MM's first guess is right.
"Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari?" is "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" in Latin. It's in honor of groundhog day.
Willow, check you out! Witch-Fu!
Buffy ,'Lessons'
Spike's Bitches 39: Cuppa Tea, Cuppa Tea, Almost Got Shagged, Cuppa Tea...
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Ginger - Jan 29, 2008 10:21:58 am PST #4503 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
vw bug - Jan 29, 2008 10:30:59 am PST #4504 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Cashmere, YAY!
Ginger, BOO! Though, that could be a fun trick to teach him!
ION, I love the Internet. Just in case I haven't said it recently. Just tracked down a chapter from a book that hasn't been printed yet--on the author's website. SO fantastic!
tommyrot - Jan 29, 2008 10:47:31 am PST #4505 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I used babelfish to translate into German and back into English:
How much would wood clamp a forest marble animal, if a forest marble animal could clamp wood?
English to Japanese and back:
Which rank wood if as for the woodchuck the woodchuck can install the wood with the chuck, is installed with the chuck?
English to Russian and back:
How much wood woodchuck chuck if woodchuck smog chuck wood?
eta: English to Chinese (traditional) and back:
How many woods can arctomys pat if arctomys can pat the wood?
Jessica - Jan 29, 2008 10:50:01 am PST #4506 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I {heart} Babelfish.
Emily - Jan 29, 2008 11:00:23 am PST #4507 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Hey, my engineering students actually read the article! Well, most of them. And when I tried to get them to do the worksheet, we got sidetracked by discussions of zombies and cloning. So we have to finish up tomorrow.
It's very hard to stay on-topic when you have a roomful of, like, young MMs and Seans and NoiseDesigns.
Miracleman - Jan 29, 2008 11:03:34 am PST #4508 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
It's very hard to stay on-topic when you have a roomful of, like, young MMs and Seans and NoiseDesigns.
RUN! RUN WHILE YOU CAN!!! GET OUT!! GEEEEEEETT OOOOUUUUUUUTTT!!!
Emily - Jan 29, 2008 11:07:17 am PST #4509 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
No, they're adorable! It's the high point of my day! I just don't give them sharp objects, and I'm very clear about my rules:
1. Don't get me sued
2. Don't get me fired
ETA: And, honestly, I don't think they have as much energy as you did. Possibly because they don't get to go off-campus and suck down six cups of coffee in the middle of the schoolday!
Cashmere - Jan 29, 2008 11:08:14 am PST #4510 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Somehow, I can't get the sound to work when I play dvds on the ps3. Damn. I'm going to have to call the Geeks after only an hour.
Glamcookie - Jan 29, 2008 11:09:25 am PST #4511 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
OMG, co-worker, stop frickin' screaming into your phone! So annoying!
Miracleman - Jan 29, 2008 11:10:35 am PST #4512 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
And, honestly, I don't think they have as much energy as you did. Possibly because they don't get to go off-campus and suck down six cups of coffee in the middle of the schoolday!
That and the crazy.