Uber Grammar Police. Help!

[Fallout]

Just wondered what people thought was the correct punctuation in this sentence which I just rattled off to LPH:

Let's face it <punctuation> anything is better than ginger.

A comma seems wrong, as these are two separate sentences in my opinion. A full stop seems inadequate, since they seem to be related. In the end I went for a semicolon, because I felt the sentences were tied together. Then I thought a colon could've been used because "Let's face it" implies you're about to provide an explanation of what to face, which I believe is the use of a colon.

So which is it?
Let's face it, anything is better than ginger.
Let's face it. Anything is better than ginger.
Let's face it; anything is better than ginger.
Let's face it: anything is better than ginger.

For bonus points, adding correct punctuation to the response "Sod off you shaven headed pigeon slaughterer", would also be educational!

I'm thinking:
Sod off! You shaven headed pigeon slaughter!"

I don't think there's anything wrong with the first version of the 'sod off' sentence.

[Littlepeahead]

I think you are just jealous of my lustrous red locks when you are a shaven headed pigeon slaughterer who killed Bambi for fun this weekend.

[Fallout]

I didn't kill Bambi; I just cut out his entrails and tore of his skin. I also didn't kill any pigeons; I merely ripped off a pigeons head and wings and then pulled out it's ribcage. No knife required! It's great. The only thing I actually killed was a lot of bugs, and a little piece of my soul.

@Monkey - I'm sure that sod off is missing some punctuation after the sod off. More opinions needed!

[Littlepeahead]

Well that's hardly very manly is it? Preparing meat for cooking when it's already dead is just standard stuff, that's no different to taking the seeds out of a pumpkin.

I think that the correct answer is:

Let's face it, red is the sexiest hair colour.

[Fallout]

Originally Posted by Littlepeahead

Well that's hardly very manly is it? Preparing meat for cooking when it's already dead is just standard stuff, that's no different to taking the seeds out of a pumpkin.

It's slightly different. There were a few people well versed in de-seeding vegetables that had to excuse themselves from the activities. But anyway, you are changing the subject. We're talking punctuation!

[MisterTommyH]

The first one.

And the original 'Sod off' version is right.

Comma. Chameleon.

[Mark_h]

Originally Posted by Fallout

I didn't kill Bambi; I just cut out his entrails and tore of his skin. I also didn't kill any pigeons; I merely ripped off a pigeons head and wings and then pulled out it's ribcage. No knife required! It's great. The only thing I actually killed was a lot of bugs, and a little piece of my soul.

So just a regular Saturday afternoon in Basingstoke. Thought you were supposed to be going away?

As for the punctuation, I'm a big fan of the much under rated semi-colon. More than a comma yet less than a full stop. A colon usually introduces a list.

However it is unclear from the insult as to whether you attacked a pigeon who had a shaven head or you with your shaven head attacked an unshaven pigeon. Ambiguity is the enemy of sustainability.

GMCA -1 Credit LPH for ambiguous insult.