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- From: GLADSTONE@csmcmvax.bitnet
- Subject: Seat hogs, floor hogs, and a bad condom joke for good measure
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.225415.20663@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU>
- Sender: mmdf@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU (Mail System)
- Reply-To: GLADSTONE@csmcmvax.bitnet
- Organization: The Internet
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 22:54:15 GMT
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- The worst seat hogs seem to be the backstage passers. They seem
- to have a need to save _lots_ of seats, many of which never get used except
- as storage for clothing. Some are particularly arrogant, but others are
- quite nice. I don't do lines ( No, not those kind ) and find myself in
- a last in first out situation as a result. So, what I do is find a row
- of chairs with one person guarding them, politely ask if there is a
- spare seat, and when told NO, I say OK, I'll just sit here till your
- 30 friends come back. To ease any ill will, fireing up a stoogie of the kind
- frequently helps. Lo and Behold, at the end of the show the missing friends
- are still missing ( usually ). Sometimes I get a heartfelt apology from
- the guardian, and maybe even make a friend. Of course, I give up the seat
- if it is needed. Like many, I usually view a show from 8 or 9 different
- places just for kix. If the show is not GA, I usually ask to see the stub
- before relinquishing the seat. ( Gets em every time! ) If people look
- real tweaked, I usually give them 'space'. ( We come in peace )
- What tix me off is the floor scene. People wait for hours in
- lines, queue for priority #s, etc. Then, they each bring in a large
- blanket, 11 changes of clothing, 3 pairs of shoes, food, backpacks,
- and an attitude. They then expect passive hippies to respect their
- 64 square feet of space, and not to step on their spraweled out crap
- in the dark. Ya right. If they don't want me stepping on a ragged
- blanket they fished out of some Goodwill bin, they should keep it off of
- the floor. To be kind, I usually let shorter people in front of me,
- and try to get in front of taller people. By the second set, things are
- always packed anyway, so why do they bother?
-
- Strangers stopping strangers, just to grab their land.
- Everybodies edgeing, closer to the band.
-
-
- Anyhow, that's how I deal with the problem, and out of respect for the scene,
- I don't _ever_ get into nasty confrontations at Dead shows.
-
- Oh yeah, the bad condom joke: A man walks up to the counter of a drugstore
- and asks the 60 year old woman clerk " I need 2 dozen rubbers, miss. "
- The annoyed clerk says " Don't Miss me, sonny " to which he replies
- " OK, then make it 4 dozen "
- Reprinted without permission from a 20 year old issue of Playboy.
- BTW, they recycle their Party Jokes about every 5 years.
-
- Joe Lone Wolf Gladstone> <GLADSTONE@CSMCMVAX.BITNET>
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