Foriegn Language Idioms

       The following are winners in a New York Magazine contest in
       which contestants were asked to take a well-known expression in
       a foreign language, change a single letter, and provide a
       definition for the new expression.

       HARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS? - Can you drive a French motorcycle?

       EX POST FUCTO - Lost in the mail

       IDIOS AMIGOS - We're wild and crazy guys

       VENI, VIPI, VICI - I came; I'm a very important person; I
       conquered

       J'Y SUIS, J'Y PESTES - I can stay for the weekend

       COGITO EGGO SUM - I think; therefore, I am a waffle

       RIGOR MORRIS - The cat is dead RESPONDEZ S'IL VOUS PLAID - Honk
       if you're Scots

       QUE SERA SERF - Life is feudal

       LE ROI EST MORT. JIVE LE ROI - The King is dead. No kidding.
       POSH MORTEM - Death styles of the rich and famous

       PRO BOZO PUBLICO - Support your local clown

       MONAGE A TROIS - I am three years old

       FELIX NAVIDAD - Our cat has a boat

       HASTE CUISINE - Fast French food

       VENI, VIDI, VICE - I came, I saw, I partied. 

       QUIP PRO QUO - A fast retort

       ALOHA OY - Love; greetings; farewell; from such a pain you
       should never know

       APRES MOE LE DELUGE - Larry and Curly get wet

       PORTE-KOCHERE - Sacramental wine

       ICH LIEBE RICH - I'm really crazy about having dough

       FUI GENERIS - What's mine is mine

       VISA LA FRANCE - Don't leave chateau without it

       VENI VIDI VISA - I came, I saw, I bought

       CA VA SANS DIRT - And that's not gossip

       MERCI RIEN - Thanks for nothin'.

       AMICUS PURIAE - Platonic friend

       L'ETAT, C'EST MOO - I'm bossy around here

       L'ETAT, C'EST MOE - All the world's a stooge