Uh, about that "sod" part..........
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2005 6:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: impulse purchase
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> On 14/5/05, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed:
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> >> Jammy sod!
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> >Mr Englishman, be so kind, tell me what it means, literally. If need be,
> >use off-list :).
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> Well Boris, in England we have this eccentric pastime involving jam
> doughnuts and dirt. Basically, someone throws a doughnut, and if it hits
> someone it's considered lucky. However, if the doughnut splits open and
> coats the recipient in jam (as they are wont to do now and again) then
> this is extremely lucky (and in fact quite yummy as well). HOWEVER, if
> the doughnut hits someone and coats the recipient in jam, and then the
> recipient falls over in the muck and mire, rolling and writhing in it, so
> that all the sod of the Earth is sticking to the jam and stuff, well,
> that is considered so incredibly lucky that words simply cannot express...
>
> So we say 'jammy sod' instead.
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> Just don't ask me about jammy dodgers!
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> Cheers,
> Cotty
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