Brit Speak: "Top Yourself"

[olly]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> "Sharon Jenkins, 35, said that her son had been asked to stand up in
> class and describe his hobbies, but when he had proved too bashful 
to
> do so, his French teacher ridiculed him. "She told him, 'I don't 
like
> nobodies. Go and top yourself'," Mrs Jenkins said."
> 
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> 
> Could someone explain to me "Go and top yourself"?
> 
> Personally, I would be more concerned by the teacher saying 'I don't
> like nobodies'.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn

Basically it means to go and kill yourself.  So you can probably see 
why offence was taken.

Olly