What was the craziest/funniest thing you saw this year?

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:26 am

No one reported a garilla in the port-a-potties.. He must not have gotten a ticket for 08.. Hope to hear of him in 09.. Scares the shit out of people..

wedeliver · Post by **wedeliver** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 11:35 am

Intubater69 wrote:
Isotopia wrote:Then there's the guy who was passed out along F(?) street near 7:00.

He was one drunk wookie. His camp buds pulled his pants down around his knees exposing his bare ass. The decided to see how many of those little theme camp zone marker flags they could stick in his ass.

By the time they were done his ass looked like plumage from a bird-of-paradise.

I'm almost to scared to ask, where in his ass did they stick them?

Are you serious? Where you ask? In his ASS. Humm, I'll look around for a picture.

fciron · Post by **fciron** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 6:11 pm

wedeliver wrote:
Intubater69 wrote:
Isotopia wrote:Then there's the guy who was passed out along F(?) street near 7:00.

He was one drunk wookie. His camp buds pulled his pants down around his knees exposing his bare ass. The decided to see how many of those little theme camp zone marker flags they could stick in his ass.

By the time they were done his ass looked like plumage from a bird-of-paradise.

I'm almost to scared to ask, where in his ass did they stick them?
Are you serious? Where you ask? In his ASS. Humm, I'll look around for a picture.

Try this:

"If you have to ask I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell you."

Intubater69 · Post by **Intubater69** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:32 am

fciron wrote:
wedeliver wrote:
Intubater69 wrote: I'm almost to scared to ask, where in his ass did they stick them?
Are you serious? Where you ask? In his ASS. Humm, I'll look around for a picture.
Try this:

"If you have to ask I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell you."

And i sure as hell hope you don't plan on showing me either

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 4:56 pm

Intubater69 wrote:
fciron wrote:
wedeliver wrote: Are you serious? Where you ask? In his ASS. Humm, I'll look around for a picture.
Try this:

"If you have to ask I'm certainly not going to be the one to tell you."
And i sure as hell hope you don't plan on showing me either :lol:

I'm sure that someone here would be happy to act as a demonstration model.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:16 pm

um... was it a nice ass??

woof!

Intubater69 · Post by **Intubater69** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:57 am

I've seen some rather interesting inserted objects on x-ray, but I think it's safe to say I've never seen a guy with flags sticking out of his ass

Ummm, excuse me sir, your gonna feel a little pressure here

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:32 am

Intubater69 wrote:I've seen some rather interesting inserted objects on x-ray, but I think it's safe to say I've never seen a guy with flags sticking out of his ass

Ummm, excuse me sir, your gonna feel a little pressure here

Ah, You seem to have bit of interest in this hhmmmmm?

Joshatdot · Post by **Joshatdot** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:22 pm

Dustdevil wrote:We were camped directly across from the DPW Ghetto. I have camped near the Ghetto in the past and I was well aware of the noise and constant traffic in and out. We have a 30' flag pole with a blue airport strobe beacon on the top. Helps us find our way home at night. Tuesday night I was out late and when I got back to camp around 4:00 or so one of my camp mates said that someone from the DPW camp came over and was complaining about our strobe. We laughed it off as a joke. I say that because their camp had LOUD music playing, their flame cannon on the tower ran all night until the propane ran out and the lights on their stage were really bright. The next night a fellow from the DPW came over around 2:00am and asked how long I would be running the strobe for. I told him it is the only way that some of our people can find their way home, so we intended to run the light until we left the Playa. He said that it was so bright that sleep was impossible. He was not amused at my laughter. We offered him a frozen margarita, but he was serious. Their music must have been at 125db, the flame cannon running and the entire place was lit up like a Hollywood production, and he was complaining about my strobe? When we realized he was serious, I told him that if he could get the entire ghetto to turn off their lights and music, I would turn off my strobe. We didn't see any more of him. No doubt his first time on the Playa. BTW, it was one of our camp mates that was using the leaf blower to clean the carpets in the dust storm. We weren't actually cleaning, the dust was a gift to Dan Das Man and the American Steel Camp. We like to share.

Dude! I was like right next to your camp

4:15 & A, kitty coner from DPW & Plushtopia? camp. Your Blue strobe was AWESOME to find my way home. I would be HELLA far out in the Playa, I would find a big lit up land mark I knew on the Esplanade, and look for the blue strobe...BAM! there it is

At times the strobe was abit bothersome, but our shade gazebos blocked most of the bright blue light when sleeping.

So what was the leaf blower guy doing? All I could do was look, stare, shake my head and LOL. My camp mates had this confused dog look when I told them about it.

