AtDAtD: A Couple/Three Notes

Dave Monroe monropolitan at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 22 12:16:15 CST 2007


--- Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> He he. Well I dunno about 'a truly deep inspection
> of something', but TDA is a phrase I've heard used
> by British policemen (at least in old 'hard-
> drinking, chain-smoking, violence-dispensing
> coppers' TV shows such as The Sweeney) ...

Uh, does Sapphire & Steel count?  Dad's Army?

> ... to mean 'Touching the Dog's Arse', an
> alternative expansion of the abbreviation to the
> more official 'Taking and Driving Away', ie stealing
> a car. I'm sure all this would appeal to Pynchon.

Aughh!  When using new address, subscribe first ...


 
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