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<blockquote data-quote="HereWeGoAgain" data-source="post: 108769" data-attributes="member: 3485"><p>This is a game I used to play as a kid. You take a common phrase (it doesn't actually have to be a proverb) and make the language as convoluted and obscure as you possibly can, then everyone tries to guess the phrase.</p><p></p><p>For example:</p><p></p><p>"Performing the act of repairing a rend, by rejoining woven material by securing it with a reinforcing filament, in a timely manner relative to the first appearance of discontinuity, negates the future expenditure of effort to the extent of thrice three times the exertion required in the original instance." = "A stitch in time saves nine."</p><p></p><p>Consulting references, such as the dictionary or thesaurus, either in composing or deciphering is against the rules.</p><p></p><p>Anybody want to play? Here's one:</p><p>"Engaging in discussions pertaining to matters avian and apiarian in nature."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HereWeGoAgain, post: 108769, member: 3485"] This is a game I used to play as a kid. You take a common phrase (it doesn't actually have to be a proverb) and make the language as convoluted and obscure as you possibly can, then everyone tries to guess the phrase. For example: "Performing the act of repairing a rend, by rejoining woven material by securing it with a reinforcing filament, in a timely manner relative to the first appearance of discontinuity, negates the future expenditure of effort to the extent of thrice three times the exertion required in the original instance." = "A stitch in time saves nine." Consulting references, such as the dictionary or thesaurus, either in composing or deciphering is against the rules. Anybody want to play? Here's one: "Engaging in discussions pertaining to matters avian and apiarian in nature." [/QUOTE]
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