1514 - Verbal skills

Here's a test. I got 7 of the 12 which surprised the heck outa' me.

Guess the saying that's been reverbalized.


1. Scintillate, scintaillate, asteroid minific

2. Surveillance should precede caltation.

3. Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.

4. Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

5. It is fruitless to become lachrymose over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.

6. Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.

7. The stylus is more potent than the scimitar.

8. It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

9. Eschew the implement of correction and vitiate the scion.

10. The temperature of the aqueous content of an unremittingly ogled saucepan does not reach 212 degrees F.

11. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly suriferous.

12. Where there are visible vapors having their prevalence in ingnited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.

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ANSWERS:
1 Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
2 Look before you leap.
3 Birds of a feather flock together.
4 Beauty is only skin deep.
5 No use crying over spilt milk.
6 Cleanliness is next to godliness.
7 The pen is mightier than the sword.
8 Can't teach an old dog new tricks.
9 Spare the rod and spoil the child.
10 A watched pot never boils.
11 All that glitters is not gold.
12 Where there's smoke, there's fire.

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Bonus - Heard on Letterman last night.

The navy seal had broken into Osama's room. There was Osama standing there. After 5 years of being hidden away on the third floor of the compound with three of his wifes, he looked at the Navy seal and said, "please, just shoot me".