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Hi all you poi’ing people. Did a search on this thread but only came up with stuff for last year’s festival.
Iv been going to reading since I was 15 and haven’t missed a year except last year (Girl friend wanted to go on hol GRUMBLE)
The thing I wanted to know is how many of you are going to the almighty reading festival this year????
An is anyone meeting up for a bit of spinning
if so I am well up for that. I used to meat up with people the unofficial reading festival forum till it got closed down 
some time last year but since then iv taught myself to poi and since it was at reading I saw my first spinners thought it would be good 
to go back and do some spinning of my own (hopefully inspire people like me to pick it up and have a go)
Also great chance to network (in an evil businessman voice HA HA HA HRRR)
Hi all you poi’ing people. Did a search on this thread but only came up with stuff for last year’s festival.
Iv been going to reading since I was 15 and haven’t missed a year except last year (Girl friend wanted to go on hol GRUMBLE)
The thing I wanted to know is how many of you are going to the almighty reading festival this year????
An is anyone meeting up for a bit of spinning
if so I am well up for that. I used to meat up with people the unofficial reading festival forum till it got closed down some time last year but since then iv taught myself to poi and since it was at reading I saw my first spinners thought it would be good to go back and do some spinning of my own (hopefully inspire people like me to pick it up and have a go)Also great chance to network (in an evil businessman voice HA HA HA HRRR)
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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Nope. sorry.
I have been going to the Reading Festy for teh previous two years an WILL be going this year (cheers for reminding me...need to check the site).
I make the point of shunning every spinner I see and I never ever go to Green camp exit and spin fire with everyone else next to the river.
Its not lovely.
Nope. sorry.
I have been going to the Reading Festy for teh previous two years an WILL be going this year (cheers for reminding me...need to check the site).
I make the point of shunning every spinner I see and I never ever go to Green camp exit and spin fire with everyone else next to the river.
Its not lovely.
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Posted:
go to Leeds instead ! the site is way better !
p.s. 300th post ! w000 ^_^
EDITED_BY: mrFlibble (1080855635)
go to Leeds instead ! the site is way better !
p.s. 300th post ! w000 ^_^
EDITED_BY: mrFlibble (1080855635)
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Posted:
i heard reading was really tight on fire stuff + people with staffs and chains last year...
i heard reading was really tight on fire stuff + people with staffs and chains last year...
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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all they did was say: your not doing it on the grounds.
no fire staffs in teh main arena.
they didnt let me take in my aerotechs either..
so i put them down my trouser leg and walked on in..
all they did was say: your not doing it on the grounds.
no fire staffs in teh main arena.
they didnt let me take in my aerotechs either..
so i put them down my trouser leg and walked on in..
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yeah, UCOF was really rude to me last reading...
i also shun every spinner there, but he kept shout distress at me, which wasnt nice...
yeah, UCOF was really rude to me last reading...
i also shun every spinner there, but he kept shout distress at me, which wasnt nice...
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Are you mad reading makes Leeds look like a badly organised kids party.
And its full of fu*#@ing yobs not 2 years ago 12 people where arrested and the licence was taken away only by some very careful negotiation did Leeds get it back.
And if anybody comes back with but sometime people don’t play at reading they are only talking about G&R who weren’t even G&R just Axl rose and his band. And we didn’t want them any way 
. And on a final point the bands are booked so the best acts are on the Sunday night at reading the last night of the weekend not crappy Fri. when your just getting into it. Like at Leeds
No no no go to reading is the one and only (Not that I hold a grudge or anything)
So I shouldn’t make my way over to Green camp exit and spin fire with everyone else next to the river. And I wont have a lovely time. Any thing else I should defiantly avoid.
We always stay in the yellow campsite I is the best by far right next to the main arena entrance. is not to big so you don’t get lost in the sea of tents MUCH!!! And has some of the best bogs
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Are you mad reading makes Leeds look like a badly organised kids party.
And its full of fu*#@ing yobs
not 2 years ago 12 people where arrested and the licence was taken away only by some very careful negotiation did Leeds get it back. And if anybody comes back with but sometime people don’t play at reading they are only talking about G&R
who weren’t even G&R just Axl rose and his band. And we didn’t want them any way . And on a final point the bands are booked so the best acts are on the Sunday night at reading the last night of the weekend not crappy Fri. when your just getting into it. Like at LeedsNo no no go to reading is the one and only (Not that I hold a grudge or anything)
So I shouldn’t make my way over to Green camp exit and spin fire
with everyone else next to the river. And I wont have a lovely time. Any thing else I should defiantly avoid. We always stay in the yellow campsite I is the best by far right next to the main arena entrance. is not to big so you don’t get lost in the sea of tents MUCH!!! And has some of the best bogs
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before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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I had no probs spinning in the campsite last year....
some of the security came watched and chatted to me but no aggro...
I had no probs spinning in the campsite last year....
some of the security came watched and chatted to me but no aggro...
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I recon me and you will get on great Monsieur Minty.
yeh, so dont go to green camp as it is nearest to Reading town centre, dont go to green camp as it is quiter in comparison to all the other camps with regards to the proximity to the main arena, dont go to green camp as UCOF Jon, UCOF Chris, Dyke Boy and Custard Bug wont be there.
so remember. DONT go to green camp!!!!
I recon me and you will get on great Monsieur Minty.
yeh, so dont go to green camp as it is nearest to Reading town centre, dont go to green camp as it is quiter in comparison to all the other camps with regards to the proximity to the main arena, dont go to green camp as UCOF Jon, UCOF Chris, Dyke Boy and Custard Bug wont be there.
so remember. DONT go to green camp!!!!
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Awwwww but I just hate yellow
camp I haven’t used it for the past 9 years and I hate the way that it is in just the right spot and you don’t have to walk miles back to your tent.
