Wiktionary:Christmas Competition 2009/November 29


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm a baker.
 * How's it going?
 * Sometimes things get really mixed up
 * 5 pts. 50 Xylophone Players talk 23:38, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I work in a recycling plant.
 * How's it going?
 * Sometimes our batteries are given out free of charge.
 * 5 pts. 50 Xylophone Players talk 23:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm a carpenter's apprentice
 * How's it going?
 * God awful...people are constantly calling on the carpet
 * 5 pts. 50 Xylophone Players talk 23:30, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm running a dog kennel.
 * How's it going?
 * Not too good: it's going to the dogs.
 * 5 pts.  AugPi 22:41, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm a professor at UC Davis.
 * How's it going?
 * The lectures are straight from the horse's mouth.
 * 5 pts.  AugPi 21:11, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I make calculators
 * How's it going?
 * Great. You can really count on the products
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 19:18, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Я работаю в орнитологическом институте (I work in the ornithological institute.)
 * How's it going?
 * Весь день я галок считаю. (All the day long I count jackdaws.)
 * 5 pts. The uſer hight Bogorm converſation 19:16, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Je fais les greffes de mains. (I do hand transplants.)
 * How's it going?
 * Pas mal. J'ai acheté l'entreprise de quelqu'un, qui venait de l'acheter de quelqu'un d'autre. On dirait que l'entreprise change souvent de main (Not bad. I bought the business of off someone, who'd just bought it from another. You could say it often changes hand.
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 18:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I do hand transplants
 * How's it going?
 * Not bad. I bought the business of off someone, who'd just bought it from another. You could say it often change hand.
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 18:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Je fabrique des canots truffés de trous (I make hole-ridden boats)
 * How's it going?
 * Pas bon. Il prend l'eau (Not great, it's taking in water)
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 18:45, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm an unsuccessful dentist.
 * How's it going?
 * I'm living hand-to-mouth.
 *  5 pts. < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 18:44, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I am Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England.
 * How's it going?
 * It's a licence to print money.
 *  15 pts. < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 18:42, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Je vend des deltaplanes. (I sell hang gliders)
 * How's it going?
 * Pas bon. Elle bat de l'aile (not great, it's flapping a wing)
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 18:35, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I organise parties for schoolkids
 * How's it going?
 * Great. It's child's play
 *  5 pts. Rising Sun 18:28, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * J'organise des fêtes pour des écoliers (I organise parties for schoolchildren)
 * How's it going?
 * Super. C'est vraiment un jeu d'enfant (it's child's play)
 *  15 pts. Rising Sun 18:26, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Je fait cuire des tartes à pruneaux (I make prune pies)
 * How's it going?
 * Pas bon. Les tartes me font chier (Not great. They make me shit)
 *  5 pts. Rising Sun 18:18, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Je fabrique des divans en pâtes (I make pasta sofas)
 * How's it going?
 * Super. On pourrait dire que si on en achetait, on aurait le cul bordé de nouilles (Great. You could say that if you bought one, you'd have your ass framed with noodles
 *  5 pts. Rising Sun 18:12, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * je fabrique des calculatrices (I make calculators)
 * How's it going?
 * Super. On peut compter sur le produit (you can count on the product)
 *  5 pts. Rising Sun 18:08, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * Building tea-cup rides.
 * How's it going?
 * Super. Je suis dans mon assiette (I'm in my plate)
 *  5 pts. Rising Sun 18:06, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * transmogrifying humans into farm animals
 * How's it going?
 * pas bon, les clients deviennent chèvre (not great, the clients are becoming goats)
 * 5 pts. Rising Sun 18:01, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I've opened a pig farm.
 * How's it going?
 * It brings home the bacon.
 *  15 pts. A LGRIF  talk  17:37, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I sell chewing tobacco.
 * How's it going?
 * Great. I reckon I'll be quids in.
 *  5 pts. A LGRIF  talk  17:07, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * It's an alternative underground transport system.
 * How's it going?
 * Not very well. In fact it's going down the tubes.
 *  5 pts. A LGRIF  talk  16:47, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I signed up for a deep-sea-diving class.
 * How's it going?
 * I'm in over my head.
 * 5 pts. L&#9786;g&#9786;maniac chat? 15:11, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm a lumberjack.
 * How's it going?
 * I've sure got my work cut out for me.
 * 5 pts. L&#9786;g&#9786;maniac chat? 15:11, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I developed a car that runs on urine
 * How's it going?
 * Dreadful. People keep taking the piss!
 * 15 pts. SemperBlotto 15:00, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm an accountant in a very prestigious company.
 * How's it going?
 * We're bankrupt, by all accounts
 * 15 pts. 50 Xylophone Players talk 14:58, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I make English and American football teams meet
 * How's it going?
 * It turns out to be on a different ballpark
 * 5 pts. \Mike 11:35, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I own 2 soccer teams but all my players have been arrested in the corruption scandal.
 * How's it going?
 * It was a Catch-22.
 *  5 pts. Mutante 11:10, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm Albert Einstein and they found out my wife wrote all my theories.
 * How's it going?
 * It was about time.
 *  5 pts. Mutante 10:53, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I make buoyancy aids.
 * How's it going?
 * It keeps my head above the water.
 * 15 pts. Conrad.Irwin 10:38, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm a gardener for a wealthy patron.
 * How's it going?
 * I'm raking it in.
 *  25 pts. < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 10:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm the president of the British Sign Language Association.
 * How's it going?
 * I'm making money hand over fist.
 *  5 pts. < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 10:26, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I make inflatible chess-sets
 * How's it going?
 * Just swell thanks &mdash; as the actress said to the bishop
 * 15 pts. Conrad.Irwin 10:13, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm supervising the building of a second Channel Tunnel. We've got one team drilling from the French side, and another team drilling from the English side.
 * How's it going?
 * I'm making ends meet.
 *  15 0 pts. (SB just beat me to it.) < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 10:09, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I make long rulers for school teachers.
 * How's it going?
 * Well across the board
 * 15 pts. Conrad.Irwin 09:35, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I've invented the RoboWaiter3000, an android who will make all restaurant serving staff obsolete.
 * How's it going?
 * It puts food on the table.
 *  25 pts. < class="latinx">Ƿidsiþ 09:27, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I've invented a new automatic coupling device
 * How's it going?
 * It makes ends meet
 * 5 pts. SemperBlotto 10:06, 29 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've got a new business.
 * What's your business?
 * I'm writing a freely-licensed collaborative dictionary.
 * How's it going?
 * It's true what they say: a camel is a horse designed by a committee.
 * 15 pts. Dominic·t 10:45, 29 November 2009 (UTC)