Wiktionary:Christmas Competition 2009/November 30
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Todavía estoy aprendiendo chino. (I'm still learning Chinese.)
- How's it going?
- Esto es chino para mí. (This is Chinese for me.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:55, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I send euthanatized animals to the grinder.
- How's it going?
- It's a dog-eat-dog industry.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:47, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Estoy aprendiendo chino. (I'm learning Chinese.)
- How's it going?
- Es todo el trabajo de chinos. (It's all Chinese work.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:45, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm a tee-ball coach.
- How's it going?
- The players and I have hit it off.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Conduzco los entierros para los clérigos. (I conduct funerals for clergymen.)
- How's it going?
- Consigo solamente llamado cada muerte de obispo. (I only get called each death of a bishop.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:40, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I tug ships through the Strait of Messina.
- How's it going?
- It's like sailing between Scylla and Charybdis.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I sew at night.
- How's it going?
- It's never too late to mend.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:33, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I manufacture flatulence.
- How's it going?
- It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:31, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm to develop a plan for South Africa to take over Lesotho.
- How's it going?
- I'm in a state about it.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 23:19, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Soy Simón Pedro y estoy decidiendo qué animales a dejar en cielo. (I am Saint Peter and I am deciding which animals to let into heaven.)
- How's it going?
- Estoy pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo. (I am thinking about the immortality of the crab.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 23:04, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm a stenographer.
- How's it going?
- As they say, that's all she wrote.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 22:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Pego las hojas a los colchones. (I glue the sheets to the mattresses.)
- How's it going?
- Cualquier persona que duerme allí habrán pegado a uno las sábanas. (Any person who sleeps there will have been glued to the blankets.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 22:04, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm a pilot.
- How's it going?
- I have to be up with the larks.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 21:18, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm a chiropractor.
- How's it going?
- I'll be glad to see the back of it.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 21:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Equipo ganado con las alas. (I outfit cattle with wings.)
- How's it going?
- Es el día que las vacas vuelen. (It is the day the cows fly.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 21:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm an archaeologist in Egypt.
- How's it going?
- Everything's base over apex.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 21:05, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Soy Dios en Génesis. (I am God in Genesis.)
- How's it going?
- Estoy moviendo cielo y tierra. (I am moving heaven and earth.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 20:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I genetically modify cells.
- How's it going?
- I seem to be all thumbs.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:50, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Soy leche. (I am milk.)
- How's it going?
- Soy ni chicha ni limonada. (I am neither chicha nor lemonade.)
- 5 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 20:47, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- אני אופה. (I'm a baker.)
- How's it going?
- כמעט הגעתי עד פת לחם. (I've almost reached a serving of bread.)
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I spill laundry detergent on washboards.
- How's it going?
- It's All over the board.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:37, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I own a baseball team.
- How's it going?
- I'm a head of the game.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:34, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I opened a new department store.
- How's it going?
- Macy's didn't tell Gimbel's and I sure can't tell you!
- 5 pts. Mike Halterman 20:33, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm an alchemist.
- How's it going?
- I seem to have the Midas touch.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I make fortune cookies.
- How's it going?
- Really not sure... that's a riddle wrapped up in an enigma.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:30, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I log weather extremes.
- How's it going?
- I haven't the foggiest.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:27, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I ring the bell at the start of boxing matches.
- How's it going?
- Oh, I just bang a bout.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:18, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I stitch up jackets and blankets.
- How's it going?
- It's about to close down.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:16, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I make the sun go backward right after sunset, and rise again.
- How's it going?
- I break even.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:15, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm a midwife.
- How's it going?
- They bear with me.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:13, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I make airborne clouds of lipid droplets.
- How's it going?
- New customers are coming in like greased lightning.
- 5 pts. —msh210℠ 20:06, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Je vends des pyjamas. (I sell pyjamas)
- How's it going?
- Les gens adorent les bonnets de nuit. (People adore nightcaps)
- 5 pts. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 17:41, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I make string instruments from scrap materials.
- How's it going?
- All I do is fiddle with stuff.
- 15 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 17:20, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I provide quality assurance for Thomas Crapper & Co. Ltd.
- How's it going?
- Not much to say, just a bog-standard appointment.
- 15 pts. Conrad.Irwin 17:00, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm David the shepherd boy.
- How's it going?
- I don't know ... you could say all I do sometimes is sit on the fence.
- 15 pts. L☺g☺maniac chat? 16:35, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I sell invisible mini-countries.
- How's it going?
- Great for me but many of my clients are bogged down in invisible imports.
- 5 pts. 50 Xylophone Players talk 14:11, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- Making featureless yachts
- How's it going?
- Now we've got the prototypes done, it's just plain sailing.
- 15 pts. Conrad.Irwin 13:52, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I judge weekly news periodicals and assign them scores according to a set of value criteria.
- How's it going?
- I'm just marking Time, to be honest.
- 5 pts. Ƿidsiþ 13:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I've opened an abattoir.
- How's it going?
- We're making a killing.
- 15 pts. ALGRIF talk 13:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I make space colonies on Jupiter, while others only make them on Mars
- How's it going?
- Fantastic! Me and the competition are worlds apart
- 5 pts. Rising Sun 11:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I have a restaurant which sells food that expands after being eaten
- How's it going?
- Great. My clients are always full to the brim after a visit
- 25 pts. Rising Sun 11:04, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I've got a new business.
- What's your business?
- I'm selling access to a supercomputer containing the sum of all human knowledge.
- How's it going?
- Pretty well, all things considered.
- 25 pts. Leftmostcat 02:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
