Flags - any point in going to the Pyramid?

[Spindles]

Sounds like the bar at Reading to me.

[fatyeti24]

don't know the etiquette of such an event happening, but would you be well within your rights to challenge such an offender to fisticuffs if he pissed on you?

[Homer]

Low point for me came a few years back when I couldn't see the stage at all so decided to look at the screens. However, then noticed that flags were also blocking my view of both screens!

[ramragon]

Low point for me came a few years back when I couldn't see the stage at all so decided to look at the screens. However, then noticed that flags were also blocking my view of both screens!

[Detective McNulty]

Oh will you all please dry your f**king eyes. Wah wah wah.

Wouldn't think you were going to Planet Earth's greatest five day phenomenom.

[russycarps]

Dear God, has the incredibly tedious monorail 'joke' not worn thin yet. Grow up - or at the very least find a new 'joke' - a funny one.

[gooner1990]

Kasabian @ Pyramid stage in 2009 i couldn't see the stage because of flags, moved and still couldn't see, then got into a position where i could see the central screen, then some c**t with a flag came and stood flapping it in front of us so we couldn't see that either.

felt sorry for some of my friends who could truly see nothing as they are quite short, i'm 6'2 and couldn't see anything either, completely ruined the enjoyment of a band i really like.

[ghandi]

Yeh i went to that too. Couldn't see a thing, i am a short arse 5'10 . Last year though was not so bad i thought.

[Homer]

We sometimes take a flag as it's a godsend for meeting up, but the pole's 10ft or so tall and the flag was made out of an XXL t-shirt.

Unfortunately most flags seem to inverse this: a 2ft pole with a 10ft wide flag on it!

[cejx]

sounds to me like someone fell for the joke and is still burning with shame all these months later...

Edited March 29, 2011 by cejx

[Big Vern]

flag wavers are just sad attention seekers "look at me everybody, I'm waving a flag whoopee f**king doo!"

It's dull, boring and been done to death, get a new attention seeking activity that hopefully doesn't stop other people's enjoyment of the festival that they have spend good money on.

[Morse Code]

I love the flags.........and the monorail joke

And tongue in cheek replies to questions about the 'arena' really crack me up

I just think I'm in a good mood today

[Chas]

This is THE essential Glastonbury accessory Flag Cutters at magic prices

[danbailey80]

Flags...Holy shit i hate them...People who take them into crowds are village idiots...Very very simply human beings..low IQ..poor little things..

[*Stevie B*]

I guess without the stages being in an Arena, it would be hard to regulate a ban on flags like most big festivals have started to do (Reading & Download as examples).

[Derby_Dave]

don't know the etiquette of such an event happening, but would you be well within your rights to challenge such an offender to fisticuffs if he pissed on you?

[Pauljoanss]

I love the flags, they are one part of the Glastonbury experience and really add to the atmosphere around the Pyramid stage.

Just imagine no flags, it would be like one of those zero atmospheric concerts I have seen at Hyde park.

In my limited experience, if you are close enough to get a good view of the stage then the flags are mostly overhead, if you are farther away from the stage then you tend to watch the screens anyway and it is easy to get a good view of them without flags. I suspect they cause the biggest annoyance to the BBC crew and those watching at home.

[rischbrit]

2009 was pretty bad for flags but very few last year which is much better!!!

Correct me if I am wrong but could this be due to the fact the flag store was not there last year (2010)?

If this is the case then please please no flag store again this year!!!!

[4AssedMonkey]

in fact, they are probably the same people.

god I hate the mentality of those people.

"This is MY bit of field and noone else is allowed in"

"I want to carry a flag so I can be seen on TV and I dont care if it means ruining it for those behind me"

What breathtakingly arrogant c**ts they are.

[Gnomicide]

It all ended in tears...

[AdamSheff]

It all ended in tears...

[Gnomicide]

Was that in 2009?? I seem to remember that flag doing my head in alot that year!

[LondonTom]

I love the flags, they are one part of the Glastonbury experience and really add to the atmosphere around the Pyramid stage.

Just imagine no flags, it would be like one of those zero atmospheric concerts I have seen at Hyde park.

In my limited experience, if you are close enough to get a good view of the stage then the flags are mostly overhead, if you are farther away from the stage then you tend to watch the screens anyway and it is easy to get a good view of them without flags. I suspect they cause the biggest annoyance to the BBC crew and those watching at home.

[AdamSheff]

Can remember. Think he bought it there as they were similar ones. I can remembergetting home and thinking "f**k me, did that kid move fromthe pyramid??".

Theres ALWAYS a Wolves flag too

[Spindles]

I find it interesting to notice he appears to be completely alone.

It was annoyingly almost always on the left hand side of the pyramid stage for large parts of 2009, yes. I'm sad to report I am pretty sure I saw it on tv coverage of 2008 as well, so clearly he plans to make it a tradition.

To be fair to flags, however, there has been one small wolves pendant on a very thin stick for over a decade that has managed to be at every performance of note on every bit of tv coverage since at least the mid 90s. I don't know if it was the same guy, but it was unobtrusive and part of the culture (at least for some) and it is sad that from that has evolved the huge banner carrying moron of today.

Last year there was a big kick back at flags by lots of festivals and glasto provided it's own, somewhat muted (since they are very much of a belief that people shouldn't be told 'what not to do' there as much as possible) request that flags be kept from the forward stage area to respect the view of others. The numbers were down noticably on 2009 (where it really took the piss, to be honest, I also was at kasabian and that was pointless).