Cycle-mania grips London

Yahoo | Reuters ^ | 7/8/05

[madison10]

Londoners are going to lose LOTS of weight. Then watch out terrorists!

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

The moral? Adapt, overcome, Improvise! Way to go Britannia!

[eastsider]

'sod it

Translation?

[handy old one]

The butt kicking will be bad for the terrorists then.

[handy old one]

sod it = Screw it

[eastsider]

Ta ...

[LibWhacker]

I've always sort of had the sense of it, but a more formal definition is called for here. So I had to look it up: :-)

Sod it: To give up, to "heck with it", or "nuts to that". English slang, usually said when something is either too hard to do or too undesirable.

[Dark Skies]

Bump

[Disambiguator]

In British parlance, "sod" is a slang term for a homosexual (short for sodomite).

[Question Liberal Authority]

Not only that, but do you know who owns all the bicycle shops in London?

HALLIBURTON.

[rabidralph]

As in the Aqualung song?

[Disambiguator]

I'm not a big Tull fan...what are the lyrics in question?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I dunno, if you've ever driven in London....

[eastsider]

Thanks, LibWhacker. I can't even begin to guess its etymology, but it sounds mild enough.

[eastsider]

So it has a bit of an edge to it. Much more to my liking. Thanks!

[rabidralph]

Aqualung my friend --
don't start away uneasy
you poor old sod, you see, it's only me.
Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze --
when the ice that
clings on to your beard is
screaming agony.
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
with deep-sea-diver sounds,
and the flowers bloom like
madness in the spring.

[eastsider]

That does it ... I'm definitely adding it to my lexicon of vulgarities.

[RoseofTexas]

You know, I've always wanted one of those bikes with a basket on the back to carry stuff. Do they still sell those thingamajigs?....Someday perhaps! :)