Pineapples banned by Reading and Leeds Festivals

[SpondonBassed]

[i]Glass Animals' drummer Joe Seaward said it would be a "challenge" to get in with pineapples.[/i]
[i]"Anyone who wasn't bringing a pineapple definitely is now," he said.[/i]
[i]"It's fruitist. Watermelons are fine, but not pineapples?"[/i]
[url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40923473"]http://www.bbc.co.uk...kshire-40923473[/url]

You can't make this stuff up. Priceless.

Edited August 15, 2017 by SpondonBassed

[lojo]

Fair enough , loads of pinapples left rotting all over the site is no good for anyone

[police squad]

I was hit by a pineapple at the Reading festival 1983. Right in the face, during Big Country

[Mudpup]

[quote name='police squad' timestamp='1502780260' post='3353389']
I was hit by a pineapple at the Reading festival 1983. Right in the face, during Big Country
[/quote]


Possibly could have been worse.....i was there for those few years and remember vividly the bottles of "gentleman lemonade" flying around all over the place.

I guess a pineapple is more painful though

[Thunderbird]

I'm a bit clueless about these things but why would anyone want to take a pineapple to a festival anyway

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1502781145' post='3353396']
I'm a bit clueless about these things but why would anyone want to take a pineapple to a festival anyway
[/quote]

Very sorry. I should have included the link in the OP but here it is now;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-40923473

[T-Bay]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1502781145' post='3353396']
I'm a bit clueless about these things but why would anyone want to take a pineapple to a festival anyway
[/quote]
Because of a line in a Glass animals song 'I have pineapples in my mind'

[Happy Jack]

Well I guess we're reduced to the bear necessities then.

Fig.1 - The Paw Paw
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Fig.2 - The Prickly Pear
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Edited August 15, 2017 by Happy Jack

[Mudpup]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1502781145' post='3353396']
I'm a bit clueless about these things but why would anyone want to take a pineapple to a festival anyway
[/quote]

To throw at police squad of course ;-)

[FinnDave]

[quote name='Thunderbird' timestamp='1502781145' post='3353396']
I'm a bit clueless about these things but why would anyone want to take a pineapple to a festival anyway
[/quote]

It gives them something to look forward to, it's a dull life being a pineapple. I think they deserve bit of excitement.

[xgsjx]

BBC at it's best...

[quote][color=#404040][font=Helmet, Freesans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif][size=4]Other items banned from the festivals include weapons, fireworks, drones and glass.[/quote][/size][/font][/color]

No sh*t Sherlock!

[Maude]

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1502785689' post='3353446']
BBC at it's best...

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No sh*t Sherlock!
[/quote]


I'm outraged! Why have they not banned people from bringing in nuclear reactors, do they not realise how dangerous they can be?

[T-Bay]

[quote name='Maude' timestamp='1502785942' post='3353452']



I'm outraged! Why have they not banned people from bringing in nuclear reactors, do they not realise how dangerous they can be?
[/quote]
They can get into Glastonbury as long as they have a ticket, which as we all know are impossible to come by and it's therefore perfectly safe.

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1502780951' post='3353393']
Possibly could have been worse.....i was there for those few years and remember vividly the bottles of "gentleman lemonade" flying around all over the place.

I guess a pineapple is more painful though
[/quote]

I remember when the contents of the bottles changed to soil. Not fun at all. There's some proper nasty types around.

[Happy Jack]

With your name, Mr. Apple, I suspect you may be next on the list ...

[police squad]

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1502780951' post='3353393']
Possibly could have been worse.....i was there for those few years and remember vividly the bottles of "gentleman lemonade" flying around all over the place.

I guess a pineapple is more painful though
[/quote]

yes lots of bottles flying around. I remember Steel Pulse lasting about 30 seconds and getting bottle thrown at them and they wouldn't play

[police squad]

[quote name='Mudpup' timestamp='1502782503' post='3353412']
To throw at police squad of course ;-)
[/quote]

[SpondonBassed]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1502782313' post='3353409']
Well I guess we're reduced to the bear necessities then.

Fig.1 - The Paw Paw
[url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/2016_08_Flavor-Pawpaw_800x600_zpsacsslyyh.jpg.html"][/url]

Fig.2 - The Prickly Pear
[url="http://s1128.photobucket.com/user/h4ppyjack/media/Just%20Stuff/Sundry/81kXG1b9WLL._SL1500__zpsivulyjzs.jpg.html"][/url]
[/quote]

Cheers Jack! That's got to be the most appetising post I have seen on here. Well fruity.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1502782680' post='3353414']
It gives them something to look forward to, it's a dull life being a pineapple. I think they deserve bit of excitement.
[/quote]

I have tears in my eyes and I'm not crying. Good one.

[Billy Apple]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1502787426' post='3353470']
With your name, Mr. Apple, I suspect you may be next on the list ...
[/quote]

Yes. I I don't like my full name to be widely known. William Machine-Gun Apple.

[Billy Apple]

So you'd be OK with a Durian then?I just had it in Thailand, delicious, but stinks.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian

[Tullfan]

saw a singer who I think left his Adam's apple at home!😆

Edited August 15, 2017 by Tullfan

[KingBollock]

[quote name='police squad' timestamp='1502780260' post='3353389']
I was hit by a pineapple at the Reading festival 1983. Right in the face, during Big Country
[/quote]
That must have been a welcome distraction.

[seashell]

Sometimes I wonder why I've never been to a major festival, and then I see a thread like this and remember...

[yorks5stringer]

Something to do with 'Agadoo'?

[bazzbass]

I assumed it was because kids were injecting vodka or acid into them to ingest at the festival.

They're bringing them just for show?

kids are so lame these days.