Crowded places that there's no bloody need for

[Ath]

I went to see horse racing on new years day. I don't even gamble I don't know why I went, but there were nearly 50,000 people at the Perth Cup, all crammed into about 10 square miles (9 of which is the race track itself.). The queue for the toilets was a pisstake. (literally people thought "fuck it" and pissed where they stood in front of everyone). I was in flip-flops as it was quite hot and people kept spilling drinks too.

You had to queue to go anywhere. Even queue to queue, and the first 3 races we had to watch on a t.v. because we couldn't get anywhere near the stands so I could have done it at home. At the bar you were limited to a 2-drink maximum for some inexplicably gay wank reason - it just makes more hassle for the staff really. Everyone got more lary as the day wore on and it was just unpleasant.

I'm in one of the least densely populated countries on Earth. What the FUCK is going on! Just really badly organised.

rant rant rant

k I'm done now sorry

[Chloe]

its sounds badly organised - and i guess its not as if they've never had the event before so they should know what to expect!

i hate massive crowds of people. i get claustrophobic

[Ath]

yeah thats it. there's nowhere you can escape to. people everywhere

[vicki]

tis why i would never go in a mosh pit - too busy

[Chloe]

i find its ok if you're at the barrier 'cos then you've got something to hold onto and i tend to find its less claustrophobic - except at doncaster where it was a major squash for some reason. if i'm not at the barrier i have to get to the side or be near the back, i get too claustraphobic in the pit proper.

thats what really pissed me off with the "queueing" system at coldplay, they managed to turn a civilised queue into a mass of pushing people - not nice.

[vicki]

don't you get squashed when you come up against the barrier?

[Chloe]

a little bit but you can use the barrier to push people back whereas if you're in the pit you've got no way of doing that and i end up losing my balance and falling over. Problem is that wanting to be at the barrier usually means queueing early, especially with Feeder.

[Andy (The Boss)]

Or you can just peel of the little buggers and throw them over the rails. Thats fun. When they are a bit bigger than you...you tend to leave them be really. The second row is always good because you're still really close and you can get pushed into the considerably soft people instead of a metal bar!

[Chloe]

i have an elbow policy when i'm at the front to stop people displacing me....they should learn that i ain't moving!

[Andy (The Boss)]

*remember's not to stand near her when given opportunity*

[Chloe]

as i'm 5"11 not sure you'd have much luck pushing me over the barrier anyway.

[Andy (The Boss)]

Well im 6ft(ish) a full 2"(ish) taller than you...i'd give it a good go just to try and prove you wrong!

[Chloe]

haha am i gonna regret starting this?

you're going to hammy1 aren't you? i'll watch out....!

[Andy (The Boss)]

yeh...be afriad....be very afraid.

If some random guy tries to pick you up and throw you, i really wouldn't worry. It'd probably be me...or a generally weird, aggresive cave-man type guy

[Chloe]

i'd better warn my friends then not to panic if i get chucked over the barrier 'cos "its just ffs stuff".

i have to say, knowing the kind of men who usually come up to me it probably wouldn't be you but a random Neanderthal man who'd wandered into a gig by mistake looking for a wooly mammoth.

[Andy (The Boss)]

Yeh...hate it when that happens.

Those monkey-men have such a bad sense of direction.

[Chloe]

and don't even get me started on their dress sense

[homeforsummer]

andy said:

Those monkey-men have such a bad sense of direction.

Strangely enough I've never seen any neanderthals at a Feeder gig, though chavs were equally out of place in Donny thanks to GLC

[Chloe]

man i'd forgotten this conversation......i must remember to be on my guard at hammy.

[Andy (The Boss)]

;D