Another breakdown in transpond communication

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#112756 - 09/30/03 08:40 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
Capfka Pooh-Bah Registered: 06/28/02 Posts: 1624 Loc: Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok	This mortal coil, yes.
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#112757 - 09/30/03 12:32 PM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK	Poster: etaoin Subject: Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication dixbey, is that hogwarsh®? Certainly not! Hurrumph-e http://www.wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=tod
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#112758 - 09/30/03 04:23 PM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont	erk. I humbly bow before thee, on my tod. _________________________ formerly known as etaoin...
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#112759 - 10/01/03 12:44 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
hev addict Registered: 01/28/02 Posts: 477 Loc: Sydney, Australia	No idea as to its origin, no. Me neither (just not sure where else to park my response)!! Were I to speak in rhyming slang, I would far more likely use "on my pat" (ie. Pat Malone), never heard of "on my tod".
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#112760 - 10/01/03 02:33 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
dxb Pooh-Bah Registered: 03/06/02 Posts: 1692 Loc: UK	Tod Sloan was the first to race using the "perch up on top" seat on his horses. They laughed about it at first, but he was highly successful and now all jockeys ride that way. I guess it reduces wind resistance and/or distributes the weight more favourably perhaps.
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#112761 - 10/01/03 07:08 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	dxb, you know the neatest things! Yes, it reduces wind resistance, primarily from not having the rider's feet and legs "protruding" into (and thus interrupting) the air flow. Man, I hope that sounded good--I just made it up! Look what I found: TOD(D), OUT ON HIS Construct: Definition: Incomparable, supreme, splendid. Use: He was out on his tod(d) as a player. He was excellent as a player. Derivation: 'Todd' - one's own, alone. Perhaps rhyming slang - on one's Tod Sloan. (Concise Oxford Dictionary). Alone - to work alone. (Partridge). From: http://corkslang.com/term/toddoutonhis/
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#112762 - 10/02/03 02:35 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
stales old hand Registered: 11/13/00 Posts: 866 Loc: Perth, Western Australia	My dad (a cockney) and Aussies in general use "on my pat" as well as "on my todd" . Pat Malone that is. Though who he was I have no idea (that's a deer without any eyes by the way. Shoot it and it's still no idea). stales
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#112763 - 10/02/03 06:56 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 6511 Loc: lower upstate New York	(that's a deer without any eyes by the way. Shoot it and it's still no idea) Is this a non-rhotic pun or an intrusive R pun?
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#112764 - 10/02/03 09:20 AM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11578 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	Or a Southern one? No ah-deah... Gee, if you had a cold, you could say Do, a deer...
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#112765 - 10/15/03 07:33 PM Re: Another breakdown in transpond communication
Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada	Jackie, you octave known better than that!
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