I just had a shiver. This is so pre-Zeitgeisty it's not true...
I am from Stroudy. They are from Stroudy. We're going to Stroudy.
We're all Stroudies now.
When the OED come calling, ChangN4N6 at 1500 on 7th October 2011 is what we'll say...
@tosscat
Words nearly fail me. How? Why? Trying to impress someone? Into T'Pau at the time? What were they like? Did you know the words to anything bar "China in Your Hand"?
You surely can't say something like that and then leave us hanging!
@andy - Thanks!
We/you should watch out. If stroudgreen.org becomes too learned, and after 'free schools' fail magnificently, the government'll close all learning institutions and simply mandate compulsory study of this forum.
I bet you'd have th…
I hope you're right.
My fear is that they have both Blue Thunder *and* whisper mode *and* really big loudspeakers blaring out the noise of a helicopter.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching you...
@andy - I had wondered whether "deranged train spotter" might not be tautologous but I was hesitant over my spelling of the word and think your assessment is better, having investigated pleonasm in my copy of Fowler's.
I don't get the Chatwin refer…
I'm just glad that I never occupied a pushchair or had a parent/carer who drank coffee and so can now authoritatively and without a shred of irony speak with disdain of people/twats with pushchairs.
Oh, hang on...
;-)
@Ed B
Thankyou! I couldn't for the life of me remember which film that scene was from (and I suspect I only ever saw sanitised-for-TV edits) but it certainly opened at least this then-pre-pubescent boy's eyes...
How many people here do I offend by questioning whether there isn't a redundant adjective in the phrase "deranged train spotter"?
(And if the answer is '1 or more' then I confess to speaking as one of those dads who takes the kids to wave demente…
Looked like mucking about to me, though utter ignorance about helicopters and near-complete ignorance about policing renders me an unhelpful contributor. Never stopped me in the past...
They went round in circles and turned their big headlight th…
Saw someone taking a picture of it yesterday.
If its canvas's owners are indeed artists then I expect it must be art. Further analysis is probably fruitless - because if it isn't art but gets talked about then it becomes so. Fiendishly clever, th…