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Lady Sedai · 06-15-2005, 01:19 PM

I LOVE these! We used to do this in my Gifted English class back in High School.

There were only 11 of us in the class, so the teacher thought this would give us something to do in our "down" times...trying to "stump" each other.

Surveillance should precede salvation - Look before you leap ( ? )

Pulchritude possesses solely coetaneous profundity - Beauty is only skin deep

Freedom from encrustations of grime is contagious to rectitude -

It is Fruitless to become lachrymose over perceptibly departed lacteal fluid - There's no use crying over spilled milk

It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers - You can't teach an old dog new tricks

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

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

The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 100 Centigrade - A watched pot never boils

Opting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted -

Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials there is conflagration - Where there's smoke, there's fire.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain combustibles. - Too many cooks spoil the pot

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally -

Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles - Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones

Neophyte’s serendipity - Beginner's luck

Male cadavers are incapable of yielding and testimony - Dead men tell no tales

Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interlude of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous Fellow. - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of minute, verdant bryophitic vegetation - A rolling stone gathers no moss

The person representing the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation - He who laughs last, laughs best ( ? )

Missiles of a ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous - Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me

Abstention from elevatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of a lucrative nature -

Eschew obfuscated phraseology: employ perspicuous verbiage -

Veracity ascertains emancipation -

A pulchritudinous entity pleasures eternally -

Mandate establishing orb and bicuspid exchange -

Don’t inquire and you won’t be treated to deceit - Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies

Four farthing coins for confessing fancies - A penny for your thoughts

New York is New York and California is California, but an encounter between them cannot ever exist -

A singular measure if 28.3 grams used to anticipate, interrupt, and forestall an impending event has a value equivalent to sixteen times that amount applied later as a restorative remedy. - An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

It is common for mankind to be amiss in the commission of an omission, but permission for remission is the mission of providence - To err is human, to forgive - divine

Fair damsel’s drudgery both drag on forever -

In scant cognition there’s a precarious condition -

Propinquity avails itself only in the coverlets of equine quadru-bases -

Okay...that's my attempt without looking up any words, taking forever to think about it or reading anyone else's answers first. [img]smile.gif[/img]

That was fun!

[ 06-15-2005, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: Lady Sedai ]

06-15-2005, 01:19 PM	#9
Lady Sedai Banned User Join Date: May 21, 2004 Location: Hiram\'s lap Age: 56 Posts: 334	I LOVE these! We used to do this in my Gifted English class back in High School. There were only 11 of us in the class, so the teacher thought this would give us something to do in our "down" times...trying to "stump" each other. Surveillance should precede salvation - Look before you leap ( ? ) Pulchritude possesses solely coetaneous profundity - Beauty is only skin deep Freedom from encrustations of grime is contagious to rectitude - It is Fruitless to become lachrymose over perceptibly departed lacteal fluid - There's no use crying over spilled milk It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers - You can't teach an old dog new tricks All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous. - All that glitters is not gold Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion - Spare the rod and spoil the child The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 100 Centigrade - A watched pot never boils Opting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted - Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials there is conflagration - Where there's smoke, there's fire. A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiates the potable concoction produced by steeping certain combustibles. - Too many cooks spoil the pot Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience intramurally - Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles - Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones Neophyte’s serendipity - Beginner's luck Male cadavers are incapable of yielding and testimony - Dead men tell no tales Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interlude of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous Fellow. - All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy A revolving lithic conglomerate accumulates no congeries of minute, verdant bryophitic vegetation - A rolling stone gathers no moss The person representing the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation - He who laughs last, laughs best ( ? ) Missiles of a ligneous or petrous consistency have the potential of fracturing my osseous structure, but appellations will eternally remain innocuous - Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me Abstention from elevatory undertakings precludes a potential escalation of a lucrative nature - Eschew obfuscated phraseology: employ perspicuous verbiage - Veracity ascertains emancipation - A pulchritudinous entity pleasures eternally - Mandate establishing orb and bicuspid exchange - Don’t inquire and you won’t be treated to deceit - Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies Four farthing coins for confessing fancies - A penny for your thoughts New York is New York and California is California, but an encounter between them cannot ever exist - A singular measure if 28.3 grams used to anticipate, interrupt, and forestall an impending event has a value equivalent to sixteen times that amount applied later as a restorative remedy. - An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure It is common for mankind to be amiss in the commission of an omission, but permission for remission is the mission of providence - To err is human, to forgive - divine Fair damsel’s drudgery both drag on forever - In scant cognition there’s a precarious condition - Propinquity avails itself only in the coverlets of equine quadru-bases - Okay...that's my attempt without looking up any words, taking forever to think about it or reading anyone else's answers first. [img]smile.gif[/img] That was fun! [ 06-15-2005, 01:24 PM: Message edited by: Lady Sedai ]