Vergil Iliescu blogs a column in the Sydney Morning Herald that has been running an informal contest: change or add one letter to a common Latin saying and come up with something amusing. Among the results (more on Vergil’s site):

Cine qua non – Nothing much on at the pictures.

Beau Peste – A unwanted admirer (Rina Hill, Seaforth)

Parsona non grata – Two Mormons at your door (Tony Turner, Tuross Head)

Bet al – Backing all the Cup runners to get a win. (Nigel O’Dea, Mosman)

Hores de combat- The girls are fighting again.
Persona non graba – Keep your hands off that woman. (Ian Johnson, Brisbane)

Gait accompli – The toddler’s first step. (Peter Maxwell, Berridale)

(I may have screwed up some of the attributions. Sorry. Well, you know what they say: “Et su, Brutus”: Go sue Brutus.)

Anyway, “Carpe Diet”: I’m going to start losing weight today! And one great way to do that is through “sex nihilo”: meaningless sex. Also, I’m thinking of getting a big car while I still can because, as they say, “Cars longa, vita brevis.” Of course, I’ll never lose enough weight to have meaningless sex in its bucket seats because “Arse longa, vita brevis.”

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