Latin Enthusiasts Mugs

Breaking Bad News; doctor to patient - 'OK; now does anyone know the Latin word for crab?'

"There's only one 'L' in colosseum."

Mea Maxima Cuppa

"Wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . . wa-wa. . ."

'Uh-oh... when mom calls me by my full latin species name, I'm in big trouble.'

'My real name is Bellis Perennis, but you can call me Daisy!'

"Hail, Caesar! The barbarians have been beaten back, and Rome is still Numero Uno."

'Did anyone tell her we're from another planet?'

"Baldo, Gracie...you need to learn more Spanish. For the rest of the week, I'm going to speak nothing but Spanish, and Tia Carmen will act as your interpreter, OK? Tienen tarea?"

'Turn right at the Robinia pseudoacacia, pass the garden with the salvia officinalis, cross the road when you see the stranvaesia davidinia and the pub is on the left!'

"Don't forget to call it a 'procedure'—it makes it less scary."

'Barbarians at the gate? That's fine, I fully support social mobility.'

The tulip knew it was in trouble when called by its scientific name.

80 years for Montt

Maternity ward: 'Baby talk spoken here.'

"We don't have knock-knock jokes on Christmas."

Communicating with clients without using buzzwords posed a challenge for the consultants.

'Virus?' - 'Yes, it's a Latin word we doctors use, meaning I haven't got a clue..'

"The first goal of our ad hoc committee should be to learn Latin."

Carpe diem

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

"You just carpe, carpe, carpe."

We hadn't realised your body language was French....

Frenchman Speaking to Englishman

'Your efforts, and the little Latin quotes you drop into your email, have not gone unrecognized.'

'English is their second language.'

'Consummatum est.'

'Wow Fred! The scientists that caught you called you 'Carcharodon Carcharias'... Wait till I tell the others...'

'What? This is still a dead language, right?'

I love Classics.

'Actually, they like to read, but so little is translated into dog.'

"There's actually nothing wrong with you but I can write out something in Latin to show your boss."

Obedience School Spelling Bee

"Baldo, negative stereotypes that insult people serve no purpose! What people really want is thoughtful, family-oriented material."

"Yes Spooner, I said 'pool party'."