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23 Jun 05 - 05:48 PM (#1508329) Subject: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Green Man Greetings all and especially any who witnessed the momentous event where the dance of the flaming aglets was performed by a well known folk singer at the Alcester and Arden Folk Festival (Phew it was HOT). Did you see it? This is a very obscure dance and can only be performed under specific circumstances. ( A bit like the stick and bucket dance ) What was your impression? Was it perfomred with the appropriate solemnity? Pleas elet me know.? :-) GM |
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24 Jun 05 - 09:15 AM (#1508811) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Geoff the Duck Wasn't little Aglet in Dickens' minor classic Martin Chizzlenut? Set fire to the verger's cottage in chapter 24... Quack! GtD. |
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24 Jun 05 - 09:47 AM (#1508834) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Tig It involved three main components plus a long follow up all performed *in the best POSSIBLE taste* Firstly the aglet (the little plastic bit on the end of a shoelace) was ritually lit with a lighter. When a good flame was established the owner of the aglet was informed that he was on fire. He then put it out with his fingers - ensuring that they were burnt in the process thus he claimed stopping him playing for the rest of the weekend (hopefully :-))) ). The follow up consisted of recriminations, complaints, a water/beer fight...........and is continuing with the possible writing of a ballad, a dance, etc. Now I wouldn't say that the owner of the aglet deserved this, but........ |
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24 Jun 05 - 05:08 PM (#1508976) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Liz the Squeak No Geoff, it was my grandmother that burnt down the cottages... LTS |
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24 Jun 05 - 05:12 PM (#1508980) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Charmion And here I was thinking I would read about an update of that great scene from my far-gone youth, involving a tipsy submariner with his small-clothes around his ankles, about three feet of toilet paper barely moistened with white Bacardi's rum (even submariners won't drink that stuff), and a match. When one end of the TP had been firmly tucked into a nether orifice, the match was struck and applied to the other end. Bets were taken on the length of the TP when the performer signalled the end of the dance with a grand jeté off the pool table. Points were awarded for endurance as well as for style. |
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24 Jun 05 - 06:36 PM (#1509039) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Firecat I want to know what the poor little aglet had done!!!! Cruelty to aglets!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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25 Jun 05 - 09:17 AM (#1509393) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Geoff the Duck Actually I regard it a a BLOODY STUPID TRICK! I was once relaxing at a party when some pissed up twat decided to set fire to my shoe laces. I was not aware of what was being done until another person spotted that my trousers were alight. Luckily they were quickly extinguished with beer. If my trousers had been nylon and not cotton they could have gone up in seconds producing serious burns. I do not find it at all funny. Burning plastic is not something that I would like to have to put out with my fingers. There is a big difference between somebody doing something to show off where they are the person who might get hurt (which is what I assumed the thread was about) and some stupid pillock destroying another person's property (even if it is just a shoe lace - where do you get a replacement in the middle of the night?) in a manner likely to cause possible injury! Definitely Not Amused. Quack! Geoff. |
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25 Jun 05 - 08:46 PM (#1509829) Subject: RE: BS: The Dance of the flaming Aglet From: Green Man I didnt knwo Ducks had aglet. Anyway the episode is now beingmade into a mummery called -- The Aglety and The Ecstasy. :-)) GM |