Met anyone who hasn't heard of Glastonbury?

[dom_the_bomb]

yep!!! this boy at my school thought it was the name of a collegue!

[Redcanadahat]

to be honest i'd never heard of glastonbury until 2005. :-(

(i'm australian though!)

[whiteash]

My sister in law is married to a French guy who if I said to him there was no cloud in the sky he'd contradict me & say there is! If I had a black top he'd say it was a totally different colour!! You get what I'm saying about him!!!

Anyway last year my brother mentioned to him that we were going to Glastonbury. He asked what it was and my brother then explained to him that it was one if not the biggest music festival in the world. He immediately disagreed saying the biggest music festival in the world was in Brittany, France. He was having none of what we said & more or less stated that Glasto was minute in comparison to the 'Worlds largest music festival in Brittany'!!!

[lovelessrapture]

Well none of the people in my Japanese class knew what it was. But none of them are of the kinda demographic (e.g. white english middle class) whom would go to it so that wasn't too surprising to me.

[LusciousLucy]

The first I ever heard of Glastonbury was on that washing detergent ad in the 90's. You know the one I mean? With the cute floppy-haired 90's indie-boy and his muddy clothes, come home to get his mother to wash them for him.

"Glastonbury... and you would have loved it."

I was living in Ireland at the time and stayed mostly in my own little world, so things rarely reached my ears. But it definitely piqued my curiosity more about the festival than the detergent!

[Runner]

The first I ever heard of Glastonbury was on that washing detergent ad in the 90's. You know the one I mean? With the cute floppy-haired 90's indie-boy and his muddy clothes, come home to get his mother to wash them for him.

"Glastonbury... and you would have loved it."

I was living in Ireland at the time and stayed mostly in my own little world, so things rarely reached my ears. But it definitely piqued my curiosity more about the festival than the detergent!

[tarff26]

never met anyone who hasn't heard of Glastonbury, but I did meet a girl at uni years ago who had never heard of John Lennon

and the other day my boss came up to me and asked why so many people had this Friday (tomorrow) booked as a holiday. Was there anything special going on, she enquired? I said I didn't know but that Glastonbury was on next week, to which she replied 'Oh yes, but I can't see any of us being interested in that. All that mud and sandals - no thanks!'

pfft. why do you think I have 10 days off work?

[Felna]

My sister in law is married to a French guy who if I said to him there was no cloud in the sky he'd contradict me & say there is! If I had a black top he'd say it was a totally different colour!! You get what I'm saying about him!!!

Anyway last year my brother mentioned to him that we were going to Glastonbury. He asked what it was and my brother then explained to him that it was one if not the biggest music festival in the world. He immediately disagreed saying the biggest music festival in the world was in Brittany, France. He was having none of what we said & more or less stated that Glasto was minute in comparison to the 'Worlds largest music festival in Brittany'!!!

[beergut100]

I work in an FE college, and plenty of the kids have never heard of Glasto. Other howlers include a guy who had never heard of David Bowie. The same guy had a Teddy Smith Clash T-shirt. When I asked him if he liked The Clash, he just looked puzzled and told me he didn't know what the Clash meant, he just bought it because it was Teddy Smith!

In fact, there was a recent fashion of people wearing T shirts of bands they had never heard of - really irritating!

[justabloke]

Nope, although I always get the same response when I mention it to people I don't know, "Ugh! I couldn't do that with all that mud".

Edited June 18, 2009 by justabloke

[lovelessrapture]

never met anyone who hasn't heard of Glastonbury, but I did meet a girl at uni years ago who had never heard of John Lennon

and the other day my boss came up to me and asked why so many people had this Friday (tomorrow) booked as a holiday. Was there anything special going on, she enquired? I said I didn't know but that Glastonbury was on next week, to which she replied 'Oh yes, but I can't see any of us being interested in that. All that mud and sandals - no thanks!'

pfft. why do you think I have 10 days off work?

[tarff26]

John Lennon's a pretty tough one to beat. Did she know who the Beatles were? I met a girl whom didn't know who Gandi was, that's probably the oddest ignorance I've ever heard. Although this same person thought Milan was in China and 20 x 10 was 400. So I guess it wasn't too surprising overall.

[LusciousLucy]

Its a known fact that the French cant 'DO' Glastonbury! Wellies are not in their nature or psyche!

[LusciousLucy]

Its a known fact that the French cant 'DO' Glastonbury! Wellies are not in their nature or psyche! They are just jealous and so whinge saying they have something better! Which they dont. So there!

[lovelessrapture]

Its a known fact that the French cant 'DO' Glastonbury! Wellies are not in their nature or psyche! They are just jealous and so whinge saying they have something better! Which they dont. So there!

Edited June 18, 2009 by lovelessrapture

[Arriente]

My work colleagues are all a bit wary of it bar one who went in 1998 & 1999.

The two of us keep having cconversations which are making the rest view us as drug crazed hippes hahaha

[Frenchie1973]

What a bizarrely apt post! Had my hair done last night and I told my hairdresser that I wanted it done before my holidays. She asked me 'where I was going' and I said 'Glastonbury'. She didn't react at all. I then said 'had better start with my hair looking nice because it certainly won't be looking good by the time I get back' to which there was more silence. Then she said - no word of a lie - "it's a Greek island isn't it?' while I fell off my chair. I just didn't know what to say and can only assume she misheard me?!?!?

On the flip side my Manager is a 60 year old single posh man who lives on Richmond Hill next to Jerry Hall and is minted. I admire him but he is totally corporate usually which winds me up. Last time we had a team meeting we went out after it and admittedly he was fairly drunk. When I said I went every year to Glastonbury his response was 'Ooh, so you're one of those hippies are you? Guess you'll be popping pills and stuff like nobody's business - I've always been more of a speed or a coke man myself but I understand from my godchildren that pills are more the way to go these days'. I've never been able to look at him in quite the same way since....

Edited June 18, 2009 by Frenchie1973

[spikytom]

yeah whenever i mention that im going to glastonbury to anyone they always talk as if its full of drug crazed hippies, which couldnt be further from the truth!!

[shiveringsky]

I think that was that the one where he had vomit on his t-shirt, and she said that when she went to festivals she didn't wear clothes

Sounds like Glastonbury to me

[chuckley]

today when i got my bag delivered. i said 'oh that must be my rucksack' and he asked where i was goin and he said 'ohhh whats that?' and i told him and he said 'oh u going hiking? my daughters would know bout things like that but im too old to know'.

bless..

[MieleBee]

John Lennon's a pretty tough one to beat. Did she know who the Beatles were? I met a girl whom didn't know who Gandi was, that's probably the oddest ignorance I've ever heard. Although this same person thought Milan was in China and 20 x 10 was 400. So I guess it wasn't too surprising overall.

[LusciousLucy]

What a bizarrely apt post! Had my hair done last night and I told my hairdresser that I wanted it done before my holidays. She asked me 'where I was going' and I said 'Glastonbury'. She didn't react at all. I then said 'had better start with my hair looking nice because it certainly won't be looking good by the time I get back' to which there was more silence. Then she said - no word of a lie - "it's a Greek island isn't it?' while I fell off my chair. I just didn't know what to say and can only assume she misheard me?!?!?