One of them walked past us in an attempt to make it across to the bar she made a point of grabbing both are arses as she walked passed. I felt violated. Im not some piece of meat for them to drool over. I’m a person with real emotions and feelings. Lol nah not really im a shallow manipulative man who would willingly exploit anyone to achieve my own goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 A slightly paraphrased quote: "If you haven't done your Christmas shopping yet, don't. Make em something. People love origami animals." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted December 23, 2007 Author Share Posted December 23, 2007 I heard this in a poetry recital in Uni a couple weeks ago: "My hello is your goodbye, My smile is your cry." It makes more sense in context but this was the only big I had time to scribble down. It sounds nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluey Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 "nobot with the labedies!" scrubs ftw ^__^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Some mistranslated things: In a hire car: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor. On an airsickness bag: Bags to be use in case of sickness or to gather remains. A Paris hotel: Please leave your values at the front desk. In another hotel: Choose twin bed or marriage size; we regret no King Kong size. A few examples and all genuine, I didn't make em up. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 Ha, it always nice to see this thread again. :p "It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons." - Johann Schiller "Words have no power to impress the mind with out the exquisite horror of their reality." - E. A. Poe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Buttons are Magic! Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Some mistranslated things: In a hire car: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor. On an airsickness bag: Bags to be use in case of sickness or to gather remains. A Paris hotel: Please leave your values at the front desk. In another hotel: Choose twin bed or marriage size; we regret no King Kong size. A few examples and all genuine, I didn't make em up. :p oh dear lord - that had me chortle-ling with laughter :P heres some funny things i found :P These are the nominees for the Chevy Nova Award. This is given out in honor of the GM's fiasco in trying to market this car in Central and South America. "no va" means, of course, in Spanish, "it doesn't go". The Dairy Association's huge success with the campaign "Got Milk?" prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was soon brought to their attention the Spanish translation read "Are you lactating?" Coors put its slogan, "Turn It Loose," into Spanish, where it was read as "Suffer From Diarrhea." Scandinavian vacuum manufacturer Electrolux used the following in an American campaign: "Nothing sucks like an Electrolux." Clairol introduced the "Mist Stick," a curling iron, into Germany only to find out that "mist" is slang for garbage. Not too many people had use for the "Garbage Stick." When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used the same packaging as in the US, with the smiling baby on the label. Later they learned that in Africa, companies routinely put pictures on the labels of what's inside, since many people can't read. Colgate introduced a toothpaste in France called Cue, the name of a notorious porno magazine. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I Saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I Saw the Potato" (la papa). Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese. The Coca-Cola name in China was first read as "Kekoukela", meaning "Bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse stuffed with wax", depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent "kokou kole", translating into "happiness in the mouth." Frank Perdue's chicken slogan, "It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken" was translated into Spanish as "it takes an aroused man to make a chicken affectionate." When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "It won't leak in your pocket and embarrass you. "The company thought that the word "embarazar" (to impregnate) meant to embarrass, so the ad read: "It won't leak in your pocket and make you pregnant!" When American Airlines wanted to advertise its new leather first class seats in the Mexican market, it translated its "Fly In Leather" campaign literally, which meant "Fly Naked" (vuela en cuero) in Spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 MBAM, those are awesome! I lolled excellently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendohnut Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 My friend had a great one the other day, but it may take a little explaning We went into a pub. We are all 19 so we ordered at the bar, the manager asked to see everyone's ID individually (annoying but we thought oh well). He took mine, and stared at it for over a minute. We were all quite confused. He then said "Well you're not 21 are you" and I replied "No, I'm nineteen" with a slight look at my friends (I mean come on the date was on the ID, obviously I wasn't 21) He told us that in that pub you had to be 21 to order a drink (RUBBISH!) My friend then said: "Oh sorry, I accidentally gave you my fake ID.......for getting into...............children's playgrounds?" (It is possible that you had to be there to find it funny ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Pepsi's "Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave" in Chinese. MBAM, that one had me in fits. That is such an awesome slogan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Ha, it always nice to see this thread again. :p Haha, neigh bother Count Daftula. Nice follow up from Buttons there, I'd read most of them before though. Still funny like, linguistics is such a hoot. I'll have to get reading again and post in again with some more philosophical pearly quotes of wisdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konfucius Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 MBAM these slogans made me laugh so hard, have you got more of them? Please post, if so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinist Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 "Women need a reason to have sex, men just need a place." - Billy Crystal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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