Helen Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I thought it would be fun to grab a motto for 2005 instead of a resolution. So, for me, my motto will be seize the squeeze, carpe squeeze-em. Yeah, I know, there probably is a real latin way of saying that, but I don't know it. This is a one size fits all motto, squeeze concertinas, piano accordions (see Jim I didn't put pa first), button accordions, melodeons(I think they can be different from button acc., not sure), friends, postmen,well whatever. Anybody else have a motto? I'll share mine. Oh golly, I misspelt the last word and it said mime and I quickly changed it before I broke my computer. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff H Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Squueze before Breakfast ( A butchered version of Chamfort's Law) jjh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Evans Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Oh Jeff, is that related to "Whiskey Before Breakfast"? Squeeze On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Chambers Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I thought it would be fun to grab a motto for 2005 instead of a resolution. So, for me, my motto will be seize the squeeze, carpe squeeze-em. Yeah, I know, there probably is a real latin way of saying that, but I don't know it. Anybody else have a motto? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Helen, Maybe you should consult Premo (Mark Lenihan) : Premo ergo sum - I squeeze therefore I am Otherwise, Roger Digby might be able to provide a proper translation for you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipcmo Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Well according to John Townley is should be: Comprimere In Aeternum (squeeze on forever) Cheers, Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Day Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Push the buttons,play the keys Rest the tina on your knees Enjoy yourself and have some fun. Warm your face in the morning sun. Play the tune and make them sing Let us in the New Year ring We have the power and the drive to make people glad they are alive. Let us make this a happy year To be remembered without fear To unite in tune and song together A year to be remembered for ever and ever. Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff H Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Chamfort's Law " Toads Before Breakfast" so Squeeze before breakfast jjh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 Oh Jeff, is that related to "Whiskey Before Breakfast"? If it's a concertina with great action, that could be "Whiz Key Before Breakfast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Evans Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 (edited) Toads before breakfast? Ach no man! Just a wee dram a' Glennlevet 12, me box an' me pipe. Bravo Alan! Edited January 19, 2005 by Mark Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Oh goody, people responded. I wondered if anyone would. Yep, Stephen, I remembered that someone had I squeeze therefore I am in their signature, but I didn't want to steal it. And just what other things do you guys do before breakfast? Any other mottoes? Al, a lovely song/poem. Had my toes dancing. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 my motto will be seize the squeeze, carpe squeeze-em. Carping about the squeezing? Not me! Anybody else have a motto? I'm not much for mottos, myself. I'm unwilling to limit myself to a single statement, however pithy. And if I did, it wouldn't be limited to concertinas. E.g., I do like: "Love is friendship set to music." (I didn't invent that one. It's on a coffee hot-chocolate mug given to me by a special friend.) Besides, "seize the squeeze" sounds too much like "cease the squeeze". Still, I might offer a few to others: "Move over, Dr. Dolittle!" I have a real pushmepullyou. "I'm a boxer, not a pugilist." "Hug your kids; squeeze your concertina." "Can I squeeze into your session?" "Reed any good tune books, lately?" "To squeeze or not to squeeze... never a question." "Squeeze, please." For Morse concertinas, one that reads like a weather report: "Light squeeze from the Northeast." Just for Helen, there's the one from the second-edition Concertina & Squeezebox t-shirt: "Hide the children; accordions ahead!" And though it's not exactly a motto, realizing that the Danish word for "squeeze" is "klemme", I think maybe I should name one of my boxes "Darling Klemmentine". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 And just what other things do you guys do before breakfast? Please, Helen, this is a "family" forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Evans Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) You are lost an' gone forever, oh My Darlin' Klementine...Now forever known in my feeble mind as the Lost My Box Waltz... Edited January 20, 2005 by Mark Evans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 Oh, I want the T shirt. Helen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart estell Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 I tried to do a rough translation of that wonderful phrase about holding a "living breathing creature" but find that pretty much all of my school Latin has deserted me. So, armed with no more than a very vague recollection of the language and an online dictionary I _think_ it's something like "bestiam vivificam premo" - literally "I squeeze a life-restoring creature". Maybe someone can correct my grammar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 ...I _think_ it's something like "bestiam vivificam premo" - literally "I squeeze a life-restoring creature". Hmm. I never studied Latin, so I'm guessing wildly, but could "Premo primo" be something like "I squeeze the best"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsqueezergeezer Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 What about Squeeze the moment or Squeeze the day (if you have the time!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Squeeze the momentor Squeeze the day I usually wish I could stretch mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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