Try tackling this one.

[Zoras]

Each of the following phrases is a common saying in the English language. However, each has been run through the high-level thesaurus so it comes out nearly unrecognizable. See if you can decipher them all. WITHOUT referring to a thesaurus.

I solved all but one. Not telling which one!

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-- Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minikin.
-- Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
-- Surveillance should precede saltation.
-- Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.
-- It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
-- Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
-- It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated
canine with innovative maneuvers.
-- Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.
-- The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly galled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees Farenheit.

[Bex]

answers. don't read until you've played along too.





-- twinkle, twinkle little star
-- birds of a feather flock together
-- look before you leap
-- beauty is only skin deep
-- there's no point in crying over spilled milk
-- cleanliness is next to godliness
-- an old dog can't learn new tricks (forget exactly how that one goes)
-- spare the rod and spoil the child
-- a watched pot never boils

[Zoras]

Excellent Bex! Its actually "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." The one I couldn't figure out was the cleanliness one. I knew there was a saying similar to that, but I couldn't remember what it was either.

[PixieChic]

Hmmmm...I didn't get 3, 4, or 8....

Of course...it was 4am at the time, and I was half-delirious from being ill and taking lots of medication to combat this nasty sinus infection....

I know...excuses, excuses

[Zoras]

Its all in fun, Pixie dear. Its not like this is the SATs or something.

[Krezack]

Bex is either really smart or has a great memory.

[PixieChic]

Zoras said:

Its all in fun, Pixie dear. Its not like this is the SATs or something.

I was just being silly, Zoras...I know it's all in fun, and I'm certainly not beating myself up over it  

[Mad_Wanderer]

Only got two
That wasn't an easy game

Bah i'll beat any of you in french  ;D

[Aradia]

Mad_Wanderer said:

Only got two
That wasn't an easy game

Bah i'll beat any of you in french  ;D

French, or french kissing? If it's the latter, I'd say no heh

[Whisper]

Passionate kiss like spider's web, soon lead to undoing of fly.
Virginity like bubble, one prick all gone.
Man who run in front of car get tired.
Man who run behind car get exhausted.
Man with hand in pocket feel cocky all day.
Foolish man give wife grand piano, wise man give wife upright organ.
Man who walk thru airport turnstile sideways going to Bangkok.
Man with one chopstick go hungry.
Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails.
Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk.
Panties not best thing on earth but next to best thing on earth.
War doesn't determine who is right, war determines who is left.
Wife who put husband in doghouse soon find him in cathouse.
Man who fight with wife all day get no piece at night.
It take many nails to build crib but one screw to fill it.
Man who drive like hell bound to get there.
Man who stand on toilet is high on pot.
Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.
Man who fishes in other man's well often catches crabs.
Man who farts in church sits in own pew.
Man who drops watch in toilet bound to have crappy time.

[Zoras]

LOL! The Neo-sayings of Confucius. Gotta love those.