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Post by tentseasurfer on Jun 19, 2008 14:26:25 GMT -5
I had no issues this year and met some of the nicest people ever! There definitely was a thieving element that was stronger this year, judging by what I saw and what others told me....just lock your poop up....they are generally crimes of opportunity as lot rats are typically lazy criminals.
I saw lots of cops and one wookie fight at wal mart. But other than that, it was just one big party. We ended up caravaning in and setting up one big campsite with the people parked next to us. So wally world actually did some good for once!
we were supposed to meet up with some people at walmart but when we tried to exit they told us we couldnt and in broad daylight the cop pulled out his flashlight and pointed us on.
JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU THINK THEY WERE LOCALS, 90 PERCENT OF THE LOCALS THINK BONNAROO IS A WONDERFUL THING,I SURE HOPE THAT WASNT THE CASE. HOPE IT DOES NOT KEEP YOU FROM HERE NEXT YEAR, IVE BEEN EVERY YEAR,CANT WAIT TILL NEXT
So this year was my first bonnaroo and for months i have been lurking here to try to get a feel for what i should bring, logistics of the festival, etc.
So anyways I read the thread about how everybody meets in the walmart parking lot wednesday before the show and how its a great time right?
Well, when i arrived there it wasnt that bad. However around an hour after I arrived there were lots of fights breaking out between drunk people and i heard that before i got there someone even brought a gun. I was pretty much freaking out at that point.
To calm me down i started to talk to this cool guy that i just met. we were talking for about thirty minutes when these five drunk guys surrounded us and were like "dude why were you looking at my girlfriend". that cool guy i was with was like "i have no idea what you are talking about man"
Then the drunk guys punched that guy i was talking to right in the face. then they all surrounded him and started to kick him and basicly beat the poop out of him for NO reason at all. at that moment i was frozen in fear because i was trying to avoid this sort of situation.
so two of the guys came up to me and were like "hey dude do you know this guy?" i was like "umm no i just met him" then they just punched me right in the face breaking my glasses (luckily i was able to fix them..) and knocking out my lip ring (i found it eventually with some help from friendly people) right after that the jackasses ran off.
It kinda sucked having to be at bonnaroo for my first time with a huge swollen lip and a cut where my lip ring came out.
But hey it was all good in the end because i had the most amazing time of my life at bonnaroo with the most amazing neighbors ever. What i am saying is that if you go to the walmart for pre-roo WATCH OUT! there are locals there who do not care about peace and love.
So how do you know they were locals? I'm a local, was there, and didn't hardly see any other locals...
I saw lots of cops and one wookie fight at wal mart. But other than that, it was just one big party. We ended up caravaning in and setting up one big campsite with the people parked next to us. So wally world actually did some good for once!
A wookie fight? Please tell me you had your video camera.
Post by hibouxdufromage on Jul 11, 2008 14:22:16 GMT -5
Freesandwich, it sucks that you had to deal with that crap. I doubt that they were locals. Most folks around here either love roo or avoid it completely.
They were probably Canadian. Did they have beady eyes and flapping heads? I just don't understand why Canadians have to be so violent to everyone they ever meet. I once went to Canadia, and the first mounty I saw hopped off of his horse and punched me square in the nose. I was like "wtf?" and he was like "that's how we say Welcome to Canadia around here, eh." So I was like "Okay" and kicked him in the gnuts. As he bent over in pain, he looked up and said "Hey! This isn't the Dominican Republic!" Those crazy folks up there don't even have the decency to check to see if you're brown before they try to kill you. At least us Americans are civilized enough to do that.
Post by Mada is it backwards on Jul 13, 2008 20:41:28 GMT -5
lol, karma for you. silly canadians.
i didn't have any problems at wal-mart. but maybe that was because i spent 4 hours or so sitting in county. i missed all the craziness. but i did see this dude in county that was pretty funny. all i saw was this holding cell with cracked glass and this dudes face screaming "BONNAROOOOO!!" it cheered me up.
So this year was my first bonnaroo and for months i have been lurking here to try to get a feel for what i should bring, logistics of the festival, etc.
So anyways I read the thread about how everybody meets in the walmart parking lot wednesday before the show and how its a great time right?
Well, when i arrived there it wasnt that bad. However around an hour after I arrived there were lots of fights breaking out between drunk people and i heard that before i got there someone even brought a gun. I was pretty much freaking out at that point.
To calm me down i started to talk to this cool guy that i just met. we were talking for about thirty minutes when these five drunk guys surrounded us and were like "dude why were you looking at my girlfriend". that cool guy i was with was like "i have no idea what you are talking about man"
Then the drunk guys punched that guy i was talking to right in the face. then they all surrounded him and started to kick him and basicly beat the poop out of him for NO reason at all. at that moment i was frozen in fear because i was trying to avoid this sort of situation.
so two of the guys came up to me and were like "hey dude do you know this guy?" i was like "umm no i just met him" then they just punched me right in the face breaking my glasses (luckily i was able to fix them..) and knocking out my lip ring (i found it eventually with some help from friendly people) right after that the jackasses ran off.
It kinda sucked having to be at bonnaroo for my first time with a huge swollen lip and a cut where my lip ring came out.
But hey it was all good in the end because i had the most amazing time of my life at bonnaroo with the most amazing neighbors ever. What i am saying is that if you go to the walmart for pre-roo WATCH OUT! there are locals there who do not care about peace and love.
I was at the parking lot literally right next to walmarts....i saw some fight go down across the field that looked like it went from the parking lot to where some tents were set up to the side of the parking lot, called the hippie lookin guy who got beat up over and made sure he was alright and gave him a beer and a water, said that he got beat up cause someone said he was looking at his girl... i wonder if that was you or your friend? There was 2 guys and 2 girls where i was
JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU THINK THEY WERE LOCALS, 90 PERCENT OF THE LOCALS THINK BONNAROO IS A WONDERFUL THING,I SURE HOPE THAT WASNT THE CASE. HOPE IT DOES NOT KEEP YOU FROM HERE NEXT YEAR, IVE BEEN EVERY YEAR,CANT WAIT TILL NEXT