More pedantic proverbs - 05/14/05 07:36 PM
I decided to do some more of these myself.
For any new people a pedantic proverb is taking a common saying and make it sound like a lawyer said it.
For example: "an explosion of light occurring in a cooking utensil." is another way of saying "A flash in the pan".
So here are six sayings. After translating them, can you tell something else about the sayings?
And as always, please hide your answers or provide spoiler space so everyone can do this.
1) An accumulation of the outermost extremity of the upper limb on the human body that is more than a few causes an activity not pursued for pleasure to be rendered of a nature that provides for successful completion with minimum effort.
2) If the number of those whose profession is of a culinary nature exceeds an optimum number by even a single unit, then the clear liquid obtained by heating animal or vegetable materials in a mixture of one part oxygen and two parts hydrogen is rendered unmerchantable.
3) The organ responsible for circulating a nourishment-carrying, waste-removing fluid through the body of a vertebrate animal is said to increase in affection for that which once was in close proximaty but is currently beyond one's physical presence.
4) An item whose appearance is rendered null through distance or by the intervention of some obscuring object and thus cannot be perceived by ocular organs will likewise be missing from that organ responsible for cognitive thought processes.
5) Those who exhibit the characteristics of a fearless and daring spirit will be shown partiality towards by a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably.
6) In a competition involving traveling a set distance, victory is assured to one who exhibits a counterintuitive velocity and a manner showing little variation or fluctuation.
For any new people a pedantic proverb is taking a common saying and make it sound like a lawyer said it.
For example: "an explosion of light occurring in a cooking utensil." is another way of saying "A flash in the pan".
So here are six sayings. After translating them, can you tell something else about the sayings?
And as always, please hide your answers or provide spoiler space so everyone can do this.
1) An accumulation of the outermost extremity of the upper limb on the human body that is more than a few causes an activity not pursued for pleasure to be rendered of a nature that provides for successful completion with minimum effort.
2) If the number of those whose profession is of a culinary nature exceeds an optimum number by even a single unit, then the clear liquid obtained by heating animal or vegetable materials in a mixture of one part oxygen and two parts hydrogen is rendered unmerchantable.
3) The organ responsible for circulating a nourishment-carrying, waste-removing fluid through the body of a vertebrate animal is said to increase in affection for that which once was in close proximaty but is currently beyond one's physical presence.
4) An item whose appearance is rendered null through distance or by the intervention of some obscuring object and thus cannot be perceived by ocular organs will likewise be missing from that organ responsible for cognitive thought processes.
5) Those who exhibit the characteristics of a fearless and daring spirit will be shown partiality towards by a hypothetical force or personified power that unpredictably determines events and issues favorably or unfavorably.
6) In a competition involving traveling a set distance, victory is assured to one who exhibits a counterintuitive velocity and a manner showing little variation or fluctuation.
