tran@Portia.stanford.edu (Hy Tran) (07/10/89)
The San Francisco Chronicle excerpted these from New York Magazine: (Readers of New York Magazine being asked to submit often-used foreign phrases with sensible definitions). Moi aussi (I'm Crocodile Dundee); e pluribus unum (when it rains, the Greyhoud is always an hour late); caveat emptor (I lost a filling); in Toto (surrounded by a dog); gotterdammerung (the hell with this ladder); plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose (insert coins, make your selection); papier-mache (father's had a nasty accident); hasta la vista (quick, change the scenery); sotto voce (a loud drunk); pate de foie gras (Astroturf toupee). -- Hy Tran -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL, yes MAIL your jokes to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. I will reply, mailers willing. Remember: If you POST your joke instead of mailing it, I will not reply.