ES - catapult

Spence Mabry smabry at flash.net
Thu Feb 12 17:04:36 PST 1998


Matthew G. Saroff wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Paul Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > I found the following latin phrase and translation in someone's
> > sig file on USENET.  I thought you might find it amusing.
> >
> > - Galen
> >
> >      "Catapultam habeo.           (I have a catapult. Unless you)
> > Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis,   (give me all the money, I will)
> > ad caput tuum saxum immane        (throw an enormous rock at your head)
> >           mittam."
> Hi,
>         Does anyone else out there think that this would be a great
> battlecry for Elfsea?
> 
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For us of Welsh persuasion, change "enormous rock" to "large cow".

For the Scots amongst us, change "enormous rock" to "large sheep".

For the vikings, well, whatever ...........

Ceatta o'Gulcleth
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