Overheard at Glastonbury 2023

[bexj]

Last year, friend turns to me as we're standing up near the Glastonbury sign -"Whats that pointed thing down there with the light on top"  - wouldn't mind, but she's been to Glastonbury over 20 times!

[morph100]

2 hours ago, SighMo said:

Heard this old guy by the icecream van shouting into his phone explaining that he’s at the Pyramid, the pointy one 🤣

We call it The Pointy Stage I think was originally a joke we thought was funny now we just use it normally 

[ProperTea]

About 5 minutes before Elton John, in a crowd getting gradually more squished and stressed, a guy shouted "5 minutes until Queens of the Stone Age guys!"

[socistep]

back at B&W campervan there were some sort of argument nearby and some bloke shouted angrily at his girlfriend - "your mum gave me acid" 

[gazzared]

2 hours ago, Quark said:

Guy I think taking his mate round on his first time. Passes Greenpeace, tells him "So that's the rave tree, it's quality. Gets lit up at night and they've got a DJ booth in there". Slight pause. "It's not a real tree though".

Did you watch The Lottery Winners at green peace....I thought I recognised you but wasn't sure ? 

[Quark]

Just now, gazzared said:

Did you watch The Lottery Winners at green peace....I thought I recognised you but wasn't sure ? 

I did not, saw them at Avalon. Didn't spend much time at Greenpeace this year, which is unusual!

[DareToDibble]

I was doing my business in a long drop around 8am when I heard a guy say “Lads I’m gonna have to go to bed, I haven’t slept since Thursday!” (This was Sunday morning) to which his mate replied “Stop being a pussy and do another bump of ket”

The pain in his voice when he said “Ok” was hilarious 😅

[DareToDibble]

Also not so much overheard as it was a conversation I was part of but me and my 3 mates all dressed up in sequins etc, I had an Elton jacket on, glasses, full outfits going on. Walking from camp towards Pyramid.

My mate said “Do you think this is a bit much for QOTSA?” 
 

Tickled me enormously.

Edited June 27, 2023 by DareToDibble

[gazzared]

I didn't really over hear a funny but saw something funny but maybe a bit sad... Loads of lads near spike bar doing balloons, ket and pills but then started to put suncream on each others backs.... Like ya know f**k my lungs, brain and other vital organs but can't burn that's just stupid 🤣

[Kalopsia]

4 minutes ago, DareToDibble said:

Also not so much overheard as it was a conversation I was part of but me and my 3 mates all dressed up in sequins etc, I had an Elton jacket on, glasses, full outfits going on. Walking from camp towards Pyramid.

My mate said “Do you think this is a bit much for QOTSA?” 
 

Tickled me enormously.

I was in full sequins for QOTSA, josh winked at me. He was a fan.

[DeanoL]

Campsite Wednesday early evening, not saying the festival is getting more middle-class but...

"No, we need to keep that area free for the solar panels"

[jordo88]

'survive not thrive' 

[Euphoricape]

Not really funny, more odd but when I was in the queue for the shuttle bus yesterday morning a random guy appeared next to me and showed me his stash In his bag offering me 'Ket or Mandy mate?'. Looked genuinely surprised when I said I'm on my way home no thanks.. 

[catavento]

Conversation during Elton:

 

- who's that? 

- that's Brandon Flowers

- who's Brandon Flowers!? 

- he's the singer in the Killers

- ooh, yeah I *love* the Killers! 

[DareToDibble]

13 minutes ago, Kalopsia said:

I was in full sequins for QOTSA, josh winked at me. He was a fan.

Fair!

but when you’re dressed like this you’re only going to 1 place… 

(Somehow the jacket is still white!)

[Barney McGrew]

On our way to see Elvana, I explained the basis of their name to an uninitiated friend who then asked "are they a tribute band?"...

 

[gigpusher]

16 hours ago, waltere said:

Bottom of the stone circle field Wednesday lunchtime: "Yeah, you need some casual racism occasionally, just to keep people on their toes"

Still wishing I knew the context behind this one!! 

[kidpresentable]

Woodsies, Sunday afternoon.

"Is this Cat Stevens?"

"No, it's Cat Burns."

"Is EVERYONE playing called 'Cat'???"

[gorfield]

not heard but seen.... bad taste I know.

[Gregcharlie]

13 minutes ago, gorfield said:

not heard but seen.... bad taste I know.

Similarly not particularly funny but walking out of Example at the Glade and a posh girl said to her friend whilst looking at her phone ‘Oh my god, they’ve found wreckage of the submarine’

to which the friend replied: ‘What? Sorry I don’t know anything about that’

[LJM]

5am at the stone circle: 'My friend's mate got the guinness world record for doing 33 roly polys in a row... 33' 

(this isn't even close to being true) 😂

[Willy-wam-wam-wozzle]

Girl in her early 20s, quite well dressed….

’god, I hate pissing on someone else’s sh*t’ 

[hpops]

"Is Lil Nas X the one who got a Kardashian pregnant?"

[BBC7BBCHEAVEN]

Overheard at Gloucester services on Monday

"The andrenaline from driving so fast is the only thing keeping me awake"

That statement helped keep me alert for the rest of the drive home

[gooner1990]

Group of posh girls (very late teens/early 20s) camped behind us in Paines ground On Sunday morning 

Girl 1 ‘has anyone seen my towel - it was here yesterday and I want to have a shower’

Girl 2 ‘oh yeh sorry I used it to blow my nose into last night as I’d done so much coke and it needed clearing’ 

(the same group on the Thursday also had a 30 min conversation about who’d had anal sex and who of their friends they also thought had!)