"it's not as bad as the sod farm"
reminded me of that Britishism
"Sod off."
This reminds me that the Earth's rotation has placed a significant portion of its mass between me and Sol*, and I should be tottering off to dreamland.
*By "Sol", I mean the Sun, not some ibbledick alter kocker from Miami Beach...
Heh. "Poor old sod." Are there any more sod expressions out there?