Not so long back, I remember getting alot of silly pleasure from spotting "things on sticks". From pigeons to Nicholas Parsons, pretty much anything put on a tall stick and carried around made me laugh alot. A favourite was duck *with* nest. A proper nest made of stuff that a duck would actually nest in.

Brilliant weirdness.

"What are you making mate?"
"A Duck, with a nest, on a stick"
"Erm..."
"Yeah, gonna carry it around for a weekend"
"Ermm, but..."
"Yeah, knew you thought it would be cool. You could do Judith Chalmers. Not been done before."
"Ermm..."

Now I can't remember seeing any last year? Admittedly all the ones I did spot years back where when I was plonked in one spot for an afternoon.

Were things-on-sticks just a phase? And if so, what's "the new things-on-sticks" thing?

Now you come to mention it I don't recall seeing any last year, though admittedly I wasn't looking out for them. Does seem to be more flags now, possibly due to telescopic flag poles not being particularly expensive?

Saw a pigeon on a stick at Glastonbury 07 that got a mention during one set.

Can't remember if it was Maximo Park?

Saw a couple of them at Reading last year, but no idea at Glasto...

We had Bruce!



Not a great pic but he entertained!

Strudders: If I was being picky, I'd say the use of "full size" things goes against the spirit of "things on a stick". But, your choice of subject matter is of course brilliant, so for it's nonsensical randomness I salute you.

he was full sized!

If we are going to go with things on a stick, that black flag on the left was the rudest flag I have ever seen at Glasto! but tastefully out of shot!

One of my favourites was a snake on a stick. A kid's toy one, probably less than a foot across and very boring as toy snakes go (it didn't move around and was a dull green colour) but on top of a very long pole. Very silly

http://www.picoodle.com/view.php?img=/2/5/...g&srv=img26

things on sticks

including bruce, who i think was my main reason for the photo

(sorry i have no idea how to get photos to come up)

p.s check out the facepalm in the front row

I saw a couple of blow-up dolls (one male, one female) in the 69 position at another fest last year. It still makes me chuckle now.

We used to have an inflatable sheep on a stick which we used so that our mates could find us but it became a drag carrying it around so now it's just attached to our tent or gazebo along with our inflatable guitar.

Ahhh, that Bruce, not the other one! Superb, I salute you, quality!

There was a pigeon on a stick at 2005 - was referred to by Doves...no surprise there!

i remember the bruce, think your right though things on sticks have been taken over by huge annoying flags!!!

That'll the be the Bruce that's hanging on the back of my front door then. We found him in a toilet at the end of the fest. He has written on the back "If I'm not in Ted's house you are a thief". Sorry Ted.

The Geezer who carried the Donkey from Shrek around last year had pretty much the same taste in music as me.

The man is a total legend.

You mean this one?

My favourite was Stuart Pearce on a stick one year, though I'm sure a tie wasn't part of Forest's kit...