Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by Britney's_Fears on May 25, 2010 14:42:00 GMT -5
For those of you new to Bonnaroo, I learned last year that flying a pirate flag (black with white skull n crossbones) at Bonnaroo is an invitation to have that flag stolen, even worse it attracts wooks to your campsite.
You see dear reader this is a game the wooks play. If you fly a pirate flag it will be stolen and the only way to get it back is to steal someone else's pirate flag. YOU CANNOT GO HOME WITH THE PIRATE FLAG YOU CAME TO BONNAROO WITH.
If you catch the wook stealing your flag and chase him he will run back to wook headquarters and you will be faced with having to fight all of them if you want your flag back. They will threaten to collectively kick your butt and tell you to go steal someone else's flag cause you ain't gettin' yours back. This is a sacred ritual to the wooks and not to be taken lightly.
In '08 I was heading back to camp from the porta-potties on Monday morning, it was like 6am and I saw a Wook grab a pirate flag, totally kick the pole to death to break it and dash off in the other direction. It was an awful scene. I bet the owners were peacefully sleeping, oblivious to the fact.
what is a wook??? someone stole our flag last year- some of my homies brought it. It said Camp Cock and had a giant rooster on it! I ended up seeing it again on Sunday staked by the portapoddies lol!
what is a wook??? someone stole our flag last year- some of my homies brought it. It said Camp smurf and had a giant rooster on it! I ended up seeing it again on Sunday staked by the portapoddies lol!
WOOK: noun or adjective. a dirty, hairy, stinky, mal-nourished, dishonest creature that often travels in packs, with possibly and unfortunately, mangy, multi-colored dogs on hand-made all natural, organic hemp leashes, or alone wandering aimlessly around a concert (usually "hippie music") parking lot with a few seemingly more important than the music goals; find as many mind altering substances and cram them into their bodies as fast and furiously as possible, get into the show somehow, don't lose the dog this time, and if by chance they come across unattended property such as a cooler, chair, backpack, or a beverage, it will then become their own. also once inside the show and the music begins, even if it sucks, a true wook will never be able to tell the difference because once the substances take effect, many of them can actually be seen dancing and "gooving" to music that only they can hear. wooks are only useful in one way: if you are trying to warn or scare a younger more easily influenced friend about the dangers of drugs, just tell them to observe and study the behaviors of wooks in their natural surroundings, but warn them that if they get too close, they may risk becoming one themselves!
This definition came from the urban dictionary. Personally I have nothing against Wookies.(Wook is short for Wookie, hairy like Chewbacca.)
1) put on rubber gloves 2) place pirate flag in a plastic bag full of poison ivy 3) Tie up and Shake bag thoroughly 4) Toss used rubber gloves, have fresh pair for when you get to roo 5) Transport flag to roo in tied up bag. Feel free to shake from time to time. 6) Get on rubber gloves and hang flag 7) Profit
1) put on rubber gloves 2) place pirate flag in a plastic bag full of poison ivy 3) Tie up and Shake bag thoroughly 4) Toss used rubber gloves, have fresh pair for when you get to roo 5) Transport flag to roo in tied up bag. Feel free to shake from time to time. 6) Get on rubber gloves and hang flag 7) Profit
You forgot ??????????
Anyway you can also sew two together, and fill the center with sponges soaked in indelible black ink. Also fish hooks on the corners work well.
Post by scarletbegonia on May 26, 2010 7:35:41 GMT -5
I'm new to Roo, but I know this is a muti-festival tradition. Last year we had a flag with a Dead bear with an eye patch on it stolen by a wook at Gathering of the Vibes on Thursday. I heard that the pirate flag you steal is the one you're supposed to fly the next year. Anyone know if this is true?
I'm new to Roo, but I know this is a muti-festival tradition. Last year we had a flag with a Dead bear with an eye patch on it stolen by a wook at Gathering of the Vibes on Thursday. I heard that the pirate flag you steal is the one you're supposed to fly the next year. Anyone know if this is true?
That may very well be true, cause according to my Bonnaroo neighbor who had a "Close Encounter of the Wook Kind" by having his flag stolen and giving chase to the offending wook. "You cannot have your own flag back, you have to steal someone else's to replace it." It seems like if you ran it up your flagpole this year it would just get stolen again. So yes that stands to reason.
Post by guitarheroo on May 26, 2010 8:47:04 GMT -5
"But sir, nobody worries about upsetting a droid." "That's 'cause droids don't pull people's arms out of their sockets when they lose. Wookies are known to do that."
Theres a variant they play where they go around and steal as many flags as they can and then hang them out the next morning for you to come a retrieve your flag.
This happened to us at Echo Project with the Inforoo flag.. I was PISSED that morning when I woke up found the flag gone, but someone called me (cant remember who) and told me it was hanging up on shakedown with about 30 other flags. It was retrieved safely.
Post by wolfmanjack on May 26, 2010 17:47:34 GMT -5
I read this thread and it got me to thinking of a few ways to keep your pirate flag secure. The first would be to tie up bars of soap (like cloves of garlic) and rig it to your flagpole. The second thing you could do would be to get a job application from every place you stop along the way to roo; and tape them all up your flagpole. If the wook in question doesn't go into a coma from touching all those applications....then when he gets to the top he will touch some soap and disintegrate.
Post by gryphonkin on May 26, 2010 20:57:49 GMT -5
You could also rig a tape deck up to a motion sensor so it blasts Slayer at the Wook when he gets to the top of the pole. If the shock and fear doesn't make him fall off the pole, he will certainly run away.
I read this thread and it got me to thinking of a few ways to keep your pirate flag secure. The first would be to tie up bars of soap (like cloves of garlic) and rig it to your flagpole. The second thing you could do would be to get a job application from every place you stop along the way to roo; and tape them all up your flagpole. If the wook in question doesn't go into a coma from touching all those applications....then when he gets to the top he will touch some soap and disintegrate.