Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 15:50:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Original Attribution Unknown
Subject: Coggito Eggo Sum (fwd)


This is several years old, but still funny --

The following were winners in 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 am a 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

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 QUO -- A fast retort

ALOHA OY -- Love; greetings; farewell; 
		from such a pain you should never know

MAZEL TON -- Tons of luck

APRES MOE LE DELUGE -- Larry and Curly got wet

PORTE-KOCHERE -- Sacramental wine

ICH LIEBE RICH -- I'm really crazy about having dough

FUI GENERIS -- What's mine is mine

VISA LA FRANCE -- Don't leave your chateau without it

CA VA SANS DIRT -- And that's not gossip

MERCI RIEN -- Thanks for nothin'!

AMICUS PURIAE -- Platonic friend

L'ETAT, C'EST MOO -- I'm bossy around here.