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Scout
06-01-2006, 10:13 AM
Here are some things I have noticed while at Burning Man.

In 2001 I was at Center Camp and was really weirded out by a guy walking around with headphones on. If I was in any city in the world but Black Rock City I would have not even noticed this person. But, with everything going on in Center Camp I found it really strange that this guy was walking around listening to his own world. Not like I don’t do it every day.

I have really gotten to like the smell of port-o-potty blue water. After my first year at BM I just love the smell of that blue water. Right now in Seattle there are trees blooming that smells just like blue water. Every time I smell that smell it takes me back to the playa.

No matter how many times I see a guy walk into our camp with a Prince Albert (pierced wing wang) it make my butt tighten. I always think, “That had to hurt.”

It is always funny when someone walks into your camp wearing only a big sombrero with a taco shell (like unit) tide to his wing wang and asks, “Would you like a soft taco or a hard taco.” Thanks Taco Boy.

Why is it that most of the people on the route of the Critical Tits parade are guys with cameras and a stiffy?

Why do people go to BM and try to build a Geodesic Dome for the first time only to discover they are short 3 bolts and 2 nuts? I get that the domes are cool, but when it takes you 8 days to build the damn thing wouldn’t a tent or even a hole in the ground with a tarp over it be easier?

Why is it that you rarely see off duty cops walking around naked at BM? You get I said rarely.

Why do people totally ignore you giving away stuff at BM until there is a line for it? We were trying to give away cotton candy at Center Camp when this naked girl wearing only a pink wig came by. When I asked if she wanted any cotton candy she actually put up her hand (talk to the hand?) and kept walking. 5 minutes later we have a line and who’s in line but the pink haired girl. When asked why she refused the cotton candy earlier she said, “I didn’t even see you.” Well, she had to pay a penance to get her cotton candy. She had to show us her true hair color. Since she was naked and shaved from the neck down that meant she had to take off her wig. Well, she took off hear wig and we saw that her head and eye brows were also saved off and she had pink eye lashes. So, we decided that her natural hair color was pink and gave her some cotton candy to match.


Scout

DaBomb
06-03-2006, 02:08 AM
Why is it that there is so much irreverence and parody of other's spiritual belief systems at Burning Man (i.e. The God Phone Booth, The Church of Holy Fucking Shit, or http://www.enigmata.com, etc. etc.) but when a giant ouija board art piece is suggested, people get upset and worry about bad ju-ju and evil spirits? Check it out: http://www.ouijasays.com

Scout
06-03-2006, 08:26 PM
Wow, people are giving you grief over your Ouija board? People get freaked out because they were told that an Ouija board was connected to the DEVIL. Being dressed in a red tux while painted red while vacuuming the playa with a Dirt Devil (hey, is that commerce?) is ok, because you are only a pretend devil and not talking with the REAL DEVIL like you do with a Ouija board. (Don’t you know?)

I (and my wife who I told it to) love your idea of a giant Ouija board out on the playa. If people are telling you not to do it, all the better. That means you are pushing a button they don’t want pushed. One thing I LOVE about BM is the fact that I will run into stuff all over the place that pushes many of my buttons. If I run into something that disturbs me I have the choice of walking away or to get down and boogie oogie oogie with it.

Thanks for providing THAT choice for us. Keep it up.


Scout

dr.placebo
06-06-2006, 12:44 PM
I think that you should promote the idea that Satan is driving the choices on the board. It should be a real crowd pleaser!

But seriously, don't take anything posted on the web too seriously. Including this post.

Scout
06-06-2006, 02:10 PM
I like the devil driving the choices on the board idea.

A couple of weeks ago I was in line outside a roller derby match in Seattle when one of the mascots for one of the teams who’s name is Beelzebuba was offering people in line red hot jaw breakers. One woman said, “My mother told me not to take candy from strangers.” Beelzebuba said, “You know me, I’m Satan.” The woman then proceeded to take the candy.

“Beelzebub the man created by men to control men.”

Scout