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here is a perfect example of a [glow=red,2,300]w00k[/glow] from last year's roo. after claypool's set, i looked over caught this picture perfect moment...
ah, but as has been mentioned, being a 'wook' has a lot to do with lifestyle and general behavior as opposed to just appearance. gsus could've seen somethiing in person that didn't translate to a photo that designated this guy as a wook, as opposed to the numerous other people guaranteed to be passed out after every set
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Post by jambandjohn on Apr 18, 2007 20:28:22 GMT -5
After three or four unshowered days many of us rooers slide close to wookieness. The main difference I find is the true wooks show up on the first day already in this condition (to each his own) and set about trying to grub stuff off their fellow campers ( this annoys the sh!t out of me).
For your viewing pleasure, the ever popular "Wook Gallery": w00ks.org/g2/v/w00ks
i'm going where the sun keeps shining, thru' the pouring rain, going where the weather suits my clothes. backing off of the north east wind, sailing on summer breeze, and skipping over the ocean like a stone.
i'm going where the sun keeps shining, thru' the pouring rain, going where the weather suits my clothes. backing off of the north east wind, sailing on summer breeze, and skipping over the ocean like a stone.
Post by HoodooOperator on Apr 18, 2007 21:01:19 GMT -5
hippiehippieshake said:
^ ^ awww that's precious! you can tell how tan he is by the color of the skin under his fingernails
hee hee
never realized that, we get hella tanned in the summer.....his beard also turns very red in the summer too, you can kinda tell from the pic....mine turns blond.....weird f*cking genes.
I just wanna say that just because someone has dreads or long hair, beard, hairy pits, whatever, doesn't make them a wook. Being a wook is a state of mind, much like being a hippie is a state of mind.
I'm not trying to be a prick, I just don't want those without wook experience to be hating on someone b/c of hair, smell or state of conscienceness. Some of my best friends are hairy, sometimes smelly, but if they weren't from solid stock, they wouldn't be my friend.
Forgot to mention, that picture with the balloon is classic.
^^^^ Thank you, rolandd! A point that needed to be made!
It's all in good fun here, but please judge people on an individual basis. If they seem sketchy, untrustworthy, or just spun out of their minds, please exercise caution. But please don't go with the notion that anyone who looks a certain way has a certain character. Being open to new things, and new people is what it's all about!
Post by Sköldpadda on Apr 19, 2007 12:37:50 GMT -5
Yeah, really, you don't even need to know what a wookiee is. (Seriously, in the world of Star Wars it's spelled with two "e"s.) I wouldn't have had anywhere near as good a time as I did last year if I hadn't talked to all the random people I did. Everyone's so friendly and helpful. You won't have much trouble figuring out who's sketchy, they make themselves pretty apparent.
^^^^ Thank you, rolandd! A point that needed to be made!
It's all in good fun here, but please judge people on an individual basis. If they seem sketchy, untrustworthy, or just spun out of their minds, please exercise caution. But please don't go with the notion that anyone who looks a certain way has a certain character. Being open to new things, and new people is what it's all about!
Amen!
July 4, 1990 my sister and I were on our way to a Dead show in Kansas City and stopped in St Louis to pick up a couple of hitchhikers (from Delaware!). If we had gone just by looks or smell, we would've sped up instead of stopping! But being the kind of folks (most of the time. ha!) who try to be open to new things and new people, we helped them out and to this day one of them is still one of my favorite people in the world. We correspond regularly, have visited each other at least once every year since, and I can't wait to meet up with him once again in Manchester in June. ;D
You never know what sort of angel may be hiding behind all that hair and stench.
Post by ejamesglend on Apr 19, 2007 14:29:33 GMT -5
oopsikillednana said:
Yeah, really, you don't even need to know what a wookiee is. (Seriously, in the world of Star Wars it's spelled with two "e"s.) I wouldn't have had anywhere near as good a time as I did last year if I hadn't talked to all the random people I did. Everyone's so friendly and helpful. You won't have much trouble figuring out who's sketchy, they make themselves pretty apparent.
