But first we have to decoy Facebook and post something entirely different in order to confuse the hamsters. So, without any more wittering:
Ah, those wacky Poles |
I foreswear to declare his clothes aren't there |
"Indigent" (Yeah, Yeah, Bolton Wonderers Is Coming)
You don't often see this word in use today, unless a journalist in The Guardian is trying to sound clever.
"Please, tell us O Mighty Conrad*, we implore you, tell us what it means!" I hear you calling.
Briefly, it means to be poor or needy. Latin-derived, of course, from "Indi" meaning "into" and "egere", meaning "To need", and from thence to Old French and then Middle English.
So. Poor.
"Where's Conrad?" In de gents**. |
Seen in an advert yesterday. If English is not your mother tongue*** this might be interpreted as a firm who are honest, perhaps a bit too honest, about the quality of the removals business they run.
No! Nothing of the sort! More properly it ought to be "We Remove Rubbish", but of course they went for the comedy angle.
"Quietly, carefully and above all sinisterly, the giant rubbish heap stalked the innocent suburban house..." |
Conrad is not quite sure where he picked up this phrase recently, probably in connection with a -
The Death Zone, Gallifrey - from "The Five Doctors" |
As I was about to say, probably in connection with -
- don't pester! I shall get around to Bolton Wonderers in my own time!
- in connection with mountaineering.
A dangerous hobby, mountaineering. There are different classifications of altitude, from High Altitude to Extreme Altitude, and it's the latter where one encounters the Death Zone. These are heights above 8,000 metres - 5 miles, in proper measurements - where it is impossible for human beings to acclimatise to the very low air pressure. Without bottled oxygen to breathe, you will die. It's that simple.
A morbid little mention here - 120 people have died on Everest, most of them in the Death Zone. At this altitude you may also suffer from Acture Mountain Sickness, or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema or High Altitude Cerebral Edema, the latter two usually being fatal.
Take sage old Conrad's advice, listen to the track "Everest" by Public Service Broadcasting. That's as close as you need to get:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrWw53rkVRM
Metro-Malleting
Today Conrad takes exception to the front cover, which blatantly LIES!
One should not be too surprised that the Reptiles who collate this collection of crud aren't too fussy about the truth, but! Conrad and his one-man^ campaign will not be denied!
Here the cover:
Roy who? Kate who? Who? Who? Damn. I sound like an owl^^. |
NO! NOT TRUE! BEHOLD:
"Gaze on my works and despair" |
Er - right, time for Bolton Wonderers before you lot start to wonder about Current Affairs ...
Bolton Wonderers
Yes, quite.
Perhaps "Wonderer" as he's all alone |
Next you'll be telling me there's a foot- oh, there is?
What another fantastic coincidence!
Right, enough for now, the Pub Quiz is in thirty minutes and I have to iron a shirt, maybe two.
Chin Chin!
* Hey - I'm flattered. Never been called "Mighty" before. Shan't let it go to my head, though.
** Not so much poor as a bit naughty.
*** - and if it's not then you have my profound sympathy.
^ Actually alien, but the point remains the same.
^^ Apt. The symbol of Oldham
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