French Phrase Enthusiast Gifts

Travel Agents "I'd like somewhere unpretentious avec un petit de je ne sais quoi."

"Counsel for prose is overruled. Poetry, you may continue."

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

'Why do they call him Neckline Ned.' - 'He's always plunging down the middle but never showing anything.'

"Tia Carmen, did you ever wish summer was over...so you could be in school?"

Mort Park! You mean Killer. You're sprung, Killer. I'm free to go? Unless you're so tough now you'd rather stay. I mean a guy named Killer probably likes jail. Mail me my blanky.

"I've been reading a book of famous quotations. It's amazing how many are by a famous Greek named Anonymous."

"Are you the one they call El Cóndor?"

'Quotes, woof, woof, woof, woof, closed quotes.'

'Lance, what does 'NSFW' stand for?'

Frog Prince thinks: 'A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horsefly.'

'Yes, I speak perfect English, I have to 'cause you English are too bloody lazy to learn French!'

'You failed your Latin exam! But Sweety, it's important to learn Latin: All your friends' names have Latin roots...'

"Wait ... I always thought taking each other for granted was a good thing!"

Ovalifolium Longifora

'I know you can make this project go. That's why I call you 'The Magic Motor'.'

'Then again, who says we can't call it a mangelwurzel?'

'Of course he's smiling. In your best high school French, you just ordered Champagne for the entire hotel.'

His real name is Jasper Underwood Farthington III...but we just call him 'Stinky'.

Department of Unrealistic Dividend Earnings: 'We realize it is an unnecessary department but the acronym was just too cool to shut it down.'

"She introduces herself as Drosophila Melanogaster, but everyone knows she's just a common fruit fly."

'For the sake of convenience everybody just calls me Joe.'

'Bone appetit!'

"By now, you've probably noticed that around here, money talks and you-know-what walks!"

It's good news when an agent says "This is a big break" to an aspiring actor. But not good when said by an orthopedic surgeon holding your x-ray! It's jarring when your business partner says "We're going under while he's looking at the books. But it's very routine when said by a submarine captain speaking to the crew. "You're on fire" is nice to hear when you're playing an excellent round of golf. But not what you want to hear when you're grilling burgers. "A thumb on the scale" often mean

Could you be a little bit more specific than an 'arm and a leg'?

"I procure considerable gratification from belles-lettres."

"One of you will be Kevin, one will be Kev and one will be K. You decide who."

'Why do you call me fridge?...' '...You're cold, frosty and full of junk.'

'I was going to run for office, but by the time I threw my hat in the ring, all the really good catch phrases were taken...'

Globe. Which line do you prefer? "What's past is prologue" or "today is the first day of the rest of your life"?

Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice, you may be qualified to go to law school!

"Son, talk loudly and carry a big shtick.

"Some people call me a ball-buster, but I prefer cojones-crusher."

A word to the wise. At this morning's meeting you were referred to as the 'the bottleneck'.