Frog Applause by Teresa Burritt for August 04, 2015

Apertis otia portis Lepis.

Always, long live “The Little Red Hen.”

How does one say “Open the Gates of Lameness”. That sounds more relevant to Frog Applause. Who agrees?

Apertio claudinacionis. Open the gates of lameness.Does anyone have a different translation? I used one of those online Latin to English / English to Latin translators

Oddly enough, some of the busiest and most active people are among the laziest. According to Einstein, the greater your momentum, the less likely you are to move beyond it, becoming fixed in your accustomed courses.

De Profundis penitential psalm read aloud three times and six Hail Marys!!! and don’t do that again!!!

The deadly scrotum snatch … seldom used, but very effective.

From line 199 of the Ars Poetica of Horace (Q. Horatius Flaccus), its meaning distorted, however. As you can see here (note links to both Latin and an English translation, in which otia is rendered as “peace”), the meaning of this phrase, rendered severely literally, is " praise [laudet] …leisures [peace] with gates wide-open." No laziness was harmed in the making of this comment.

@2old

Open the gates of laziness. You mean someone actually bothered to close them!?

“Otium” is “Leisure” and its gen. is “Otii” . The imperative of “Aperire” is “Aperi/Aperite(pl.)” The acc. pl of “Porta” is “Portas”. Hence “Portas otii aperi!”

Grammar is non-negotiable. [That’s an etymological joke/double negative.]

Open the elevator door?

Happy Your bunny is cuter than my bunnies!

The Jumping Gnome(click to enlarge)

The rest… I leave… open.