Reply to: New Initiative Aims to Keep Young Women Safe at Oktoberfest

[EternalOptimist]

neon green wrist band my @rse.


I went to the the oktoberfest last september wearing a neon-green 'save the hawaiian grass skirt' wristband, (plus a grass skirt), and when I woke up I was covered in puke and me bum was killing me

[Arturo Bassick]

Damn...actually I'm not really Darmstadt otherwise I'd be 150,000 different people

If you would like to see the real Arturo he is performing in Blackpool tommorrow (I think). He will be doing his acoustic Punktry and Western set in the afternoon then a full blown Lurkers gig in the evening. Both brilliant. AB wanders off "Shado, shado shado"

[darmstadt]

I am not really Arturo Bassick you know. I chose the handle as I have been a very long time Lurker. Beginning to wish I had chosen a different handle.

Damn...actually I'm not really Darmstadt otherwise I'd be 150,000 different people

[Arturo Bassick]

I saw you support Slaughter and the Dogs once...Didn't you play In Der Au in Frankfurt earlier this year as well?

I am not really Arturo Bassick you know. I chose the handle as I have been a very long time Lurker. Beginning to wish I had chosen a different handle.

[darmstadt]

Don't tell everyone mate. Those festivals are becoming as touristy as Oktoberfest year on year. Should be seeing The Lone Gunman at the Cannstatter again this year.

I saw you support Slaughter and the Dogs once...Didn't you play In Der Au in Frankfurt earlier this year as well?

[Arturo Bassick]

Makes it easier to spot women now who like to have more beers than the average so might be up for a spot of hide the bratwurst (sorry Weißwurst, its Bayern.) Personally I think the Oktoberfest is tulipe touristy attraction filled with drunken Brits, Aussies and Yanks (not to mention inbred Bavarian farmers.) There are far better piss-ups to be had in Germany such as the Cannstatter Volksfest or really want to go to Munich and vomit then try one of the Starkbierfests

Don't tell everyone mate. Those festivals are becoming as touristy as Oktoberfest year on year. Should be seeing The Lone Gunman at the Cannstatter again this year.

[darmstadt]

Makes it easier to spot women now who like to have more beers than the average so might be up for a spot of hide the bratwurst (sorry Weißwurst, its Bayern.) Personally I think the Oktoberfest is tulipe touristy attraction filled with drunken Brits, Aussies and Yanks (not to mention inbred Bavarian farmers.) There are far better piss-ups to be had in Germany such as the Cannstatter Volksfest or really want to go to Munich and vomit then try one of the Starkbierfests

[gingerjedi]

Why do you think there should be as many woman drinking beer as there is men?

Not far off, certainly not a ratio of 20:1.

[AtW]

Why do you think there should be as many woman drinking beer as there is men?

[scooterscot]

20 days festival and 7 mln tourists means 350k on average per day, 5k strips don't add up unless 345k of tourists expected to be overaged belly beer IT contractors who have left England for greener grass.

Why do you think there should be as many woman drinking beer as there is men?

[AtW]

Not in the same day. Plonker.

20 days festival and 7 mln tourists means 350k on average per day, 5k strips don't add up unless 345k of tourists expected to be overaged belly beer IT contractors who have left England for greener grass.

[sasguru]

PooperScooter gives you a taste of what its like when your 18 year old leaves home for the first time. You know he's naive and wet behind the years and a bit of a plonker.
Still its quite sweet to see someone think he's the first person in the world to experience certain things

[scooterscot]

7 mln tourists and 5k wristbands?

Not in the same day. Plonker.

[gingerjedi]

Party!

Talking to a colleague she tells me queues start the night before to guarantee entry into a tent the following day. Mad.

I went for 8 days straight and never had a problem? Or at least I don't remember having a problem?

The fairground rides are open for half an hour after the tents shut.

[DodgyAgent]

Party!

Talking to a colleague she tells me queues start the night before to guarantee entry into a tent the following day. Mad.

I presume your wristband will be easy to identify. It will be the one moving the fastest between two "close together points"