[Healeys] FW: healboard lift a dot fastener position bj8

[Guy R Day]

Bill & Andy.

Andy has given the version that was meant but 'Sod' has a wonderful rich 
varied load of meanings that Andy hasn't touched on.

Sod - a clump of earth usually with grass attached.
Sod - an area of ground  ie.  'The old sod', meaning a homeland
He is a Sod - meaning the person is one who does things to harm others or 
does miscreant things.  ie You lend a friend a spanner but he ruins it by 
hitting it with a hammer, bending and marking it.
A Sod of a thing - something that will be hard to deal with, such as 
stretching a tonneau cover to make it fit when cold or tightening an exhaust 
manifold clamp whilst the engine is running!
Oh Sod it! -  Something has gone wrong so many times you give up on the 
attempt.
Sod Off - a marginally politer version of   'go away' (f***) off.
You dirty old Sod - said to a buddy who tells you he went off with a hooker.
Ooooh!  You Sod - An expression of endearment to a loved one as she does 
something exquisitely naughty such as nibbling instead of licking (your ice 
cream cone!).
There is Sod - It is a 'sod' of a thing.  ie it is something that Andy Pole 
said, the nut that gets cross threaded, the hacksaw blade that breaks, the 
watch that keeps on stopping.
There is Sod - 'Sod's law'  Again as Andy said, if a thing can go wrong it 
will go wrong, the toast lands butter side down when it slips off the plate, 
the Champagne spurts everywhere when wearing the new tux, never the old 
suit.  Similar to Murphy's Law.
It is a word to wax lyrical over, to place feeling into as you utter it, you 
can bark it out, say is slowly, shout it and say it lovingly but it is 
normally a word of despair that can occasionally be used elsewhere.


Guy R Day


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andy pole"
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 7:27 PM
Subject: [Healeys] FW: healboard lift a dot fastener position bj8


> Bill,
> it means you will drill the hole in the wrong place, snag the carpet 
> meaning a
> new piece, snap the drill in the hole (being your only bit that size), get 
> the
> chuck caught in you jumper arm, break your finger, trip over a spanner on 
> the
> way out of door and land on your face etc etc.
>
>
>
>
> You guys across the pond . . . what the hell does "sod" mean?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
>  SOD'S LAW (noun)
>  The noun SOD'S LAW has 1 sense:
> 1. humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
>
> as in Murphy's Law