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I received a different game a couple of days ago, and no doubt many of you have also, as when I googled one of the unique phrases (Harlez-vous) I got 443 hits. Lots of chat boards have had the list posted. It is supposedly the winners of a competition in a New York magazine (I suggest we set our under cover NY agents on the task of determining which) to change a couple of letters in a foreign phrase and come up with a new translation. Rather than post the whole list I received (and at least some of the lists are different) I thought it might be fun to try our own, or post our own favourites from the list acquired by e-mail or from the web.
I will start with a couple to show the idea:
Harlez-vous français? - Do you ride a French motorcycle?
Veni, Vedi, Visa - I came, I saw, I shopped
My own meagre effort:
Adios Amigas - Another computer firm goes bust
Tout ày l'heure - Honk if you're a word lover
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a word for the brief yet sickening moments of anticipation that occur between stubbing your toe and actually feeling the pain involved?
Atonement?
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a word for the brief yet sickening moments of anticipation that occur between stubbing your toe and actually feeling the pain involved?
or antipipaintion?
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I telecrastinate all the time. Doncha know if you don't let the phone ring AT LEAST twice, you will get cut off as soon as you pick it up? Protracted ringing makes the connection much much more reliable. It is, like, common sense, folks...  
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the propensity -- found chiefly among males -- for using the remote control to flip through *all the channels covered by a simple phrase rather than some obscure neologism. The phrase is common senseI disagree. The phrase is actually "commitment phobia," sometimes manifested in other, non-TV areas of life [edit]And my MEMBERship just came in!
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[edit]And my MEMBERship just came in!May your lations be thoroughly gratuled, nancyk - I hope it puts a  on your face!
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rodward: It is supposedly the winners of a competition in a New York magazine (I suggest we set our under cover NY agents on the task of determining which)...Piece o' cake. That would be New York magazine
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