On tattoos in Latin 29 Jan 2010 This is why I haven’t yet acted on my desire to have Linnaeus’ definition of Homo tattooed on my chest (that, and you’d never see the thing under all that fur)… “Quia ursus pusilli ingenii sum verba difficilia fastidio” Humor
Humor The real Olympic performers 24 Aug 200818 Sep 2017 Certain nations who shall remain nameless have been doing a fair bit of skiting about how well they’ve done. So I thought I’d do a bit of number crunching. Of course it isn’t completed (or is it?) but using the Wikipedia population figures and the official medal tally, I plotted… Read More
Humor Wicked ways with Mormons 25 Mar 2009 At Laurie’s blog, The Critical Thinker’s Speakeasy. ‘Course, I don’t think this actually happened. My own Mormon stories are much more restrained. After 20 minutes of arguing, in which I quoted the Bible at some Mormon missionaries, one said “But the Bible is not accurate. You need the Book of… Read More
Humor God tells the creationists off 5 Oct 2008 … here, at IAmYourGod. Personally, I suspect God actually wants all those atheists and agnostics, because he values critical thinking. Read More
It took me until I was 40 to get my ears pierced, so maybe I will get a tattoo when I’m 80. If I don’t use my chemical avatar, my quote of choice would likely be the dog-latin “sic biscuitus disintegrat”.
Ive managed to avoid getting Horrace’s line Cum prorepserunt primis animalia terris Mutum et turpe pecus. So far. But after looking at the pics. I think I can resist such a thought any further or just go for half man half biscuit on my forehead instead.
hmmm. so I can use my extensive grasp of terrible pig latin to arrive at demi buccellum demi homo if I want to impress and still keep the original sense of a dense well baked product.