Props on the wookiee spelling correction. That's one of the most awsome dorky things I've read in a while.
This is my first roo, and first camping festival, so I will have to take it as it comes and keep an open mind while trying not to get skrewed over by these so called wookiees
"My greatest hope is to laugh as much as cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return" Maya Angelou
"We can't do much about the length of our lives, but we can do plenty about it's width and depth" Evan Esar
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought." Albert Szent-Gyorgi
Yeah, really, you don't even need to know what a wookiee is. (Seriously, in the world of Star Wars it's spelled with two "e"s.) I wouldn't have had anywhere near as good a time as I did last year if I hadn't talked to all the random people I did. Everyone's so friendly and helpful. You won't have much trouble figuring out who's sketchy, they make themselves pretty apparent.
Props on the wookiee spelling correction. That's one of the most awsome dorky things I've read in a while.
This is my first roo, and first camping festival, so I will have to take it as it comes and keep an open mind while trying not to get skrewed over by these so called wookiees
A wookie and a wookiee are not the same, hence the different spellings.
Post by Sköldpadda on Apr 19, 2007 14:46:19 GMT -5
pigsnzen said:
ejamesglend said:
Props on the wookiee spelling correction. That's one of the most awsome dorky things I've read in a while.
This is my first roo, and first camping festival, so I will have to take it as it comes and keep an open mind while trying not to get skrewed over by these so called wookiees
A wookie and a wookiee are not the same, hence the different spellings.
I was thinking about that, actually. Karma.
Someone really tall (and wealthy) should by a wookiee costume for the masquerade ball.
Someone really tall (and wealthy) should by a wookiee costume for the masquerade ball.
Yeah, they're over $400 for the good ones.
I'd rent one, but it would hinder my drinking (which is a deal-killer when discussing costumes). No ear coverage at shows either - gotta be able to drink and hear the music at the same time. ;D
The worst experience I've had at roo were were with "norms," some of your pretty typical Tennessee kinda-country locals - who treated their campsite neighbors like dirt. It was enough that we drove home that night (Sunday at like 3 AM) rather than camp out one more day and risk our safety and possessions. 99% of the people at Bonnaroo are awesome, just keep your eyes open since that 1% of asshats can fit right in.
Wooks can be very sketchy, though, so kudos for trying to identify problems before you get pushed into a bad situation unaware. My only bad experience with one of them was, surprise surprise, next to a nitrus dealer.
I would even say some of the wooks are very cool but just have this mindset of making "deals" and other solicitations to "fund" their "travels". It is very obvious who they are and you should not go running off screaming wookiee! ...just 'cause... just kindly decline their offers and move on to the next adventure... it's like a homeless people....some are really cool some just want your money for booze or drugs.
Post by oatmealschnappz on Apr 19, 2007 22:03:11 GMT -5
Honestly, the only people that i've ever had problems with at Roo were far from the wookie type. The biggest pricks i've met have been people that looked relatively "normal".
gsus, i dont think thats a wook.... looks like a pased out electrician or something, but not a wook. look at the clean skin, trimmed goatee, lack of "filth lines" coming off him - like that kid in charlie brown...
I was born in the back seat of a Yellow Cab in a hospital loading zone and with the meter still running. I emerged needing a shave and shouted 'Time Square, and step on it!
anyone on shakedown who looks like they just came from a rave.
that would be me though i certainly hope i don't come off as sketchy, maybe just a little lost sometimes hehe.
i'm with plaguedog, the only times i've ever had any issues or bad situations at 'roo it involved "good 'ol boys" who'd clearly been drinking from dawn till dusk. maybe its just because i have a lot of experience around substance users and know how to handle them and related situations, but i'm always wary anytime i'm around someone who's drinking heavily.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!