What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[meggersdog]

My top ten in no particular order is :

 

Velvet Underground...Venus in furs

 

Cocteau Twins...Song to the siren

 

X-Ray Spex...Germfree Adolescents

 

The Stooges...1969

 

The Levellers...Julie

 

Maroon Town...Nostalgia

 

Wreckless Eric...Final Taxi

 

The Libertines...Can't Stand Me Now

 

New Model Army...Vagabonds

 

Department S....Is Vic There

 

What made me grin time.On Friday I was driving through Stanhoe in Norfolk when in the other direction came a few Ferraris including an Enzo.a smattering of Aston Martins including what looked like a race prepared DB4.a Jensen Intercepter,several E Types,three convertible Rollers,two Bentley Blowers,a shed full of 911s,a V8 sounding Cobra replica,TR 6 and two Stags plus a Mercedes 300SL gullwing.They were all driving along a recently resurfaced road with stones spitting out everywhere.Every driver had a grin on his face.All in all 30-40 cars.As I came out of the restricted zone a 70's 911 with chrome bumpers and the gullwing were tearing along trying to catch the others with a squad car desperately trying to stay with them.Even the coppers were smiling.

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I'm pretty sure a link was posted on here about a "tuner" who cut 'sin' grooves in the head of his Mitsubishi.

Well it has appeared else were ..

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 592&page=8

 

[Gompo]

I'm resisting posting any music stuff, as much as I love it.

 

 

He lived in a flat above Cooplands Bakers, for reference. Legend.

..In Worksop??

Yep, in Worksop indeedio. I used to live on Carlton Road from 1979 - 1990 & my Dad used to bank at said Nat West, so, in the days prior to cash machines, I'd go to the bank with him in th school holidays.

 

Apparently 'Big Bill' had a flat above Cooplands, mainly for when he was playing at the World Championships at the Crucible in Sheffield, but used to stay there quite a lot of the year. He used to cruise round in a big American Winnibago as well, if my memory serves me right....

That's interesting. I should have known this but definitely dont remember 'knowing' it. Will be texting my brother shortly to see if it's something I've forgotten!

 

Cheers.

[Station]

I like Iron Maiden but continuing the 'grin' theme it was pretty funny watching people urinate in pastic bottles then hurl them at Dickinson at Reading Rock circa 1982, after he'd got a major leage strop on.

I managed to hit top pop paedo Jonathan King with a bottle of piss at Donnington circa 1987.

 

With hindsight as I was only a teenager at the time he probably enjoyed it!

I was 'watching' Bush (remember them) at Reading Festival in about 1997. I'd had enough so launched an open bottle at the lead singer. My drunken state affected my aim by about three metres and it hit the security guard about five foot in front of me in the face.

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Some chav on a scooter stopped outside.

Tries starting his scooter ... nothing

GOOOSH fuel and 2 stroke pours out the back over his rear wheel.

 

The silly sod is still trying as i type this.

 

OOH OOH , it coughs into life.

Needs a real exhaust though, and away he goes with a wet rear tyre.

 

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR

 

some people aye

[RedSparrow]

Daphne and Celeste (look em up!) were greeted with piss bottles at reading circa 2000.

I missed this however, as I was in the comedy tent watching the comedy stylings of Charlie Chuck.

[pogweasel]

Daphne and Celeste (look em up!) were greeted with piss bottles at reading circa 2000.

I missed this however, as I was in the comedy tent watching the comedy stylings of Charlie Chuck.

I saw Charlie Chuck totally die on his arse at the comedy night at Uni.

 

In 1996 at the big oasis gig I luzzed a bog roll at Jo Whiley and clacked her on the side of the head with it. Although a toilet roll doesn't hurt much she was clearly taken aback and rather pissed off.

[CIH]

Daphne and Celeste (look em up!) were greeted with piss bottles at reading circa 2000.

I missed this however, as I was in the comedy tent watching the comedy stylings of Charlie Chuck.

I saw Charlie Chuck totally die on his arse at the comedy night at Uni.

 

In 1996 at the big oasis gig I luzzed a bog roll at Jo Whiley and clacked her on the side of the head with it. Although a toilet roll doesn't hurt much she was clearly taken aback and rather pissed off.

should have "luzzed" something proper and rid the world of one more Radio1 "DJ"...

[Lankytim]

Hey, Jo Whiley is ok!

 

I bet she'l find her way onto radio 2 pretty soon though.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Jo Whiley is too knowledgeable (and not gobby enough) for Radio 1.

[dollywobbler]

Jo Whiley is too knowledgeable (and not gobby enough) for Radio 1.

Aye. Amazed she's still there to be honest.

 

Anyway, my grin today is because the BX managed a rather impressive 55mpg on the last tank of fuel. Good stuff.

[Station]

I was there at that Daphne & Celeste thing and while I probably wasn't drunk enough to appreciate it (and possibly join in), I thought it was pretty disgusting (the lobbing, not D&C). I've never seen so many things flying through the air.

 

The best festival I went to was the first Ozzfest in 2000, purely because of two things:

 

a) There was a MASSIVE bottle fight, with about 100 people throwing plastic bottles and rubbish at each other for no reason whatsoever. I was watching and it was hilarious and good natured. Some bloke waded in and stopped it because they weren't respecting Ozzy Osbourne, who was playing at the time. Someone through a bottle at him.

