CauliflowerEar
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4 hours ago, thetime said:
Finally(hopefully) sorted, took us most of the day though. Getting a flight a day earlier on the Sunday, late night flight.
Did you manage to get through on the phone?
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5 hours ago, thetime said:
Flight cancelled. 😔
My early morning BA flight from Heathrow on the 11th also cancelled. They appear to have booked me on a flight 13 hours later which means i miss a whole day. Not particularly pleased about it, but not sure there is much that can be done about it.
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12 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:
there was a guy with a mini iPad thing and he was checking everyone's names off a list to make sure they were booked on that specific coach. You couldn't board the coach without getting past him first and they were refusing people who were booked on later coaches.
Perhaps the days of just letting anyone on any coach are over....
More likely this guy was huge a knobhead that likes to demand everyone obey the rules, he gets a kick out of it. You get these types at festivals sometimes. Sometimes i think that maybe they should just join the security team, although they are normally quite scrawny/nerdy so don't have the bollox to do that job, and would get instantly terrorised if they didn't have their clipboard and walkie talkie.
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2 minutes ago, Mark E. Spliff said:
he forgot to deny my assertion that he was also the equally-dismal troll 'Jimbarkanoodle.' Given that (in his preceding post) he's also contradicted his claim that he sneaked in this year, I'd say this was a very bad day's trolling for this young chap.
You are making yourself look silly, at no point in this chat have i stated whether or not i had a ticket. You are making weird assumptions on my behalf. Whoops! And also, no idea what you are going on about this noodle guy. Maybe you should put your brilliant analytical skills to better use, as no one seems to care about your clever detective work on here, which turns out to be wrong anyway.
Now, how about that powdered egg?
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1 hour ago, Mark E. Spliff said:
(Re. the troll responding to my previous post - the best way to annoy them is to talk about, not to them. Try it.)
I promised I wouldn't mention boring camping stuff, but your mention of the awkwardness of sleeping bags reminds me of one product that doesn't get the publicity it deserves on here - camping quilts. The expensive down ones pack down insanely small, and they're lightyears ahead when it comes to comfort. The only drawback is they require a bit of camping know-how, e.g. you need to know how to wash/store down products and you need to have a bed/mat that provides sufficient ground insulation.
No one cares about your 'camping quilts' mate. Although with your 'camping know-how', im sure you have some other thrilling tips to pass down to us. Perhaps you can advise on the best way to prepare a sachet of powdered egg each morning, or something else just as spectacularly boring?
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10 minutes ago, Mark E. Spliff said:
Just in case anyone hasn't spotted it already (e.g. in the Vegans at Glastonbury thread) this CauliflowerEar/Jimbarkanoodle character is a good friend of Barry Fish. So remember this next time Barry's having one of his 'all the woke lefty snowflakes are picking on me and labelling me a troll for doing nothing more than expressing my honest opinion that I hate them as much as I hate Glastonbury' tantrums.
I can't give an answer to the question posed by this thread because in all honesty, I think I got it nailed this year. I've been doing it many years so I've sorted out all the boring logistical stuff like clothing, camping equipment and regulating substance abuse to get the optimal balance between enjoyment and ruin - so there's no point me even mentioning these things as they've all been discussed ad nauseum in their own threads. The one thing that I finally did to perfection this year was to completely triumph over the fear of missing out. Although I'd scribbled down a few reminders of what I wouldn't mind seeing, I paid little attention to it, and just made the most of wherever I was and whatever I was doing at that time. For example, I ended up having to trek miles across the site in my spare time to try and sort out a problem with the work I was doing, but I just treated it as an adventure and one thing led to another and it turned out to be one of the best nights of my festival. I now reckon you can predict who's going to have a good time and who's going to have a stressful melodrama simply by how focused they are on their 'itinerary.'
I don't know anyone on here mate, its an internet forum. Strange how you would assume otherwise. Run along now.
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3 minutes ago, fred quimby said:
Always take more than you need.
I do love your posts,but you need to be consistent though, you always said you snuck in.
Sneaking in can also mean you go through the gates and security channels. Your biggest enemy are normally those weird, cringey, creepy middle aged Oxfam supervisors with a walkie talkie.
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Next year ill need to bring more cocaine as mine ran out on Saturday night and i therefore had to go off in search of some, which wasted a couple of hours. In the end the stuff i got off some scousers was ok, but nowhere near as good as the stuff i get in London. I guess its a good idea to bring way more than you need, but with sniff it's easy to go overboard and not leave enough for Sunday.
In terms of arrival, i normally turn up on Wednesday evening, after all the keen people have gone through. By then, the security cant be arsed to search your bag properly anymore as they have had a long day. This is good if you bring in large quantities of laughing gas to sell, as hiding multiple 100s of canisters can be tricky. Other than that, it doesn't really matter what time i arrive anyway because I am always assured of a good spot on Pennards, my mates have it all sorted. I find it hilarious that people queue overnight just to be first through the gates, little do they know there are people waiting in the wings having gained entry in the preceding days, who just before the gates open make their way over to the best spots to set up camp and save others space nearby.
