Space Hopper to the face.....Acceptable?

[Barefooted_raver]

I was sipping on a cold can during Vampire Weekend at the Pyramid Stage, minding my own business and bopping away, when my teeth almost got knocked out of my face....

Yes. I had been struck full on in the mouth by a red space hopper. I had serious space hopper whiplash for around 2 days.

What is the heaviest object seen thrown between the crowd? Is this sort of thing acceptable? Despite having to suck in my bottom lip to stop myself from crying, my friends found this incident to be pant-wettingly funny. One of my friends still cannot speak to me on the phone without giggling his arse off...

[Bluebeth]

That's awful! Balloons and beach balls should be the limit imo, we almost got hit by a full (unopened) can of strongbow at the Other stage.

[Barefooted_raver]

That's awful! Balloons and beach balls should be the limit imo, we almost got hit by a full (unopened) can of strongbow at the Other stage.

[Arriente]

Guy or girl (I couldn't tell) in a paddling pool surfing to the front of the crowd at Two Door Cinema Club was the biggest thing I saw in a crowd. Looked like fun though.

[Grimmy]

Spacehopper biff should be encouraged, GET THAT INTO YOU, BOOM!

I'm joking of course. What if it had knocked a kid of someone's shoulders or floored someone on crutches or something? I can't help but feel that scousers will be at the heart of this issue.

[Teddington]

Was watching some act in Shangri La

The crowd were encouraged to shout "Scum" to a girl who had been chosen for a bit of audience participation.

Some fucking cockjockey decided to throw half a bottle of lager at the poor girl.

[funksoulfever]

Amanda palmer was being passed bout audience...thst cud hurt if that fell on ya lol

[justperfect]

A blow up monkey passed by my way a couple of times during the stones. Thankfully no injury was sustained

[ninetyeightytwo]

I can't help but feel that scousers will be at the heart of this issue.

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

Hopper whiplash sounds like a terrible physical ailment. On top of that you have several layers of indignity to deal with, so there must be emotional scars too. I hope you fully recover soon. Seriousy though, what kind of a plonker throws a heavy hopper into a crowd? They are weighty things and even have hard pointy handles that could take an eye out. Some people are completely gormless (and I include myself in that statement). Down with hoppers, and that sort of thing. In with beach balls, and that sort of thing.

[formed a band]

I think seeing someone get hit in the face comes under the category of schadenfreude

[elbongo]

Few years back frisbees were being thrown about when one landed by me... I thought, I'll have some of this. So I picked it up and without looking began to launch said flying toy. I didn't however take into account folk walking through the crowd to the right of me and proceeded to slam said toy and connected hand into this poor guys face... oops.

Man I felt bad, but like me I hope he looks back and sees the funny side

[manateemike]

Many many years ago at Reading Festival one of the stalls was handing out free copies of Sounds (maybe NME) that had a free vinyl record on it. The organisers had even taken the time to cut the tops off the 2 ltr bottles that year so they couldn't be thrown but failed with the lethal razor sharp edge records scything their way into the crowds at 45 degree angles from the sky.

[Trotter Fist]

Beth Ditto.

[stardustjunkie]

That sounds painful! I hope you can look back and laugh about it though.

The heaviest thing I saw travelling the crowd would have to be the double bass player in Skinny Lister taking his double bass with him while he went crowd surfing!

[Vieuphoria]

Not only acceptable, hilarious.

[Cooter]

Me and my gang brought five fully inflated heavy duty genuine spacehoppers with us to this years Glasto. Within 24 hours our cv pitch resembled a bombsite littered with bent metal and body parts. During the next couple of days a couple of twatted scousers stole one from us and we also lost another one down by the Pyramid stage.

I'm guessing and secretly hoping that it was one of our spacehoppers knocking the crap out of everyone. Come on folks, suffering from a hopper whiplash has to be the perfect Glasto moment to be remembered! Totally acceptable and hysterically funny.

I feel proud, job done.

[JulesyBoy]

Cooter, are you mad?

What in the name of Space Hopper hell were you thinking taking such hard, sharp, size (& weight) of a baby elephant, nightmare inducing objects to an event like this?

Would something orange, smooth, round, soft with the comical face similar to that of a Glasto reveller on acid be a better idea next year?

Bet you're the sort of person who knocks fellow Glasto goers around who are standing/sitting near you not to mention throwing drink on the poor unsuspecting souls & nearly taking their eyes out with over-sized cowboy hats.

More Health & Safety at Glasto 2014 please & less of this Space Hopper stupidity.

Edited July 4, 2013 by JulesyBoy

[frostypaw]

Few years back frisbees were being thrown about when one landed by me... I thought, I'll have some of this. So I picked it up and without looking began to launch said flying toy. I didn't however take into account folk walking through the crowd to the right of me and proceeded to slam said toy and connected hand into this poor guys face... oops.

Man I felt bad, but like me I hope he looks back and sees the funny side

[Cooter]

actually there's worse....... my normally normal big brother in his wisdom while of his face on neat tia maria decided to fully volley a wandering beach ball back into the Pyramid crowd, but somehow got the volleying foot entangled within his large and heavy cool bag strap. Beach ball failed to be volleyed but coolbag ricocheted at close range into a nice ladys face sitting next to him.

Classy!

[thisusernameistaken]

actually there's worse....... my normally normal big brother in his wisdom while of his face on neat tia maria decided to fully volley a wandering beach ball back into the Pyramid crowd, but somehow got the volleying foot entangled within his large and heavy cool bag strap. Beach ball failed to be volleyed but coolbag ricocheted at close range into a nice ladys face sitting next to him.

Classy!

[JulesyBoy]

Cooter, you complete & utter barlar.

Suggest a non alcoholic regime in 'camp wipe out' for 2014. Porridge & Pringles anyone?

Edited July 4, 2013 by JulesyBoy

[T-Bhoy]

That's awful! Balloons and beach balls should be the limit imo, we almost got hit by a full (unopened) can of strongbow at the Other stage.

[JulesyBoy]

_{Anyway, moral of this is clear to see....better a volleying cool-bag in the face than a whopping hopper whiplash smash to the head.}

[tomlozza9]

I was sipping on a cold can during Vampire Weekend at the Pyramid Stage, minding my own business and bopping away, when my teeth almost got knocked out of my face....

Yes. I had been struck full on in the mouth by a red space hopper. I had serious space hopper whiplash for around 2 days.

What is the heaviest object seen thrown between the crowd? Is this sort of thing acceptable? Despite having to suck in my bottom lip to stop myself from crying, my friends found this incident to be pant-wettingly funny. One of my friends still cannot speak to me on the phone without giggling his arse off...