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View matt_himself's Profile matt_himself Flag Matataland 25 Mar 15 1.44pm Send a Private Message to matt_himself Add matt_himself as a friend

This sounds crap:

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Anyone got anything crapper happening in their area of domicile?

 


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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 25 Mar 15 2.09pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

I've never been able to get my head around Literature Festivals! Art Festivals, Music Festivals, Flower Festivals, yes. But Literature Festivals?

What's that all about?

 

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View Harpo's Profile Harpo Flag Oxfordshire 25 Mar 15 2.21pm Send a Private Message to Harpo Add Harpo as a friend

Quote Harpo at 25 Mar 2015 2.09pm

I've never been able to get my head around Literature Festivals! Art Festivals, Music Festivals, Flower Festivals, yes. But Literature Festivals?

What's that all about?

Which reminds me...

We arrived at San Giovanni d'asso in Tuscany, after a 900 mile drive. The next night we went into the village to savour the atmosphere.

Just in time to participate in 'The Festival of The Frog'. There were bands, entertainers, impressionists - and frogs, thousands of them - in three enormous pots at various stages of cooking.

I went for the Frog Risotto followed by Frog Casserole, all washed down with lots of red wine.

Not a crap event, but an unusual one nonetheless.


 

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Hoof Hearted 25 Mar 15 2.55pm

Quote Harpo at 25 Mar 2015 2.21pm

Quote Harpo at 25 Mar 2015 2.09pm

I've never been able to get my head around Literature Festivals! Art Festivals, Music Festivals, Flower Festivals, yes. But Literature Festivals?

What's that all about?

Which reminds me...

We arrived at San Giovanni d'asso in Tuscany, after a 900 mile drive. The next night we went into the village to savour the atmosphere.

Just in time to participate in 'The Festival of The Frog'. There were bands, entertainers, impressionists - and frogs, thousands of them - in three enormous pots at various stages of cooking.

I went for the Frog Risotto followed by Frog Casserole, all washed down with lots of red wine.

Not a crap event, but an unusual one nonetheless.

I would have gone for the toad-in-the-hole.

 

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View johnfirewall's Profile johnfirewall Flag 25 Mar 15 3.00pm Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

We had a black history month photography exhibition that actually looked quite good but was in the shopping centre.

Then there's the crematorium open day, which I'd also possibly go to.

Those are the local authority type events. Gone are the days when we actually had a venue to host large events good or bad.

 

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View Part Time James's Profile Part Time James Flag 25 Mar 15 3.05pm Send a Private Message to Part Time James Add Part Time James as a friend

I keep seeing adverts for a Vegan Beer Festival at the local Socialist club. Without going I can be reasonably sure I'd want to choke them all on the bones of an endangered species.

 




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View ghosteagle's Profile ghosteagle Flag 25 Mar 15 3.13pm Send a Private Message to ghosteagle Add ghosteagle as a friend

Quote Part Time James at 25 Mar 2015 3.05pm

I keep seeing adverts for a Vegan Beer Festival at the local Socialist club. Without going I can be reasonably sure I'd want to choke them all on the bones of an endangered species.


How does that work?

 

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View Superfly's Profile Superfly Flag The sun always shines in Catford 25 Mar 15 3.16pm Send a Private Message to Superfly Add Superfly as a friend

I still weep at the memory of when I actually decided to attend Lewisham peoples day

 


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View rob1969's Profile rob1969 Flag Banstead Surrey 25 Mar 15 3.40pm Send a Private Message to rob1969 Add rob1969 as a friend

Quote matt_himself at 25 Mar 2015 1.44pm

This sounds crap:

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Anyone got anything crapper happening in their area of domicile?


This particular "Megastar" seems to have passed me by - famous for sporting a plaster on his face - can't believe I missed that. Only Nelly I can recall was an
elephant ! Think I'll give that event a miss.

 

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View johnfirewall's Profile johnfirewall Flag 25 Mar 15 3.57pm Send a Private Message to johnfirewall Add johnfirewall as a friend

Quote Superfly at 25 Mar 2015 3.16pm

I still weep at the memory of when I actually decided to attend Lewisham peoples day


Why can't we have a County Show a la Lambeth?

Actually that wasn't even that good. Just had llamas and Maxi Priest, who is from Lewisham anyway.

Never been to People's Day. But guessing they didn't even have a beer tent.

 

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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 25 Mar 15 4.33pm

Quote Harpo at 25 Mar 2015 2.09pm

I've never been able to get my head around Literature Festivals! Art Festivals, Music Festivals, Flower Festivals, yes. But Literature Festivals?

What's that all about?

I really love reading and books, so I made the mistake once of going to a literature festival. Never again. Its like going to a music festival, where instead of bands actually playing music, they discussed, in great length, their work, inspiration and interests.

The actual author readings were good, along with someone of the poetry events, but for the most part it was probably only of interest to writers, publishers and accademics. Listening to someone read their essay the role of pagan nature symbolism in Romantic fiction of the 19th century is actually less interesting than it sounds.

And unlike other festivals there was a definite shortage of drugs and alcohol.

 


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jamiemartin721 Flag Reading 25 Mar 15 4.35pm

Quote rob1969 at 25 Mar 2015 3.40pm

Quote matt_himself at 25 Mar 2015 1.44pm

This sounds crap:

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Anyone got anything crapper happening in their area of domicile?


This particular "Megastar" seems to have passed me by - famous for sporting a plaster on his face - can't believe I missed that. Only Nelly I can recall was an
elephant ! Think I'll give that event a miss.

I remember him, he was s**t. 'Its getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes' etc. The only reason to go would be to put him out of humanities misery.


 


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