Intubater69 · Post by **Intubater69** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 3:31 pm

unjonharley wrote:
Intubater69 wrote:I've seen some rather interesting inserted objects on x-ray, but I think it's safe to say I've never seen a guy with flags sticking out of his ass

Ummm, excuse me sir, your gonna feel a little pressure here
Ah, You seem to have bit of interest in this hhmmmmm?

sometimes it just gets wayyyyy to boring here at work Jon

yellowdog · Post by **yellowdog** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:24 pm

Anyway, we're hanging out there, and right from behind us this naked hippy comes flying out of the crowd, and begins bounding up one of the flowers like a jackrabbitmonkey. He was already over 10 feet up before one of the "bouncers" from the exhibit started climbing up and yelling for him to come down.

I saw either the same guy or ANOTHER naked hippy in the same mental and physical place- this one had a shirt on but no pants, and was clinging high up on one of the biggest flaming metal trees at the Lotus Girl's installation, determined not to be pulled down. The funny part was the look on the burly bouncers face as he reached up to pull the guy down, realized what the most effective handle would be to get the job done (picture skinny shirtcocker about 7 feet up, legs wrapped around the art, dangly bits dangling), and, after 1.5 second pause, moved on to plan B, which was to grab a foot, instead. I can only imagine what went thru his mind during that pause. Something like "OK, fukker, now I've got you...ummm... oh hell no!"

celeste · Post by **celeste** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:43 am

Disclaimer: I was a playa virgin, seventeen years old (now eighteen) and I went with my dad, who was also a virgin. There were so many amazing things I both witnessed and heard about, but here's a few of my favorite:

We arrived late in the day on Wednesday. I woke up Thursday morning to my dad sticking his head in the tent and waking me up very excited. "Guess what I just saw!" I said the first thing that popped into my mind which happened to be something I had read about (probably on eplaya) "A bunch of naked people running after the water truck showering?" (I had done my research. He hadn't) He just looked at me with a stunned look on his face and said "How did you know?!?"

Leaving the blue grass jam at the Iron Rose just as the camp accross the street stared handing out snow cones!

After looking for my friend for about a day (he came up the day after us and wasn't camping with us) I gave up. As I was walking around the giant tent of Pantheogenesis, he was walking towards me. Serendipity of the Playa, I guess.

Camel. Looked real. Was actually made out of two people and art.

Virgin sacrifice at Spike's was pretty wild.

Huge dome with swamp cooler during Saturday's dust storm.

Trying that weird fruit, durian, (Ithink that's how you spell it) for the first time. It tastes like sweet onion custerd and looks like a spikey animal.

Saying "Bye Dad, see you tomorrow!" as I went out to explore the playa all night and him saying "Alright, see you later!" (btw-I have the coolest Dad ever)

A guy riding a green plastic turtle sandbox around the Playa. Might have been the best thing ever. If anyone is this guy, knows him or just saw him, I just want to express my appreciation. I don't know why it was so awesome, but it just was.

There are so many more, but that's what I can think of now. I miss it so much and I can't wait to go back next year!

xenarchi · Post by **xenarchi** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 6:46 am

I'm not sure who I want to meet more celeste, you or your dad...both sound like my kinda people.

x

celeste · Post by **celeste** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:36 am

I'll be back for sure next year! I don't think my dad will go. Don't get me wrong, he had a blast, but I don't think he realized how loud and constant the techno music was going to be and didn't bring ear plugs, despite my warnings. We were in the Longs Drug store in Reno while I was getting contact lens solution which was literally right next to the ear plugs. I asked him if he brought any ear plugs and he said no and he would be fine. I shrugged and told him not to blame me and that I warned him (to be fair, I didn't bring any either, but I can sleep through anything and had no problem). That's not exactly his favorite kind of music, but he didn't complain once the entire time and even got a playa name albeit similar to what I was calling him already: Dad! I think the sheer size of the event combined with the non-stop partying he witnessed made him feel a little overwhelmed since he is really shy but he agreed to check out some regional burns and/or LiB. It was such a great bonding experience to go to Burning Man with him. We go backpacking together every summer with friends, but this was a whole new level of awesome.

Look for me next year xenarchi. I'll be the girl dressed for the post-apocalypse party, covered in dust and smiling

xenarchi · Post by **xenarchi** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:48 am

If dad isn't going this year, it looks like it is just you and me celeste.

I'll be the virgin standing in the middle of it all in awe. I might have my mouth open, close it for me if I get too dusty.

x

celeste · Post by **celeste** » Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:02 am

will do, xenarchi! Make sure you wear a lot of chapstick so your lips don't crack from having your lower jaw constantly in the alkali dust

cocoa_rageous · Post by **cocoa_rageous** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:16 pm

I saw a couple one morning out for a run in full marathon gear with water bottles and headbands and heart monitors and shit.
The people around myself and I just looked around at each other wondering if it was a joke.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:29 pm

Something that I saw several times that was very disturbing was indivduals using an American flag as a robe of sorts with it dragging on the ground, one time a guy took the flag (robe) off and dropped it on the ground. I guess thats freedom of speech gone awry. At the same time, several camps, both theme and indivdual, appeared to proudly display our flag. I could never disrespect any countries flag.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 9:37 pm

Thecatman wrote:Something that I saw several times that was very disturbing was indivduals using an American flag as a robe of sorts with it dragging on the ground, one time a guy took the flag (robe) off and dropped it on the ground. I guess thats freedom of speech gone awry. At the same time, several camps, both theme and indivdual, appeared to proudly display our flag. I could never disrespect any countries flag.