I alls totally disagree that because its entrance is kind of hidden by camp H its not relatively quiet and it doesn’t fill up with seasoned festival goers but is all ways full of yobs
Yeh I think we will just hate each other
Iv seen quite a bit of spinning just outside the main arena nobody said sqwat but was that was some time ago now was what got me into it.
Awwwww but I just hate yellow
camp I haven’t used it for the past 9 years and I hate the way that it is in just the right spot and you don’t have to walk miles back to your tent.I alls totally disagree that because its entrance is kind of hidden by camp H its not relatively quiet and it doesn’t fill up with seasoned festival goers but is all ways full of yobs
Yeh I think we will just hate each other
Iv seen quite a bit of spinning
just outside the main arena nobody said sqwat but was that was some time ago now was what got me into it.before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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i'm not going cuz I have already made the purchase of Leeds tickets. Yes LEEDS, LEEDS is the way forward! Better site, less knobheads and not at all.....
Most of the problems were ectually the fault of the overhanded security and it's all fixed with regard to the knobs. They all go to reading now! I will miss being at Reading tho, 8 years in a row (9 visits al together cuz one year I could only afford Phoenix tickets) and will miss you all but I'm sure lots of cool people will be at Leeds cuz Edibobble is much closer to there than Reading.
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dont go to green camp as UCOF Jon, UCOF Chris, Dyke Boy and Custard Bug wont be there.
so remember. DONT go to green camp!!!!
i'm not going cuz I have already made the purchase of Leeds tickets. Yes LEEDS, LEEDS is the way forward! Better site, less knobheads and not at all.....
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Are you mad reading makes Leeds look like a badly organised kids party.
And its full of fu*#@ing yobs
Most of the problems were ectually the fault of the overhanded security and it's all fixed with regard to the knobs. They all go to reading now!
I will miss being at Reading tho, 8 years in a row (9 visits al together cuz one year I could only afford Phoenix tickets) and will miss you all but I'm sure lots of cool people will be at Leeds cuz Edibobble is much closer to there than Reading. Let's relight this forum 
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Ok ok not going to get into an argument bout which is better (Reading or why is it called the Reading festival) but who is actually going
I’m getting my tickets this W-end
Ok ok not going to get into an argument bout which is better (Reading or why is it called the Reading festival) but who is actually going
I’m getting my tickets this W-end
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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be quick dude cuz they've nearly all sold out!
be quick dude cuz they've nearly all sold out!
Let's relight this forum
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dont think so...
well, at least we all hope not as we have to wait for our student loans to come through before we can buy them..
*on a serious note-lets stop using negatives i.e. "Dont go to...." as it gets really confusing and will lead to a breakdown in commumication*
dont think so...
well, at least we all hope not as we have to wait for our student loans to come through before we can buy them..
*on a serious note-lets stop using negatives i.e. "Dont go to...." as it gets really confusing and will lead to a breakdown in commumication*
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Ok I won’t stop using negatives
Sorry I mean I will
Ok I won’t stop using negatives
Sorry I mean I will
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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Ha hah ha hrrrrrrrr got my ticket now all I got to do is wait for my slow ass friend to get theirs selling out my bum!!!!
Ha hah ha hrrrrrrrr got my ticket now all I got to do is wait for my slow ass friend to get theirs selling out my bum!!!!
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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You calling me lazy..
You calling me lazy..
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hummmmmmm yes
hummmmmmm
yes before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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oh yeh...
oh yeh...
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yeh....
yeh....
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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yeh?
yeh?
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Yeh!
Yeh!
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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oh ok.
oh ok.
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Hummm looks like its just us 2 going then (
That would be a dull festival just 2 people ) you know of anyone else from hear who is going???
I'm taking a huge group of mates bout 20 or so but none of them poi I am trying to teach them but their just so dam slow.
Hummm looks like its just us 2 going then (
That would be a dull festival just 2 people ) you know of anyone else from hear who is going???I'm taking a huge group of mates bout 20 or so but none of them poi I am trying to teach them but their just so dam slow.
before i met those lot i thought they'd be a bunch of dreadlocked hippies that smoked, set things on fire ,and drank a lot of tea but then when i met them....oh wait (PyroWill)
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we always have a group of about 20 people.
[cryptic]not dam slow...
those who can...[/cryptic]
we always have a group of about 20 people.
[cryptic]not dam slow...
those who can...[/cryptic]
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i dont know which if any im going to yet. i know people who live 15 mins away from the reading site and they want people they know to sleep there over the festival instead of the campsites
but the Leeds site is so much closer to me, and its a great site
i dont know which if any im going to yet. i know people who live 15 mins away from the reading site and they want people they know to sleep there over the festival instead of the campsites
but the Leeds site is so much closer to me, and its a great site
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But Reading does have a cool CLEAN river thames right next to it...
But Reading does have a cool CLEAN river thames right next to it...
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I went last year and that's when I started spinning.
I plan to go this year, but don't think I can afford it at the moment.
Ah well.
laZy
I went last year and that's when I started spinning.
I plan to go this year, but don't think I can afford it at the moment.
Ah well.
laZy
as laZy as .....
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if i go, it will be where i know most people. so at this stage i've got no idea which site i'm going to
if i do go i'd definitely like to meet up with some other spinners tho
if i go, it will be where i know most people. so at this stage i've got no idea which site i'm going to
if i do go i'd definitely like to meet up with some other spinners tho
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IM GOING got my ticket and love doing poi, hope i can meet ya or sumit.Love to be cool as!
IM GOING got my ticket and love doing poi, hope i can meet ya or sumit.Love to be cool as!
Hold my breath when you are near
so i don't have to breath you in
look away before i start to endorse
your eyes full of hate and remorse
in to the eye of another
be the silence that screams
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