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Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Public Transport
The graffiti artists become more educated every day, or why did they write mother in latin? (or rather: why didn't they translate fucker while they are at it?). Later on, my bus was delayed significantly, maybe it's a long way from =ö^QecdbQßU?
CENTURION: Whats this, then? Romanes Eunt Domus? People called Romanes they go the house? BRIAN: It-- it says, Romans, go home. CENTURION: No, it doesnt. Whats Latin for Roman? Come on! BRIAN: Aah! CENTURION: Come on! BRIAN: R-- Romanus? CENTURION: Goes like...? BRIAN: Annus? CENTURION: Vocative plural of annus is...? BRIAN: Eh. Anni? CENTURION: Romani. Eunt? What is eunt? BRIAN: Go. Let-- CENTURION: Conjugate the verb to go. BRIAN: Uh. Ire. Uh, eo. Is. It. Imus. Itis. Eunt. CENTURION: So eunt is...? BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, they go. CENTURION: But Romans, go home is an order, so you must use the...? BRIAN: The... imperative! CENTURION: Which is...? BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, i. I! CENTURION: How many Romans? BRIAN: Ah! I-- Plural. Plural. Ite. Ite. CENTURION: Ite. BRIAN: Ah. Eh. CENTURION: Domus? BRIAN: Eh. CENTURION: Nominative? BRIAN: Oh. CENTURION: Go home? This is motion towards. Isnt it, boy? BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah! CENTURION: Except that domus takes the...? BRIAN: The locative, sir! CENTURION: Which is...?! BRIAN: Domum. CENTURION: Domum. BRIAN: Aaah! Ah. CENTURION: Um. Understand? BRIAN: Yes, sir. CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times. BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir. CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If its not done by sunrise, Ill cut your balls off. BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!
Finished! ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now dont do it again. [CENTURIONS chase BRIAN] MAN: Hey! Bloody Romans.
The graffiti artists become more educated every day, or why did they write mother in latin? (or rather: why didn't they translate fucker while they are at it?). Later on, my bus was delayed significantly, maybe it's a long way from =ö^QecdbQßU?
CENTURION: Whats this, then? Romanes Eunt Domus? People called Romanes they go the house?
ReplyDeleteBRIAN: It-- it says, Romans, go home.
CENTURION: No, it doesnt. Whats Latin for Roman? Come on!
BRIAN: Aah!
CENTURION: Come on!
BRIAN: R-- Romanus?
CENTURION: Goes like...?
BRIAN: Annus?
CENTURION: Vocative plural of annus is...?
BRIAN: Eh. Anni?
CENTURION: Romani. Eunt? What is eunt?
BRIAN: Go. Let--
CENTURION: Conjugate the verb to go.
BRIAN: Uh. Ire. Uh, eo. Is. It. Imus. Itis. Eunt.
CENTURION: So eunt is...?
BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, they go.
CENTURION: But Romans, go home is an order, so you must use the...?
BRIAN: The... imperative!
CENTURION: Which is...?
BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, i. I!
CENTURION: How many Romans?
BRIAN: Ah! I-- Plural. Plural. Ite. Ite.
CENTURION: Ite.
BRIAN: Ah. Eh.
CENTURION: Domus?
BRIAN: Eh.
CENTURION: Nominative?
BRIAN: Oh.
CENTURION: Go home? This is motion towards. Isnt it, boy?
BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum!
Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION: Except that domus takes the...?
BRIAN: The locative, sir!
CENTURION: Which is...?!
BRIAN: Domum.
CENTURION: Domum.
BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION: Um. Understand?
BRIAN: Yes, sir.
CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.
BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If its not done by sunrise, Ill cut your balls off.
BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!
Finished!
ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now dont do it again.
[CENTURIONS chase BRIAN]
MAN: Hey! Bloody Romans.