olivaceous:

‘Christ, I need a beer,’ Brennan muttered. ‘I'm dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’

We were caffeined and muffined and then asked to seat ourselves at any of several large round tables.

The caravans were the demarcation between the non-radioactive areas and the radioactive areas. There were two main caravans, one for people going into the forward area, and the other caravan was for people returning.