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Old Jan 26th 2014, 3:16 am
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Originally Posted by bats
Is this a Canadian phrase, "get off your todd"?
I dunno, ultra said it first
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Old Jan 26th 2014, 3:27 am
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Originally Posted by bats
Is this a Canadian phrase, "get off your todd"?
not a british one that I've heard so maybe

The bitish one is 'on your tod' =on your own or by yourself - never heard of 'off your todd'
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Old Jan 26th 2014, 1:49 pm
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Originally Posted by old.sparkles
not a british one that I've heard so maybe

The bitish one is 'on your tod' =on your own or by yourself - never heard of 'off your todd'
A London one I made up way back to mean........get off your arse. It's a London thing you see
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
A London one I made up way back to mean........get off your arse. It's a London thing you see
Sounds like a UR thing to me
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Old Jan 26th 2014, 6:45 pm
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Originally Posted by old.sparkles
Sounds like a UR thing to me
Yup .. Not heard of it In London either ... On your Todd or off your arse ... Mixing your metaphors!
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Old Jan 26th 2014, 8:02 pm
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It's a saying created from a hybrid of slangs.....

I am not from South of the River
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Or "get off your tits."
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
It's a saying created from a hybrid of slangs.....

I am not from South of the River
That it explains it then.

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Old Jan 26th 2014, 8:40 pm
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Originally Posted by ultrarunner
It's a saying created from a hybrid of slangs.....

I am not from South of the River
North / south .. Still mixed
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Originally Posted by Oink
Or "get off your tits."
Aye!
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Get on yer bike?
At 6 am it was all sideways blowing snow, not too cold but nasty. Oh well that's winter.

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Originally Posted by caretaker
Get on yer bike?
But not while you're off your tits!

Used to try that at Uni .. Never a good combo !
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Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
But not while you're off your tits!
Used to try that at Uni .. Never a good combo !
I've gone into parked cars, chain fences, lamp posts.. Not bragging, but I have actually gotten so drunk I couldn't even push my bike; kept piling up on top of it. Next morning was an adventure too.
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Originally Posted by caretaker
I've gone into parked cars, chain fences, lamp posts.. Not bragging, but I have actually gotten so drunk I couldn't even push my bike; kept piling up on top of it. Next morning was an adventure too.
Yes , I remember waking up with some v off bruises after screaming down Headington Hill into town! Sometimes a shopping trolley was commandeered!baaad
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Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
Yes , I remember waking up with some v off bruises after screaming down Headington Hill into town! Sometimes a shopping trolley was commandeered!baaad
You studied at Brookes?
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