I beg to differ--that's freedom of speech as it was meant to be.

JK

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 10:35 pm

JK You're correct. I'll stand corrected. It is freedom of speech and BM is all about radical self expression (which I'm for and one reason I attend). I should have said it was improper flag etiquette, but again, at BM, where anything goes, I should'nt expect anything different. But I'll take the bad with the good meaning those that appear to show more respect and pride. As I stated, I could never disrespect any countries flag or symbol.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:44 am

Thecatman wrote:JK You're correct. I'll stand corrected. It is freedom of speech and BM is all about radical self expression (which I'm for and one reason I attend). I should have said it was improper flag etiquette, but again, at BM, where anything goes, I should'nt expect anything different. But I'll take the bad with the good meaning those that appear to show more respect and pride. As I stated, I could never disrespect any countries flag or symbol.

What does 'etiquette' have to do with art and self expression? If you think the flag thing was somehow "bad" I can only imagine your reaction to "Piss Christ" or Mapplethorpe's whip-in-ass self-portrait.

But then again, we had an attorney general that thought Lady Justice was obscene and had her breasts covered in the Great Hall during his term.

JK

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:52 pm

Thecatman wrote:Something that I saw several times that was very disturbing was indivduals using an American flag as a robe of sorts with it dragging on the ground, one time a guy took the flag (robe) off and dropped it on the ground. I guess thats freedom of speech gone awry. At the same time, several camps, both theme and indivdual, appeared to proudly display our flag. I could never disrespect any countries flag.

Putting aside the question of what "respecting" war banners means, especially if you're not exactly a pacifist, but you believe that war in almost every case is the worst option and you certainly don't want to glorify it, I find that there are worse things than wearing the flag and dragging it in the dirt. Wrapping yourself in it when you are doing disgusting acts against the country's long term best interest springs to mind. But then there are those people who insist on wearing old glory varient pants a size or more too small and splitting the seams.

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:11 am

theCryptofishist wrote:But then there are those people who insist on wearing old glory varient pants a size or more too small and splitting the seams.

Would you rather they be wearing spandex 2 sizes too small?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:56 pm

I don't care what they wear, actually. I was talking about "respect."

pinemom · Post by **pinemom** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 6:35 am

Im still waiting to see the picture of the swiss army butt plug!!!!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:18 am

"Swiss army butt plug"?!?

Anyway, as far as flag desecration goes-- it doesn't bother me, because the flag is merely a symbol of the nation, nothing more and nothing less. Flags, if I have hear correctly, evolved out of banners used by ancient military to identify units-- so soldiers who got separated could find their way back. There is nothing inherently magical or mystical in a symbol. If people truly believe in what the symbol stands for, the desecration, or destruction, of the symbol should not bother them, for it is not the ideal itself which is being damaged or destroyed. (There is actually an example of this in the book "Schindler's List"-- unfortunately I do not have a copy handy, nor the time to type it in from memory.)

Sail Man · Post by **Sail Man** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:51 am

pinemom wrote:Im still waiting to see the picture of the swiss army butt plug!!!!

Nothing Swiss, how bout a taste of Holland instead?

http://www.drlovetoys.com/shop/pc/Amste ... p39881.htm

I must say, that was an enlightening search, I lead such a sheltered life

Post by **Elderberry** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:07 pm

BAS wrote: (There is actually an example of this in the book "Schindler's List"-- unfortunately I do not have a copy handy, nor the time to type it in from memory.)

Do you always memorize the books you read?

JK

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 12:07 am

jkisha wrote:
BAS wrote: (There is actually an example of this in the book "Schindler's List"-- unfortunately I do not have a copy handy, nor the time to type it in from memory.)
Do you always memorize the books you read?

JK

Sometimes.

pandasex · Post by **pandasex** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:23 am

it wasnt really the craziest thing i seen; but it ends funny.

My mate and i were walking into a tent to check the place out and its night. I had my flashlight but i was focused on the tent light. I walked by an old man just standing there. I walked through into the tent realizing my mate isnt behind me. So i walk back out and see my mate the old guy just standing there looking if front of them. So im puzzled....i ask him what the deal is and he says "u cant see this?" So im looking and see nothing catching my eye. Now i flash my light ahead of me and see a girl standing and "having a naughty good time" with 2 guys. But the light must have frightened them because like bunnies in the night the pulled their pants up and scampered off. The old guy was pissed off and looked at me with a mean look. My mate was like laughing at me because i was oblivious.

I told him i guess i had been there too long i dont even notice public sex anymore.

I do feel bad about intruding and making them stop......if u r reading my apologies

What was the craziest/funniest thing you saw this year?

Turtle sandbox mv

My dad is awesome