THAT security guard
Discussion
Balmoral Green said:
It's the old 'If a tree falls in the forest when there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?' scenario. If you are a Marshall/Bouncer/Steward/Bib/Security or whatever, you are still going to go wading into the forest and have it out with the fallen lumber anyway. It's got nothing to do with protecting people, or whether it actually matters or not. It's about rules is rules and respect my authority. And to be fair, if you don't understand that, are you any brighter than they are? There is/was absolutely no problem with the Camaro doing a few harmless donuts in an empty field. But the marshalls still have to do their job and tell you not to.
Again, quite correct in theory. Had the guy come up and used an opening gambit along the lines of "please don't do that, as other people might try to follow your example elsewhere on the site and cause an accident - if anyone else does do it, they will be asked to leave" then he would doubtless have acheived his objective.What people took umbrage with was the fact that he stomped over and kicked straight off with "don't even bother stopping your engine, you're leaving". That got people immediately opposed to him, and when he then threatened to have people charged with criminal damage (when there clearly was no damage of any sort) he lost any respect his authority might have given him.
I think even he realised this, as he took the 30 minutes he was away to come up with a spurious excuse to back down whilst saving face.
Balmoral Green said:
The really ironic thing is that he managed to miss a load of dutch blokes, very merry, with rather large roll ups, driving around in an old jag, with one of them hanging off the boot 
And there was me thinking they were all pissed and smoking splifs Edited by Balmoral Green on Tuesday 29th May 18:49
Prof Beard said:
I tried to get the band to play "American Idiot" (Green Day), but sadly they told Garlick they didn't know it... It would have been appropriate.
I've just wet myself at the thought of you jumping into the drunken melée if they had known it! 
We'll have to get the band to learn it by BTaP, as I can't imagine anyone topping that for the "surreal moments" thread! 
Kermit power said:
Prof Beard said:
I tried to get the band to play "American Idiot" (Green Day), but sadly they told Garlick they didn't know it... It would have been appropriate.
I've just wet myself at the thought of you jumping into the drunken melée if they had known it! We'll have to get the band to learn it by BTaP, as I can't imagine anyone topping that for the "surreal moments" thread! 
aswell 
waving the black flag.mightydquinn said:
its a good job there was only one american car doing donuts.
not any german or (english) cars warming the grass up for them.
Well quite! Leave the donuts to the typical vulgar American! I'm sure the English cars, had there been any, were merely attempting to put a proper stripe in the campsite lawn! not any german or (english) cars warming the grass up for them.
Kermit power said:
mightydquinn said:
its a good job there was only one american car doing donuts.
not any german or (english) cars warming the grass up for them.
Well quite! Leave the donuts to the typical vulgar American! I'm sure the English cars, had there been any, were merely attempting to put a proper stripe in the campsite lawn! not any german or (english) cars warming the grass up for them.
should any english car have attempted such a vulgar pastime !!!
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