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Post by Sail Man » Mon Sep 06, 2010 8:43 pm

ibdave wrote:51,515 according to this..

http://www.rgj.com/article/20100905/EVENTS04/100904022

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Post by Badger » Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:13 pm

The biggest problem were an increasing number of first-time attendees, who were just not prepared for the harsh elements, said members of the Black Rock Rangers,
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Post by gerlachedNloaded » Tue Sep 07, 2010 7:11 am

pussies :lol:
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Post by Trishntek » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:09 am

All I know is we were able to persuade over 400 people to suck Superman's cock for a shot of absinthe. Surprisingly,,,, or maybe not,,,, it was about 35% women, 60% men and 5% "unknown" willing to overcome the distaste for the "Kryptonite Kum" experience. Many more took pictures.

So based upon willingness of participation versus the unwillingness of others to engage Superman, it was probably in the neighborhood of 1 out of every thirteen souls. So that would make the population about 52k by my extremely inaccurate guesstimation.
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Post by gerlachedNloaded » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:07 pm

ha, the superman cock trick was yall?! i totally almost fell for it.. then realized i couldn't live with myself if i did... well that and i had a full bottle of absinthe back at camp :D
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Post by Lassen Forge » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:44 pm

The BLM permit limits the number of tix to 50K, + volunteers/employees, so the 51000 + or - sounds like the limit.. BUT... there were nowhere near this many, the city was WAY too sparsley populated. I remember 50K... we had huge open holes this year.

My guess is 40K. Maybe 42.

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Post by VeganChoirGirl » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:51 pm

According to United Sites Services, who estimates our population on the volume of waste pumped each year, the population was at or near 60,000 (this includes children under 12 and the 3000 volunteers who aren't counted in the cencus). The city was hugely crowded in my opinion.

I think the official number of just over 50k is about right for tickets collected. Add the 3000 volunteers and children...that's riding right arround 56-58k.
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Post by Bob » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:24 pm

VeganChoirGirl wrote:volume of waste
Their estimate could be high, if the mild weather resulted in less than normal constipation.
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Post by junglesmacks » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:19 pm

Bay Bridge Sue wrote:The BLM permit limits the number of tix to 50K
Every other year, yes.. but this year we were capped at 60k since it was the last year of the permit.
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Post by Trishntek » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:28 pm

gerlachedNloaded wrote:ha, the superman cock trick was yall?! i totally almost fell for it.. then realized i couldn't live with myself if i did... well that and i had a full bottle of absinthe back at camp :D
Ahhhh yes, but was it 100% pure Czech Republic, Otto Legler, 160 proof?

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Post by theCryptofishist » Tue Sep 07, 2010 10:42 pm

As I understood we were capped at 50k, with gradual steps up to it, not from it.
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Post by Gage » Wed Sep 08, 2010 10:38 am

Trishntek wrote:All I know is we were able to persuade over 400 people to suck Superman's cock for a shot of absinthe. Surprisingly,,,, or maybe not,,,, it was about 35% women, 60% men and 5% "unknown" willing to overcome the distaste for the "Kryptonite Kum" experience. Many more took pictures.

So based upon willingness of participation versus the unwillingness of others to engage Superman, it was probably in the neighborhood of 1 out of every thirteen souls. So that would make the population about 52k by my extremely inaccurate guesstimation.
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