BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?

Subject: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 07:57 AM

ME

The majority of England seems to want to express their national pride in terms of a world culture, and probably are unaware if we invetnted the game or not.
The same people laugh at Morris dancing and that is clearly more English.
Where was Irish dancing (within Eire) before Riverdance? On the snigger scale that is.
Go figure.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: el ted
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 08:28 AM

ME TOO! spent the weekend at the Robin Hood's Bay festival, so I haven't seen one second of some blokes poncing in Portugal.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Sweetfia
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 08:33 AM

Football's great...90mins of men in shorts can't be a bad thing!

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: s6k
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 09:19 AM

thats not a bad idea!

youve just given me ANOTHER way to avoid football!

thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: The Shambles
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 10:33 AM

Well whoever went to watch Four Men and a Dog at Wimborne on Sunday night.

I did very much want to see them but I settled on their new CD and listened to this on the way home to watch the football.

I think I made the wrong choice.............

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: The Shambles
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 10:35 AM

Mr Red - Seeing you at festivals, I always thought that you were a Liverpool supporter who had lost his way...

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 11:01 AM

I just avoid football anyway - watch a film, go onto Mudcat, read a book, talk to like minded friends...........

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 11:13 AM

I like football, cricket, folk music and all other forms of music.

If I want to watch football I will. If you don't want to watch football then don't, but going to a festival to avoid it doesn't make sense.

The same goes for anything else.

I don't need to do something else to avoid doing something I don't want to do.

On Friday I will be running my folk club, and will not have time for the football. I would like to watch the football, but I have a responsibilty to run my club. Decision made.

Everybody has the right to do whatever they want without making excuses.

If we all liked the same things in life, it would get a bit boring.

Everybody to their own thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: mack/misophist
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 02:31 PM

There's absolutly nothing wrong with football. As long as it's kept in Australia. Or Pakistan.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 02:36 PM

I'm happy to do anything to avoid televised sports...

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 02:45 PM

Well we went to a Tanglefoot concert last night but did see a number of people in red and white shirts as we came home - does this mean there was a match on?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 07:01 PM

The Shambles

I make a rod for my own back, if it is not Liverpuddle or Manchester Untidy I have to deny then it is the political denial (well at least that is traditional).

I say it often enough the only reason worth considering - as to my sartorial pecadillo - is that I am a poser. Though the freedom of choice so generaously proferred by by ex-wifes departure may be included in the calculation.

When I ponder the PEL and the riots that ensue from the screenings in UK pubs I have to call to question the integrity of the government. They are shit scared of football crowds to the point they ignore the best advice of the police that such rowdy and too often violent pub screenings of FOOTBALL should have been licenced, folk music has to be and they were never even clutter on the police radar.

It may only be a few miscreants but where are the miscreants in folk sessions?

Anyway if I was to wear a political colour it would be transparent - and you wouldn't want that now would you?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Hrothgar
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 06:58 AM

A couple of years ago, Australia were playing the Oll Blecks in Sydney on the first Saturday night of the month. Being a loyal folkie, I went to the folk club run by rich-joy and her little mate Paul the Gnome on the first Saturday night of the month.

Not being entirely silly, I drove up to Maleny early so I could watch the first half in the pub. I then tore myself away from a very close match to go to the folk club - and found that Paul the Gnome wasn't even there because he had fiddled tickets to the game and was in Sydney watching it!

Some more getting even that I have to do ....

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Schantieman
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 09:18 AM

I just ignore it, if you mean Association Football. I still get mildly interested in Rugby Football, but much less so now it's gone professional and therefore commercial.

No point going to festivals to avoid it - I go to festivals to dance, drink & sing (and make lemonade!) - not necessarily in that order of importance.

btw, St George, apparently, is the Patron Saint not only of England, but also (according to an item I heard on the radio the other day) of Portugal and, er, Germany!   I wonder if all these morons who fix the flag (and defaced versions of it) to their cars realise that!

Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 10:23 AM

No point going to festivals to avoid it - I go to festivals to dance, drink & sing (and make lemonade!) - not necessarily in that order of importance.

