After my use, yesterday, of the latin aphorism 'carpe diem' - which, as everyone who's ever seen Dead Poets Society will know, means 'seize the day' - I stumbled across a whole joke-book full of humorous variations on the 'carpe' theme that, frankly, I'm surprised Robin Williams didn't incoporate into the DPS script!I then discovered that several of them are available as logos on T-shirts, sweatshirts, boxer shorts, thongs, caps, coffee mugs, coasters, tote bags and fridge magnets...
What more could one ask?!
carpe noctum = seize the night
carpe carp = sieze the fish
carpe deum = god is a fish
crape diem = bad day
carp diem = complain daily
carpe per diem = seize the cheque
carpe carp = sieze the fish
carpe deum = god is a fish
crape diem = bad day
carp diem = complain daily
carpe per diem = seize the cheque
carpe cocoa = seize the chocolate
carpe calypso = seize the day-o
carpe canem = seize the dog
and
carnivore carpe = RUN!!
carpe calypso = seize the day-o
carpe canem = seize the dog
and
carnivore carpe = RUN!!
[Carpes 'caught' at Fun With Words; to enjoy the full range of avilable Carpe Design products, visit Cafe Press at Just4Yucks!]
TEEheehee!
ReplyDeleteCan't type. Laughing. Spitting up drink. Carpe Carp. Hee! Crape Diem. Brilliant! Carpe deum. Ha! I love it!
I don't know where you find this stuff, Brian. I really don't.
I'm gonna go carpe cocoa.
As happens so many times though, Mr B, life is always funnier than art. The wittiest of these phrases I have come across is the appropriately named 'Te Deum' - the title song that not only announces the start but also describes the contents of the Eurovision Song Contest. At least the watchers can't say they weren't warned !
ReplyDeleteCAFRINE - Where do I find this stuff? Mostly under rather large moss-covered stones and inside old tin boxes hidden behind ivy-covered walls!
ReplyDeleteBOLL WEAVIL - Personally, I've never understood why Charpentier's setting for the prayer known as the 'Te Deum' became the theme for the European Broadcasting Union... Hang on... Sorry... I've just got it! Te Deum - TEDIUM! That is BRILLIANT! Love it!!
Sadly, I wonder if some of your inspiration comes from having Carpe Tunnel Syndrome.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we can expect the likes of Blogs about Touwrists or Wednesday Windows devoted to photos of tunnels in the future.
LisaH - You are cruel and heartless woman! ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's only because, like you, I'm young at heart, but somewhat decrepit.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to sling back some comments in kind when I get my shoulder op. Which reminds me - must go and bone up on what they do when you've got a dirty great chunk of calcification hanging down inside your shoulder like a stalactite.
LisaH - Persoanlly, I think that "looking up" anything that involves knives, forceps and people in masks poking around inside bits of you is a BAD IDEA!!
ReplyDeleteLovely! Although none of them amuses me quite as much as some tortured Latin I saw on the toilet wall of the Philosophy Department in Glasgow University:
ReplyDeleteCogito ergo sumo - I think, therefore I wrestle.