my friends are pretty smart! so give this a shot......

[paretimo2]

try to re-write these sentences with well-known phrases

ex: scintillate, scintillate, asteriod minikin
"twinkle, twinkle, little star"

1. members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate synchoronously.

2. surveillance should precede salientation.

3. pulchritude posses solely cutaneous profundity.

4. it is fruitless to become lachrymose

Comments

[classy_dame]

I love this!
I love the Friends reference too.

okay,
1.) Birds of a feather flocker together
2.) look before you leap?
3.) beauty is only skin deep
4.) there's no use crying over spilled mlik
5.) cleanliness is next to godliness?
6.) the pen is mightier than the sword
7.) you can't teach an old dog new tricks
8.) dead men tell no tales
9.) where there's smoke, there's a fire?
10.) a watched pot never boils

Eep, I'm not sure about some of those. I hope I didn't make myself look dumb in front of all your LJ friends.
Tim, you have such an oversized aortic pump. (I love that he signs it Baby Kangaroo Tribbianni)

I hope you're doing FABULOUS! I miss you!

[classy_dame]

hahahah i like that i accidentally wrote "flocker" and "mlik"

I'm going to be the best journalist ever

[franklinshepard]

1. Birds of a feather flock together

2. Look before you leap

3. beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

4. don't cry over spilt milk

5. cleanliness is next to Godliness

6. Pen is mightier than the sword

7. Can't teach an old dog new tricks

8. dead men don't talk (something like that)

9. visible vapors resulting from apparently ignited carboniferous material indicate manifest conflagration. - this one is driving me crazy. Still waters run deep? that's not right.

10. A watched pot never boils

[franklinshepard]

Of course! Where there's smoke, there's fire. I'm dumb.

[paretimo2]

thats sooo funny. because as i was filling it out...i was like mark and liz will be great at this!!! and jillian too.

[e_fizzle]

1) birds of a feather flock together
8) dead men tell no tales

those are the only ones that came to me right away...

so, yeah, I'm probably dumb...

[paretimo2]

well... i to this moment in time still dont understand dead men tell no tales. my brother came up with that one but ive never heard it before!

[classy_dame]

i had never heard "dead men tell no tales" until I saw the movie Muppet Treasure Island. That is still the only time I've ever heard it. hahaha

[chocolatethunda]

NUMBER 6 THE PENIS MIGHTER!!!

tell me trebek how does it work???

[paretimo2]

the first time i read that one i guessed savor the flavor. hahahaha.