Posted Wednesday 9th May 2007 15:45 GMT

For Alex and the other US readers:

piss someone off - annoy them

piss off - go away (somewhat offensive when used as imperative)

pissed - drunk (I believe it means annoyed, in the USA)

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David McLeman

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Time to take a sniff at the coffee, perhaps

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