Obfuscation Challenge 4

[ESquared]

In this thread, you must NOT eschew obfuscation. In fact, you must embrace it.

Take common sayings or objects and convert them to archaic, outlandish, and overblown--but recognizable--speech.

For example, if I say:

Inhabitants of supercooled liquid silicate domiciles ought refrain from casting lithic projectiles.

You know that I am referring to the saying, "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones."

And if I refer to a

canvas tension structure

you could not possibly miss that I mean a tent. (Ooh, triple the number of words!)

Let's keep it clean, and clever, so the thread does not transport to a flaming netherworld in a small handle-bearing container constructed of dried woven reeds!

 

[Welshbird]

I would be grateful if on a susequent and comparable defecatory occasion you would transfer the fenestration to a non-permeable nature.

[white]Next time you guff, open the window[/white]

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[AnotherHiggins]

rjoubert,

"the square root of 64, divided by 2" is 4, isn't it?

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[rjoubert]

higgins...you are correct. I was supposed to put a 4 in there, not a 2. My apologies...

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Bah, no problem. I know what you meant.

In fact, if the object is Obfuscation, you did a great job!

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[philhege]

Chris, good job!

Phil Hegedusich
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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[Mthales]

My personal favourite is when feeling smug:

To hold the opinion of oneself as to be the metaphoric equivalent of the canine's oblique spheroids.

(I apologise if this a particularly English phrase.)


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[Welshbird]

Nice one M.

Fee

The question should be [red]Is it worth trying to do?[/red] not [blue] Can it be done?[/blue]

 

[MeGustaXL]

rjoubert, Utterly, utterly brilliant! Have a STAR!

What the heck, have a Brag-Rag as well:

I especially enjoyed:

set atop a soft, round yeast roll

Chris

Rule Two: What's in it for me? - My Dad

 

[philhege]

You can direct an equine mammal to what well-known standard of specific gravity, but cannot compel him to imbibe thereof.

And, my favorite variant:

You can direct a woman of the night to a well-known East Coast female higher learning institution, but will find it impossible to induce her to cogitate.

You can lead a whore to Vassar, but you cannot make her think.

Phil Hegedusich
Senior Programmer/Analyst
IIMAK

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I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.

 

[ESquared]

I hereby express the inclination to initiate a biological process resulting in atrophy of my adipocytes, achieving an increase in personal density.

[white]I want to lose weight.[/white]

 

[p5wizard]

1) electric motorized rotary multi-bladed variable-speed air-moving cooling device

A large computer manufacturer puts an LED and a chip with a machine readable ID on a cooling fan and actually calls it an AMD or Air-Moving-Device...


HTH,

p5wizard

 

[ascotta]

Exuberance of our own verbosity

Hah our installation team of learning methodisers were much more to be associated with rabbits and doe eyes, we had :-

I must not become intoxicated by the exuberance of my own verbosity.

[blue] A perspective from the other side!![/blue]

Cheers
Scott