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The bloke who fell down the long drop


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I was either on or near Hitchen hill and overheard a neighbour come back saying the toilet collapsed while he was sat on it and that it was lucky he wasn't (and no one else was) in the one next door as that completely collapsed.

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We saw a pipe on a shit sucker tractor burst on Sunday near John peel stage. We were stood in front of it about 100m away so didn't see if it got anyone but it was spraying shit up into the air around it ad we could hear screams of terror coming from people running away from it, was possibly more entertaining than Tom Odell

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I was in Hitchin Hill as well and can confirm the broken seats there.... I'll put it down to people squatting on the seats. If you sit on it weight is evenly distributed, standing concentrates it in one or two areas.

I went into one block and there was a visible crack about halfway running parallel to the door. Next day we see some broken seats by the rubbish.

They certainly didn't feel as solid as previous versions... it's that bit when you're all settled down on your seat and someone comes in to the next cubicle and the seat suddenly dips with the weight, more than once I had to grab the bottom of the door or the cubicle wall either side.... that said, it did make the process I was there for a little easier after such a shock!.

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A few of my mates said they saw a bloke being rescued from the long drops up at the acoustic stage. Supposedly he was hanging on to the seat by his fingertips, and when they pulled him out he was only wearing a thong!

Did anyone else see this?

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I was in Hitchin Hill as well and can confirm the broken seats there.... I'll put it down to people squatting on the seats. If you sit on it weight is evenly distributed, standing concentrates it in one or two areas.

I went into one block and there was a visible crack about halfway running parallel to the door. Next day we see some broken seats by the rubbish.

They certainly didn't feel as solid as previous versions... it's that bit when you're all settled down on your seat and someone comes in to the next cubicle and the seat suddenly dips with the weight, more than once I had to grab the bottom of the door or the cubicle wall either side.... that said, it did make the process I was there for a little easier after such a shock!.

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I thought those cast seats looked a bit dodgy. I'm not sure the festival as such is aware of how much hovering/standing goes on. they might be better with the simple french hole-in-the-floor for such people, it's their hovering that ruins all the toilets

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We saw a pipe on a shit sucker tractor burst on Sunday near John peel stage. We were stood in front of it about 100m away so didn't see if it got anyone but it was spraying shit up into the air around it ad we could hear screams of terror coming from people running away from it, was possibly more entertaining than Tom Odell

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I heard about this when we went for a real ale in the Acoustic field, some fella came and sat next to us and told us the story, apparently the end one collapsed dragging hm into the shitter.

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Im 26 stone. I used the long drops without it breaking lol.

Though it did creak.

However if I was to stand on it and squat I am 100% sure I will be creating a thread called

"I feel intot he long drop"

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We saw a pipe on a shit sucker tractor burst on Sunday near John peel stage. We were stood in front of it about 100m away so didn't see if it got anyone but it was spraying shit up into the air around it ad we could hear screams of terror coming from people running away from it, was possibly more entertaining than Tom Odell

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