Non-essential essentials

[grumpyhack]

A pillow and also a cotton sleeping bag liner.  Little thing of antiseptic handwash.  A headtorch to find your way home at night.

[Crazyfool01]

my fancy dress and a few packs of AA batteries 

Edited April 13, 2017 by crazyfool1

[Woffy]

46 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

my fancy dress and a few packs of AA batteries 

Sounds like a normal Friday night. 

[BluePaul]

D'you know, I take so much shit, that I thought some of it must be non-essential.  But no.  I need all of it. Including the cold box full of stuff that I never eat and always take home with me.

[Crazyfool01]

14 minutes ago, Woffy said:

Sounds like a normal Friday night. 

Dare I ask what happens with AA batteries on a normal friday night in there Woffy house ? 

[Woffy]

10 minutes ago, crazyfool1 said:

Dare I ask what happens with AA batteries on a normal friday night in there Woffy house ? 

They power my cassette recorder, on which I press record & play simultaneously to record my favourite choons to listen back to later and then do a neatly labelled tape-to-tape mixtape to play while cruising in the Cortina to a rave party. 

[Woffy]

1 hour ago, ian the worm said:

Solder Iron. (True)

With which to repair electronics that suspiciously breakdown every 11 months?

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, Woffy said:

They power my cassette recorder, on which I press record & play simultaneously to record my favourite choons to listen back to later and then do a neatly labelled tape-to-tape mixtape to play while cruising in the Cortina to a rave party. 

That would have been my guess 

 

[MetaKate]

14 minutes ago, Woffy said:

They power my cassette recorder, on which I press record & play simultaneously to record my favourite choons to listen back to later and then do a neatly labelled tape-to-tape mixtape to play while cruising in the Cortina to a rave party. 

Something which can only be accomplished in fancy dress. 

[MetaKate]

7 minutes ago, naughtygeorgie said:

For sure

What kind of a world do we live in where fake dog poo is page 1 and glitter is page 2...oh the insanity

 

The right kind of world. 

[rubenz]

One time I took one of those things from the garden centre that you normally put green fly spray in. Made a decent shower spray once it has warmed up a bit. 

[sedra]

Solar fairy lights and lanterns to put round the tent- helpful in the dark to find the tent. Oh and lots of glitter! None of it essential but I always bring them. 

[Woffy]

43 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

Something which can only be accomplished in fancy dress. 

Well that goes without saying. 

[grumpyhack]

1 minute ago, sedra said:

Solar fairy lights and lanterns to put round the tent- helpful in the dark to find the tent. Oh and lots of glitter! None of it essential but I always bring them. 

I don't think of lights as non-essential, any more than the flagpole with lights all the way up.  If you can't find your way home you're stuck.  On the other hand, if you can't find your way home you might have a good time........

[stuartbert two hats]

Got me wondering. What about that stuff that soaks up the sunlight, then glows in the dark? Could a tent be decorated with that?

[bexj]

A feather duster,  plastic telephone on a pole, a child's toaster and a camera which big bird pops out of....all came with us - and were used - at glastonbury '14.  Also tried to give out jam tarts  (not popular really)

 

Good fun! 

[shoptildrop]

6 hours ago, Skoo said:

I always take a bucket and use it to have a bit of a wash in my porch, I can even manage to wash my hair if I'm really in need of a sort out. Biodegradable shampoo/shower gel of course.

Really sorts you out.

I take a washing up bowl myself as nice to have a bit of a wash along with wet wipe clean 

[shoptildrop]

5 hours ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

If you get really nice-smelling stuff, watching people's faces as they both get and smell clean is a delight.   I had mandarin scented last year which proved quite a hit.

I decantered some in to small bottle to take around with me and agree people really appreciate it when you offer it to them

[billum]

43 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Got me wondering. What about that stuff that soaks up the sunlight, then glows in the dark? Could a tent be decorated with that?

D'ya mean Phosphorescent paint?

http://www.glowtec.co.uk/paint-usage.htm

[shoptildrop]

5 hours ago, claraclatterbucket said:

Last year during 'Earth Wind and Fire' some lads rocked up with a full backpack each, stood a little bit uncomfortably close and generally looked a bit cagey.  A few mins later they all reached into their backpacks for fistfuls of glow sticks, cracked them and hurled them into the air. it was ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL.

Emboldened by this we took many hundreds of kazoos to Boomtown last year and the SHEER UTTER JOY they brought made it worth the effort - "no... just hum, don't blow, hummmm". HUMMMMM". Naturally, we'll be doing that again, sweet sweet tooty music.

I always buy shed loads of glow sticks and whilst haven't threw them in the air I have shared the glow stick love at many a festival...... people love them

Chic in 2014 was a notable moment as kids near us were made up when handed them some glow sticks 

[Smeble]

4 hours ago, Woffy said:

Apart from the fact that she's a dirty smoker* with ashtray breath. 

 

*not had one for 2 years. Man I miss 'em. 

At the time that didn't occur to me

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

I like to bring a pair of these (see below), so that I can simulate the effect of having taken ketamine;

 

Oh, and I also like to bring a note from me mom saying that I'm allowed to stay up late.

[bamber]

An ex-fabric-conditioner bottle with the word PISS! emblazoned on the side in marker pen with an NYC Low-down sticker unerneath.

[ian the worm]

11 hours ago, Woffy said:

With which to repair electronics that suspiciously breakdown every 11 months?

I fix anything, not just my stuff.  

[merago]

15 hours ago, Franky said:

Travel johns ! for that 6am piss, and a pillow

You use a Travel John for a pillow?!?