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At Glastonbury and I’ve just had a row with twat in the next tent

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Glasto · 27/06/2019 16:05

Family camping. Absolutely boiling so brought DD back to the tent to have lunch and sit in the shade for the 12-2 bit. Been out since 9 this morning around the festival.

She’s sat in the foyer bit of the tent reading her kindle when performance parent dad from next door comes back to his tent with his kids.

He spots dd and gives her a jovial “oh come on now you shouldn’t be sat in their on a tablet you’re at Glastonbury”. His kid piped up oh we don’t have our tablets do we daddy. Dad is looking at DD and says come on put it down there’s a whole world out there you’re missing

I popped my head out of the tent and said she’s not on a tablet she’s reading a book. He said it doesn’t look she is, I was hot and pissed off and said it’s a kindle and if she wants to go on her tablet that’s not really your business.

He then goes on a 2 min rant about kids on tablets missing out on life. I told him again she isn’t on a bloody tablet and again, it’s not your business. He then accuses me of being rude and says he was only trying to help and says come on DS let’s leave these two to sit in their tent Angry

They are literally camped 2 ft away from us Hmm

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shadypines · 29/06/2019 19:55

Tell Mr Twat that DD is on kindle to read Prof Brian Cox's latest publication whilst sensibly avoiding the 12 til 2 harmful rays from our own Yellow Dwarf star.....or tell him to kindly attend to his own business shut the fuck up whilst you and DD attend to yours.

Burpsandrustles · 29/06/2019 21:36

The no boarder sign sums up a whole sections of politics.

Unbelievable.

Justanotherlurker · 29/06/2019 22:02

The no boarder sign sums up a whole sections of politics.

Sums up how far glastonbury has fallen, it's gentrified to hell now with a veneer of vapid ivory tower people who virtue signal their political stance.

I say this as someone who went regularly all through the 90's and early 2000's and took my DS for 4 years running since 2010.

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Benjispruce · 29/06/2019 22:05

I've just seen on Banksy's Instagram account that he designed the stab vest.

Not sure much designin' (no g) involved. Get a stab vest, put a union flag on the front. Geri was way ahead of him.

Justanotherlurker · 29/06/2019 22:49

I've just seen on Banksy's Instagram account that he designed the stab vest.

This is banksy who is a graffiti artist that has shat on many other artists and has his artwork put behind protective glass.

It's the same commercialisation and gentrification of the white middle class, it's becoming cringe and cheap politics, its akin to the right wing tabloid shite

GimmieTheCoffeeAndNooneDies · 29/06/2019 23:05

In my head I've always called him Wanksey.

I don't know about his relationship with other artists, but I find his work strangely cold and cynical, like it was designed by a committee with a tick list.. I don't like it.

Benj.; I was wondering where I'd seen that design before. Girl Power!

Justanotherlurker · 29/06/2019 23:57

I don't know about his relationship with other artists, but I find his work strangely cold and cynical, like it was designed by a committee with a tick list.. I don't like it.

Its the epitome of commercialisation. He fucked over the artists he apparently looked up to and now his pieces are sought after. It's empty facebook likes in stencil form.

tinytemper66 · 30/06/2019 09:30

I live in the town where his last 'installment' was just sold for £££. I didn't bother going down to see it.

pepperpot99 · 30/06/2019 10:55

So much hate on this thread Shock.

I thought Stormzy was ace, and I nearly died from joy when Brandon Flowers brought out Johnny Marr last night. Stop mitherin' y'alls.

toffeeghirlinatwirl · 30/06/2019 12:43

@pepperpot99 I’m just settling down with a cuppa to watch The Killers set all over again. I even forgive them for wheeling out The Petshop Boys (🤢 I have a long standing dislike of Neil Tennant) and bow to them for including Johnny Marr.
I was frantically fb messaging an old colleague who lived and breathed The Smiths and for his leaving present at work, I’d bought ‘Sam’s Town’ way back when The Killers released it. So, it just reminded me of him. He messaged back, he was indeed watching it. From that, we’ve arranged to meet up with the old gang. So Thankyou Killers & Johnny Marr. Grin

toffeeghirlinatwirl · 30/06/2019 12:45

OP I’m wondering who the Scouse family are. I know loads of people who’ve vacated the city for Worthy Farm this weekend 😉

xotyl · 30/06/2019 13:26

Op explain to the performing twat that your dd needs some down time after all she has just finished her A'levels....

GabsAlot · 30/06/2019 13:59

I loved the killers set screamed when psb came out

Benjispruce · 30/06/2019 15:29

Me too! They ruined it. Johnny Marr was fab though.

origamiunicorn · 30/06/2019 15:48

Tame Impala's set was fantastic, the light show was just amazing.

Benjispruce · 30/06/2019 16:09

Oh I missed Tame Impala, love them.

origamiunicorn · 30/06/2019 16:12

I watched it on catch up @Benjispruce it's probably still up on the 'red button' 👍

Benjispruce · 30/06/2019 16:14

Will have a look, thanks. Also missed The Killers first half so I need to.

LittleAndOften · 30/06/2019 16:27

Please please visit the ethnic musical instrument shop (there must be one!). I suggest a couple of vuvuzelas, a handful of kazoos, pan pipes, penny whistles and a GIANT GONG. DD's music lesson to commence at dawn 😁

TheBigFatMermaid · 30/06/2019 16:38

Only just found this thread and absolutely delighted to think I have been breaking the law for nearly 2 years now, by removing her from school! The fact that the school acknowledged my de-registration letter with a letter saying that I am perfectly within my legal rights to do so, it even more amusing.

I am not middle class, we are struggling financially, but my DD was being bullied. She was being destroyed. I could not watch that happen any more.

Anyway, back to the OP. I would have kept repeating it is none of his business.

BuggaLugga · 01/07/2019 21:20

I reckon OP ended up snogging man in the next tent and is too embarrassed to update us!

billysboy · 02/07/2019 09:48

perhaps OP is still picking up all the litter and bottles of piss left behind by the guardian gang

Glasto · 02/07/2019 18:35

Ah god I forgot about this thread

You all called it right! Twatdad got a right strop on and lost his rag with miniTwatKid for dropping weetabix all over his sleeping bag. Fancy breakfasts didn’t last long.

Followed by lots of threats to get back on bus and leave kids there as they were moaning about the heat and toilets.

They left Sunday morning Grin

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exWifebeginsat40 · 02/07/2019 19:11

the fence came down up at the sacred space in 1995. the metal wall went up the year after that!

you also used to have car park attendants who would sell you a hole in the fence for a tenner.

simpler times, jumpers for goalposts, etc.

Maronchilich · 02/07/2019 19:31

We climbed over the double wall in around 94? Also paid £20 to go through a hole in the fence one year and my DH had to do 10 press ups singing Yanky Doodle Dandy as a forfeit. Our best year for brazenness was going through the police compound ducking and dodging behind the horse boxes, then realising we had to walk through the police tent to get into the festival ground - we just sauntered up to the tea urn, handed each other cups of tea and ambled through - no-one batted an eyelid - happy days 😆. God it was good fun xx

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