Latin Enthusiasts Prints

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

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?'

'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.

Maternity ward: 'Baby talk spoken here.'

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

80 years for Montt

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

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

"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."

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

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

Frenchman Speaking to Englishman

"You just carpe, carpe, carpe."

'Consummatum est.'

'English is their second language.'

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

I love Classics.

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

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

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

Obedience School Spelling Bee

"Good night, son - sweet dreams and a great sleep experience."