I had a day off yesterday and, on a whim, drove down to Glastonbury. How can an entire local economy be based on woo? Much like the alcoholics in Blackpool, the town's population is made up of people who were too off their tits to catch the last bus home after the festival.
While eating my falafel and humus salad I browsed through the "what's on" guide; At least a dozen charlatans plying their delusions every night of the week.
On its own at the end: How to make shit loads of money without actually doing anything classes. (I think it was called "accumulation therapy") I may sign up to that one but I suspect the answer is to invent a woo like "womb whistling" and sell it to gullible trustifarians in Glastonbury.
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberPosted 1 year ago # -
Midfield Diamond
offlineMemberTrue story of a mother trying to register her daughter for school near Glastonbury - names changed only slightly to protect the innocent:
Admin Person: OK, can I take the child's name please
Mother: She's called Aqua, spelt A-Q-U-A
AP: And the surname please
M: Two Waters, but with the figure 2, not the word
AP: So her full name is Aqua 2 Waters?
M: Yes, that's right
AP: And can I take your name please?
M: Yes, I am called Medousa Warmonger
AP: OK. And is that Miss, Mrs or Ms?
M: None of them, can you just put 'The'Posted 1 year ago # -
beau-jolly
offlineMemberA lot of them have flipped the switch and there's no going back.
I may go back though as I didn't bother to keep the literature and now I wished I had - just to rip it apart.
There was an advert for a talk on a machine that was basically a linear motor. It said that it harnessed cosmic powers and thus emitted life forces to all around. Quite a big jump of logic that. The Docklands Light Railway into Canary Warf runs on a linear motor and I don't see much peace and love there or even on the line between Birmingham New Street and the NEC. F*cking hippies! Can't explain it, too stoned to read the science, so must worship it.Posted 1 year ago # -
waylandsmithy
offlineMemberIt's quite a pretty place, but you get the impression that a single drop of reality could bring it crashing to its knees. The lazy bastards still haven't finished building that monastery, how long has that been a 'work in progress'?
Although I believe it is a consumer of 85% of Tibet's annual industrial output.
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beau-jolly
offlineMemberThat's the shite I was reading Thor. Yay! They have a web site!
All the woo you can eat! Take a look at the Body Mind and Spirit bit. Can we give a prize to the biscuiteer who finds the biggest pile of old bollocks such as Vortex healing*
"Daisy Centres Angelic Healing Retreat & Bed and Breakfast" Ahahahahaha! I just love the ...and B&B. ahahahahahaha!*VortexHealing® is the registered trade mark of Ric Weinman. Used here without permission.
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