I haven't been to many festivals
but the whole reason that many people do, just like people attend a football match, is for the "vibe". Yes, some events (matches and concerts) suck. Agreed. And the cost of both matches and festivals is a disgrace, but that's the price sadly people are prepared to pay, and it's well over-priced.

BUT

There will be people there who share some of your mind set. They follow the team, they like the ethos of the event, whatever that is.

And it's pleasant, surrounded as we are most of the time by complete strangers or people who don't share our viewpoints, to be amongst like-minded folk.

It's not your thing, for many reasons I understand, but the people there aren't uniformly "muppets" and there are many different types of football grounds and many different types of festival - they're not all Man U and Glastonbury.
( I_Was_Mordred, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 22:49, 2 replies)

Ooooherh
You said "vibe" and "suck"
perv.
(godisdove I like cheese, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 23:04, closed)

Well quite frankly...
I LOVE festivals. The chance to be out away from the urban sprawl, everyone letting their hair down and generally having a great time.

If it rains, who cares, it's not like you've not got homes to go to when you get back. If it's sunny then it's a bonus.

Get to watch your favourite bands in the flesh with like minded folk, get to meet new people and form new relationships. Lark about and generally be merry, for the few times a year you get away from the computer (and your Honda Accord) and the daily grind of life. Dance around with complete strangers and generally just havin FUN.

Oh and for the record i hitch hiked around india, so don't give me the high and mighty bollocks. At least you didn't nearly get eaten alive by dogs.

Peace
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 23:08, closed)

.
I live in a bastard big forest with a shotgun by the door for when the wolves get too close in the winter. And I have offically come >..< that close to shitting myself one evening when I met a wild boar. Although that still wasn't as scary as being crowd control at Chelsea. Wearing an orange vest while standing in front of the South Stand must come close to being eaten by dogs. And would explain the total hatred of all things football ground related.
So not only does the urban sprawl have no meaning to my pure and uplifted soul but also I see your dogs and lay Combat 18.
(godisdove I like cheese, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 23:12, closed)

.
And if it is too worn I'm bollocksed. Can't fix that with gaffer tape or a hammer.
Arse.
(godisdove I like cheese, Mon 8 Jun 2009, 23:20, closed)

I'll see your combat 18
with my abduction tale several pages back.

I'll also raise you with yet another abduction tale of mine: Being 'taken' by jewel scam artists and talking my way out of it without getting horribly mutilated or sent on plane from Mumbai to Australia with dodgy jewels. Admittedly it was my own naivety on one part and on the other side of the coin the guys being experienced con men, i suddenly found myself almost alone in an apartment with lots of serious looking men. Persuading me to dance in their 'disco'.

With a hip wound.

100% true.
(mr-lizard Hell's teeth man!, Tue 9 Jun 2009, 2:34, closed)

you are
Napoleon Dynamite, and I claim my five pounds.
(surlygirl spanked your monkey on, Tue 9 Jun 2009, 19:35, closed)