Nice one Shantieman :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 11:03 AM

btw, St George, apparently, is the Patron Saint not only of England, but also (according to an item I heard on the radio the other day) of Portugal and, er, Germany!

And catalonia, Greece, Russia, Brabant and probably many more places

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: GUEST,sick of self publicists
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 11:10 AM

Hey Villan,you just made a post without talking about your club. You forget? Feeling ok?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 12:07 PM

Oh dear me, did I forget. Well I better make up for it then. :-)

Market Rasen Folk Club, this Friday the 18th.

Do come along, you might enjoy it :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 12:58 PM

not to leave you alone Villan

cresby.com

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 12:59 PM

the correct one

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 01:21 PM

Nice one there Mr Red :-)

Now there is 2 of us :-)

Where's Breezy, never around when you need him :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Joybell
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 06:53 PM

We do Anything!! Anything!! An ernest lady told us on TV the other night that you couldn't have a community spirit in rural Australia without your own footy club. Scary! Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 08:50 PM

I'm with Clinton Hammond on this one.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 07:42 AM

Eurosport Channel this week - Portugal, the teams, Portugal, the coaches, Portugal the team laundryman, Portugal the grass length, Portugal watering the pitch, Portugal 1976, '80, '84, Porzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and Sumo.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: gnomad
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 02:35 PM

I don't go to festivals to avoid football, but because I enjoy them. Avoiding football (and all other screened sports) is just a huge bonus.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: matai
Date: 23 Jun 04 - 10:14 AM

What's football?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: sledge
Date: 23 Jun 04 - 10:23 AM

oooooooo Sumo, what time, hehe

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: GUEST,JOHN of ELSIE`S BAND
Date: 23 Jun 04 - 11:10 AM

Come on, loosen up, lets hear it for football, festivals, golf, good sessions, tennis, rugby, motor racing and anything else that helps to reduce hum-drum in your life.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 23 Jun 04 - 11:32 AM

Well said JoEB

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Dave Bryant
Date: 24 Jun 04 - 04:40 AM

Linda and I will be hosting our monthly session at "The Black Horse", Stansted, (near Wrotham) KENT, tonight. Ian, the landlord is scottish, so I don't think that he'll be encouraging his customers to watch England play tonight, by having a telly on.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: sledge
Date: 24 Jun 04 - 04:47 AM

The title of this thread makes it sound as though attending a festival is the lesser of two evils, I attend a festival because I love going.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: el ted
Date: 24 Jun 04 - 09:49 AM

Does anyone go to Football to avoid Festivals?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 24 Jun 04 - 10:51 AM

Does anyon go to the pub, to avoid washing up?

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: GUEST,Hugh Jampton
Date: 24 Jun 04 - 11:11 AM

What is washing up??

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Mr Red
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 10:37 AM

el ted

I do hope so.

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Rasener
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 11:33 AM

I suppose if you were sitting down whilst washing the crocks, then it should be called Washing Down.

Strange expression that - Washing Up

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 11:25 AM

Nothing gets here through the air, and years ago we dropped the cable. Still, we enjoy Chicago Cubs on the radio and Pat Foley doing the Blackhawk games as well. (I don't really ever say "as well". Left to my own devices, I would say "too". Not even "also"---all for fear of being taken to be British ;-)

But we think FOOTBALL is absolutely intolerable in both cultures!!!

I would be at folk festivals any time I was able to get to them whether I was being paid to be there or not.

Love,

Art Thieme

Subject: RE: BS: Who goes to festivals to avoid FOOTBALL?
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 02:43 PM

I live near Wembley, so it was great when Bob Hawkes (coincidentally?) organised a series of Saturday folk events in East Hertfordshire in 1996 (while the European Championships were taking place in England), and booked me and MCP to run a singaround at the first one, in Much Hadham.

We got to meet Alan Franks and Patti Vetta, and the other Andy Barnes, and heard Show of Hands, Tom McConville and Pauline Cato, Dave Burland and Gas Mark 5, among others....

Kitty