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3 minutes ago, balti-pie said:
I’m fascinated by the parentheses around hummus. Are you doubting that hummus exists? Or that he is into hummus at all? I must know what you’re moaning about here.
I had never heard of it, im common as muck. My diet is mostly cheeseburgers, pizza and Findus ready meals. Although, i would draw the line at enjoying a pie with ingredients including factory made sauce meant to mimic cuisine from India.
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1 minute ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:
Naturism
Make up sex
Weasels
Trollies
Farming propaganda...
This thread is fucking gold.
Oh look! This guy has posted the most incredibly original meme of Michael Jackson eating popcorn! You sir, are a maverick and downright rib tickling funny 🙌
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4 minutes ago, zico martin said:
Lol naturism! You obviously haven't seen my body then!
nah, not you mate. The other guy @Barry Fish was debating with.
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1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:
You downvoted this without comment ?
I mean WTF ? Lol
And you want to hold yourself as something other than weazle of a man ?
Careful man. You are arguing with a bloke that is into naturism, 'hummus' and blueberries. I'd pick your battles if i were you 😂
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I quite like it when it rains, it sorts the wheat from the chaff. Its brilliant when you see a group of girls who are at Glastonbury due to a supposed 'bucket list' packing up their heels, garlands and specially bought clothes that they assume makes them look a bit edgy, and ruefully asking the nearest bouncer where the exit is and where they might be able to find their car. Particularly when its Friday morning, or earlier. Following a wet year you tend to see far less rubberneckers and general people that watched Glastonbury on the BBC the year before and thought it looked one hell of a hoot, that in my opinion make Glastonbury a far less fantastic place.
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On 7/7/2022 at 11:01 PM, Smeble said:
Veganism seems to be like a religion to some, and like most religious people they find it impossible to keep their views to themselves. They, for some reason, feel the need to try to ‘convert’ 🙄🙄 everyone they meet( so tempted to do a pun here). So it’s a little surprising how easy they put their beliefs aside for the sake of a piss up in a field, hey ho.
As for the environmental side of veganism it’s vastly over stated, yes anyone with eyes can see we eat far too much meat, and the intensive farming that is needed to fulfil that need is a disaster in the making. However if humans went vegan that would also be an environmental disaster, first off the sheer numbers of animals that would be slaughtered would be astronomical, surely no vegan wants that, plus where do people think all the food will be grown, we certainly won’t be putting land back to rainforest that’s for sure, then there’s the impact on us as a species, there’s a reason we are the most intelligent and powerful creature on the planet, our diet, which created our large brains, we are omnivores, you only have to look at your own teeth to see we have evolved to eat meat, we also don’t have the stomachs or bacteria to digest plant matter and we are intelligent because of the meat we eat. Almost every intelligent animal on the planet eats meat, that’s no coincidence.
I wonder how vegans view other animals that eat meat? Or is is just humnans they despise?
You're bang on here. Its very peculiar how vegans enjoy to hate other humans who eat animals, but seemingly don't have an issue with animals eating other animals. Absolutely ridiculous. Its likely we have always eaten meat as a species, so for a tiny minority of people to turn around millennia down the line and start trying to tell everyone it is wrong is farcical.
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1 hour ago, Barry Fish said:
I think @clarkete and @CauliflowerEar need to have some angry make up sex or something 🙂 Of course followed by a good meat free breakfast!
Not much chance of that, unless @clarketeis a fan of cottage cheese, which tends to form downstairs during the festival. @clarketeis free to taste a bit of my meat at any other time however 😋
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Its a big field full of banging music where everyone is free to take loads of drugs and get pissed out of their mind. You can do whatever you want and no one tells you otherwise (apart from the odd bellend security guard). If that tickles your fancy then you'll love it.
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21 hours ago, clarkete said:
You turned up on a forum full of Glastonbury lovers and boasted about nicking other people's chairs and pegs (presumably which were in the groundl, leaving your tents behind after the festival, but how you thought that was OK cos it was quite socialist.
Plus the edgelord bit about why nobody would touch your pals stuff cos you were all so tough.
I agree, can't see why anybody took umbrage you poor lamb 😉
See this is quite a good example of intolerant Glastonbury festival types who think that everyone who attends the festival should be the same as them. Unless you are extremely thick or live in some sort of weird faux hippy bubble, surely you understand that lots of different types of folk go to Glastonbury? Whilst we would undoubtedly agree on many things, not everyone lives a rather silly existence where they give themselves a huge pat on the back for packing up and taking home their tent after getting fucking cained in a field for 5 days. What a way to save the earth mate. All festivals, and Glastonbury in particular are not much more than an excuse to get on it and have a good time to some good music. Its foolish to think otherwise.
And yes, apologies me and my mates aren't a group of fannies that get excited because Diana Ross is playing, and we would happily give someone a good kicking if we caught them trying to rob our shit. Maybe if more people were like us there wouldn't be a tent theft problem.
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13 hours ago, Skip997 said:
Just about DnB after a fashion, but certainly not Jungle. I was around when Jungle first appeared, I not sure many actually know what it is, most call DnB Jungle.
