i'm turning into a hippy

[roosta]

I discuss the merits of electric cars and wind power with people in pubs, and I order the veggie patty in Subway. And i'm considering going to Glastonbury some year.

This all happened unconsciously, but i'm only realizing it now.

:confused:

[Guy Incognito]

I discuss the merits of electric cars and wind power with people in pubs, and I order the veggie patty in Subway. And i'm considering going to Glastonbury some year.

This all happened unconsciously, but i'm only realizing it now.

:confused:

this does not make you a hippy, especially the glastonbury bit. Glastonbury has become more commercial than its ever been and most "hippies" refuse to go now. In fact electric cars and wind power are more prevalent than ever and the environment is a massive news topic and subway is a big commercial brand so if anything you are becoming more of a brainwashed consumer, which is pretty much the complete opposite of a hippy.

or were you being ironic. I can never tell with some of you lot.

having said all that, you should go to glastonbury anyway, i would recommend it to anyone. its brilliant, i havent been in two years and its like something is missing, i am going next year, got time off booked off already and arranged for the kids to go their grans.

[roosta]

this does not make you a hippy, especially the glastonbury bit. Glastonbury has become more commercial than its ever been and most "hippies" refuse to go now. In fact electric cars and wind power are more prevalent than ever and the environment is a massive news topic and subway is a big commercial brand so if anything you are becoming more of a brainwashed consumer, which is pretty much the complete opposite of a hippy.

or were you being ironic. I can never tell with some of you lot.

having said all that, you should go to glastonbury anyway, i would recommend it to anyone. its brilliant, i havent been in two years and its like something is missing, i am going next year, got time off booked off already and arranged for the kids to go their grans.

I dunno, maybe I have a different definition (or looser definiton) of hippy.

[Adam]

Yeah, a hippie would cycle everywhere and generate their own electricity from their dreads.

Glastonbury I've never been to but it is for the convenience hippies if anything. I doubt you would get any hippy going to a Subway either, most of their bread ain't even vegetarian. Or wasn't when I last went years ago.

[roosta]

Yeah, a hippie would cycle everywhere and generate their own electricity from their dreads.

Glastonbury I've never been to but it is for the convenience hippies if anything. I doubt you would get any hippy going to a Subway either, most of their bread ain't even vegetarian. Or wasn't when I last went years ago.

(im not a vegetarian) but according to their site whilst there some of their breads would not be suitable for a vegan, they don't say its not suitable for a vegetarian...whats up with it?

I suppose the accurate title would be im turning into a pathetic, half-arsed hippy.

[Guy Incognito]

I dunno, maybe I have a different definition (or looser definiton) of hippy.

to be honest i dont think even the hippiest of hippies knows the definition, i do get what you mean and i think the fact that you are eco-aware is good. to be honest i think a real hippie spends most of the time pontificating about shit and putting the world to rights but is too stoned to do anything about it.

[roosta]

sadly, my aversion to drugs will prevent me from ever being an actually hippy.

thankfully.

[jabumbo]

how's your tie-dye collection looking?

[Guy Incognito]

glastonbury is more like the "do what you feel" festival in the simpsons but with better parking

[MC Moot]

You need to ask yourself the following questions...

1) Have you ceased regular bathing,shaving and general hygiene maintenance?

2) Have you foregone all other forms of footwear in favor of an ancient pair of bierkenstock's you scored at the thrift store?

3) Is any piece of your wardrobe paisley?

4) Do you believe patchouli actually masks the fact you've given up bathing?

5) Are you comfortable with communal breast feeding?

6) Do you dream of owning a VW Westfalia or a Microbus? (You know like a 16 window safari van that runs on vegetable oil and roaches)

7) Do you believe the only form of entertainment greater than hacky sack is the advent of frisbee golf?

8) Are you male and if so have you foregone a proper wallet for some form of satchel or purse like device?

9)Is the hair under your girls armpits the same length as yours?

10) Do you like to spirit dance by yourself at any public gathering?


If you answered "yes" to 4 or more of my questions...well...I know some folks in Nelson B.C that you might join in an groovy cosmic organic communal happening...

[roosta]

^ haha (y) ,esp number 8

[hpdrifter]

I like the veggie patty at Subway with that... I think it's some kind of sweet and sour sauce. Good stuff.

[jabumbo]

hey man, frisbee golf is fuckin' rad


(but the hard core folks call it disc golf, and will anger at the word frisbee and kill at the world frolf)

[Bob]

hippies don't eat at subway, you're good

[Dorothy Wood]

hey man, frisbee golf is fuckin' rad


(but the hard core folks call it disc golf, and will anger at the word frisbee and kill at the world frolf)

frolf?! what?! that's a totally awesome word.

[Ty Webb]

not turning into a hippie based on anything you've said in thread. lol at hippie in 2009.

[roosta]

I'm getting the distinct impression that "hippy" in America means something extremely rigid..(which is ironic)

Even suggesting eating a veggie burger or advocating peace would be enough to be tarnished as a hippy here....

[gbsuey]

i once got beaten up for looking like a hippy and a friend of mine who used to look a bit like a hippy was called a smiley bastard for looking happy. so don't go there-it leads to disharmony.

and you'd be better going to the Green Gathering in Wiltshire instead of Glastonburyif you want hippy festival. i went there once-just stay off the Wimmins area and don't ask a lady with green spirals painted on her tits if she has some tampax(or any females in your company that might need some unexpectedly-they'll be dissapointed and offered some moss instead!!!)

also, nothing wrong with eating veggie food and talking about green issues-i don't think that makes you a hippy

[jabumbo]

frolf?! what?! that's a totally awesome word.


oh, believe it. if you talk to someone who is hardcore into it, they will scowl at you for calling it frolf.

and they will also make you make the distinction with "ball golf" and "disc golf". just saying golf doesn't cut it with those guys....

[MC Moot]

I'm getting the distinct impression that "hippy" in America means something extremely rigid..(which is ironic)

Even suggesting eating a veggie burger or advocating peace would be enough to be tarnished as a hippy here....

Hippy by true location = British Columbia,Oregon,Washington and California...American desert hippies are armed in general...thereby excluding themselves...it also happened in New York for a flash...and I've heard New Zealand is chalk full of the authentic idea...everyone else is just front'n...and we tend to associate the breed in Great Britain more the pagan/druid/stonhenge/caravan crowd...

[mickill]

Hippies don't generally care for Wu Tang and Michael Jackson.