 

The day was located in Milton Keyne's Bowl, which, like it's name states, is surrounded by a 20 foot sloped embankment to prevent noise getting out. Metal fans being as they are couldn't be bothered going to the toilet for a piss, so did it on the other side of the 'bowl'. As the day passed, the other side started resembling some pissy boggy marsh, and anyone who dared go for a piss anywhere on the other side, promptly slipped in pissy mud and went straight to the bottom on their arses. I watched about 200 people do this in about an hour, and had only recently recovered from a hernia in my stomach, and it was painful, I couldn't stop laughing.

[dollywobbler]

I saw Dogstar at Glasto 1999, Keanu Reeves' band. While girls screamed like idiots, blokes threw everything they could at him, including bags of spaghetti. Still remember when an orange hit his bass. TWANNNNG!

 

Dogstar are shit by the way.

[Station]

Christ, I remember Dogstar.

I don't make a habit of this, I've only done it twice, as Metallica followed Bush, but I threw a plastic water bottle at James Hetfield.

James Hetfield into microphone: "HELLO ... " Angles head to avoid bottle, which whizzes past his ear "... READING!"

 

A 'rubbish' fight broke out in Reading 1999 between two adjoining campsites. My mate got an unopened tin of baked beans square in the chest.

[trigger]

I was in the Mosh pit when the Foo Fighters were playing at V2007, Totally amazing to watch live but i went home with several different persons piss over me.

[Mr Lobster]

So in conclusion then...

 

Festivals. GR9 4 catching aids and other diseases.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I would class any event where I had paid money to join in, yet come home covered in other folks piss, as something to avoid at all costs in future.

[dollywobbler]

Must admit, I've always managed to avoid the piss. Did have a punk twat of an acquaintance who enjoyed hurling bottles of piss about during a Sex Pistols performance, but I can't get excited about them so had avoided that one.

[Louise2cv]

covered in piss

 

bottles of piss

What is wrong with people?

[Guest]

I don't "get" festivals and that was before I became aware that urination was such a big part of it.

 

Having read all the above, you must all be bloody bonkers.

[RedSparrow]

There are clubs in Berlin where people pay to....

 

I'll get me coat.

[myglaren]

I'm pretty sure a link was posted on here about a "tuner" who cut 'sin' grooves in the head of his Mitsubishi.

Well it has appeared else were ..

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 592&page=8

 

Yep!

It is surfacing all over the place now.

[Pillock]

I've been to a lot of festivals and gigs and can't say I've ever thrown, or even seen piss being thrown.

 

I've been kicked in the face by crowdsurfers at approximately 72% of gigs though, once splitting my eyebrow open. I removed his shoe as punishment and lobbed it back into the crowd.

[Lankytim]

I'm pretty sure a link was posted on here about a "tuner" who cut 'sin' grooves in the head of his Mitsubishi.

Well it has appeared else were ..

http://retrorides.proboards.com/index.c ... 592&page=8

 

Yep!

It is surfacing all over the place now.

That was/is a poplular mod with old Volvos IIRC. I think it helps to cut back on pinking on high boost or something, although how someone with a file in his shed can achieve better results than Volvo did after spending x million developing an engine is beyond me. Im assured it works though!

[boobydoo]

I tend to give outdoor concerts a wide birth.

 

A few years ago went to see a Dionne Warwick concert in the gardens at the Tower Of London. Lovely summer evening, class act, class Bacharach and David songs......but people wouldn't shut the f**k up!!

 

Up and down out their seats, talking about their kids progress at school, discussing Eastenders, going for a piss every 5 minutes.....all whilst your trying to hear a legend (IMHO) sing "Say A Little Prayer For You" etc.

 

People can't concentrate for 5 mins these days. Wankers .

[Station]

Never ever seen or heard of that filing thing. If it works, fair enough.

[dollywobbler]

Went to Prescott Hill Climb today. Very grin-worthy with lots of lovely French cars, and some fanastic stuff going up the hill. A Veyron is frankly a bit disappointing. A car from the 1910s that's basically a plank with four wheels and an aeroplane engine is frankly brilliant.

 

That wasn't the real highlight though. No, that award goes to the actual Bedford Astramax van I saw in the Cotswolds! No pics though as I was enjoying the roads far too much to slow down. Also saw an immaculate Peugeot 309 parked up close to the show on a driveway, a Bedford Midi camper van (shite holidays!) and a wonderful old Seventies Volvo tractor unit hauling a Pickfords heavy hauler (somewhat ironically I guess!) on a flatbed. Again - the fact that I was hurtling around a roundabout in the opposite direction meant I get the grin, but can't share a spot.

 

On the downside, my heavy right foot means that there's no chance the BX is getting anywhere near 50mpg on this tank!

[Station]

They had one of those GTR Skylines and one of those Audi R8 things at Cholmondley and in the company, nobody actually bothered looking at them, it's like mp3's vs vinyl. I doubt I'd give a Veyron a second look to be honest, it's there to be 'second looked' at really and it's a bit cheesy to do that.

[dollywobbler]

People do go ga-ga over the Veyrons. I remember the crowd gathered around one at the NEC 'Classic' motor show. Complete ignorance of the older, beautiful Bugs.

 

They did also have some EB110s on the hill. They seem a bit of a shite supercar, which makes them interesting.

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