Very true, most people at Glastonbury and certainly on this forum wouldnt have a clue what real Jungle is. They probably think Chase and Status and Andy C are Jungle DJ's, and that its really cool they saw Fatboy Slim play a 'secret set' one night on Arcadia where he played mostly pop music. One to boast about to their estate agents friends who were 'gutted at not managing to get a ticket'.
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16 hours ago, Barry Fish said:
lol I have no idea who he is to be honest or his posting past 😛. I just take each post as I find them.
I really do like plant based food and I do vote Labour. I do like craft ale but more a real ale man.
I use various forums but only recently discovered this one, and i have noticed on here where if you say something most don't agree with a pack mentality takes over and they label you various unsavoury things or accuse you of lying. You are not supposed to agree with anything they don't like, or else you'll be in the firing line too, as they gleefully pointed out very quickly. You would have thought Glastonbury goers were more tolerant and open to decent discussion compared to the average Joe, sadly, it would appear this is not the case.
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2 hours ago, Zacko said:
Shouts to the Tibetan place nearish the Other Stage. I went for the box full of everything (can't remember exactly what it was called) and it was so so good.
i bet it wasnt. These stalls serve up the gunk they can mass produce the easiest, pile them high sell them not cheap, and people lap it up, thinking they are brilliant that they found some kind of secret, exotic cuisine. 'a box full of everything' is the crap they haven't managed to shift all day, and they probably saw you coming from a mile off.
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32 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:
Finally negative. Still got a cough but I’m clear to go to the beer garden just in time for a sunny weekend.
You don't have to be negative to go to a beer garden, its outside so the virus dissipates into the air. I have had Covid twice, and both times after the initial rough couple of days i went to beer gardens as usual, even when still positive and when it was not technically legal to do so. I don't think any harm was done.
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On 7/7/2022 at 7:05 AM, PassingCloud said:
Sounds like a troll. It’s not, I am just curious.
Just wondering how the vegans that attend the festival are at peace with the event taking place on dairy/livestock farms?There seem to be, although I’m sure a minority, a lot of vegans who are quite militant in their cause (personally, I think promoting yourselves this way is counter-productive). Given the population of GF I would think that there must be some amount of them on site?
For clarification: I’m a vegetarian, sometimes bordering on vegan (and admit that I very occasional fail and eat meat).
I have no judgment of others, although I think people should be giving serious consideration to their food sources (and that includes vegetarian/vegan options).
Lastly — the food options are like any other event I’ve ever attended. Superb.The problem is vegans are normally quite hypocritical, and will only really make a song and a dance about it if it suits their current narrative.
Believe me, Glastonbury could be held on a huge abattoir and still be stuffed full of pierced 20 somethings from Bristol that 'identify' as vegan.
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44 minutes ago, GeezLouise said:
All of the above is if you're further back in the crowd of course. I would never ever ever push in front of someone who has been waiting hours for that space. BAD FORM.
Thing is, there is ALWAYS space at the front, it's mad how people go to stages a significant time before their favourite act, when they could just get through to the desired, prime position much closer to the start.
Me and my my bird tend to politely walk through the crowd until we are near the front, making sure to say 'excuse me' etc and 'sorry' each time you tread on someone's foot. Its a bit of a mission, but its worth it. You might get some dirty looks but as long as you just give a dirty look back, everyone will move out of your way. Just keep the momentum of walking going, move first then say sorry- jobs a good un.
There's no way I'm not getting close to the front for my favourite set, just because some over prepared, wet wipes thought of it first and wasted an hour of their time standing around being bored, with no bar or pissers nearby.
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2 hours ago, Joshuwarr said:
I find it baffling that this plays on people's mind. If someone squeezes by I will have forgotten within a second or two, even if they accidentally stand on my foot or something.
Unless someone is overly physical and incredibly rude in how they conduct themselves I really do not think anyone has any right to moan about this. You can have many reasons for needing to move through a crowd. You might need the toilet, you might feel unwell, you may have lost your friends, you may have disliked the behaviour of people around you where you were stood or you simply might just want a better atmosphere and can see there's space.
It's a large event with over 200,000 attendees, it's to be expected.
But as always - do be polite and do try and be reasonable!
Agreed, there are lots of princesses on here. I wonder how they would have coped before the super fence went up. There would be soiled underwear everywhere!
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They don't- its nonsense. Even more of a lie than when Shambala claim no one left a tent the other year.
Whilst you are all giving yourselves big slaps on the back for showing each other pictures of your grass patch's (probably the most salacious thing some of you have ever done in your lives), just remember that because you all think you're so eco conscious, Glastonbury will have sent home scores of paid workers who come after the festival finishes early, so they wont have earned as much as they hoped/budgeted for. You have also denied refugees a free tent, 'tatters' a free tent and also the grid from receiving energy due to incineration of left over stuff. Its great that some shitty old tent is going to stay stashed in your shed for a whole year without being used, but please do not try and make out that you are some sort of Swampy because you took your tent home.