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Cycle-mania grips London
Yahoo | Reuters ^ | 7/8/05

Posted on 07/08/2005 9:45:59 AM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: Disambiguator

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

Can't say I've ever heard it used in that sense.


21 posted on 07/08/2005 10:19:03 AM PDT by Canard
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To: rabidralph

That looks like an appropriate context.


22 posted on 07/08/2005 10:19:21 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Canard

You must live a sheltered life!

;^)


23 posted on 07/08/2005 10:20:35 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: Disambiguator

Okie dokie. I think The Who had an album titled Odds and Sods. Once again, I thought they were talking about dirt.


24 posted on 07/08/2005 10:25:54 AM PDT by rabidralph (Stop surveilling, start arresting!)
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To: RoseofTexas
How's this one look to 'ya? :-)


25 posted on 07/08/2005 10:28:36 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: rabidralph
Okie dokie. I think The Who had an album titled Odds and Sods. Once again, I thought they were talking about dirt.

Maybe they were talking dirt, or it could be a double entendre. I've often wondered about that myself, especially in light of rumors that Pete Townshend is well, you know...

Have you seen the movie "Hope and Glory"? There is a scene where a group of young boys initiates another by having him say "bugger off you bloody sod". I guess that was the equivalent of saying "f*** off you f***ing ******".

26 posted on 07/08/2005 10:33:19 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
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To: LibWhacker

Is that the pee wee herman special?
Looks nice though.


27 posted on 07/08/2005 10:33:38 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Disambiguator

No, I never saw that movie. Very funny. Yeah, I've heard English people say bugger off in movies and things like that. Not much use for double entendres these days, with everything being in your face.


28 posted on 07/08/2005 10:42:16 AM PDT by rabidralph (Stop surveilling, start arresting!)
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To: LibWhacker
Ah no, it's more like a tricycle with an iron basket attached to the back. I don't know what they call them, but my sister had one many many years ago. She loved it for small errands and such.
29 posted on 07/08/2005 10:51:26 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Vic3O3

Good for the British!

Let's hope the group of anti bicycle trolls that tend to inhabit these threads don't go over there with their monster Ford Excursions equipped with trailer mirrors to see how many people they can run over.

Semper Fi


30 posted on 07/08/2005 11:15:09 AM PDT by dd5339 (A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path.)
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To: RoseofTexas
Ah-so!

Your wish is my command. :-)

They are available, yes, most definitely. Found this one with Google. There are tons of 'em listed on Google and Froogle. :-)

31 posted on 07/08/2005 12:38:22 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Canard
"In British parlance, "sod" is a slang term for a homosexual (short for sodomite)" Can't say I've ever heard it used in that sense.

I have... and a fag is a cigarette. It's just a language thing.

32 posted on 07/08/2005 1:10:20 PM PDT by golfboy (character is doing what is right, when no one is looking)
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To: LibWhacker

Hey, I like it! It's the bicycle version of a '57 Chevrolet. Very retro.


33 posted on 07/08/2005 1:12:50 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: golfboy

Yeah, fag is very common, but I've completely missed sod being used in that way, must just be me!


34 posted on 07/08/2005 1:13:55 PM PDT by Canard
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Yeah, fag is very common, but I've completely missed sod being used in that way, must just be me!

I went out and read some of your other posts and found out you're a brit (Londoner?) Maybe it's just the brits that have migrated to this side of the pond that uses that 'soddy' language ;-)

35 posted on 07/08/2005 3:28:19 PM PDT by golfboy (character is doing what is right, when no one is looking)
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