I hopped on the train today to come home, it was hot & a bit stuffy. After a few stops the train was full and a guy had sat beside me. Here is what transpired on twitter……..

Not only do i NOT know this guy but i was also not checking my reply tweets. I had therefore not seen the above tweet! So when he also placed earphones in & seemed to be falling asleep i twittered this unwittingly…..

On the train who has the middle arm
Rest? Not me apparently!!! Here sit on my lap sure!!! No take my shirt!!

(I have since hastily deleted that tweet from my twitter feed, tho it is still on facebook)

I still wasn’t checking my replies when he replied with this…….

I got home & realized what had happened & then i said this…….

the “haha” & “lol” was a nervous response when i realized this guy had just been insulted by me! And he knew! He sat beside me & did not react!

and he said

and yes, i affirmed my status as an idiot & welcomed a ‘hi’ next time he sees me instead of  the slap i deserve!

Over the weekend we managed to catch a bit of the Glastonbury Festival on T.V. The highlight for me was Bruce Springsteen who headlined the Pyramid Stage (pictured after the festival) on saturday evening, though i was really impressed with Blur, who headlined on sunday night. Over the weekend other artists who played were Neil Young, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Crosby Stills & Nash, Lily Allen, Fleet Foxes, Spinal Tap, Tom Jones, Bon iver and loads more. Check out the full list here.

The 2 week clean up will have begun this morning involving an estimated 500 paid staff alone picking litter, and several more doing other jobs across the 600-acre site.

About 150,000 people are at the festival at any one time and are expected to leave behind 54 tonnes of cans and plastic bottles, 9.12 tonnes of glass and 11.2 tonnes of discarded tents. There are also 193 tonnes of “compostable material”.

There are 66.77 tonnes of scrap metal, 0.25 tonnes of plastic sheeting, 41.76 tonnes of cardboard, 10 tonnes of dense plastics and 400 tonnes of wood.

The Green Police were out in force this year, trying to stop people “peeing” on the ground and upsetting the water table.
But inevitably several revellers managed to go undetected.

The festival website instructs: “Use the toilets provided – don’t pee just anywhere, the ground really can’t take it. Remember there are 150,000 people at the Festival and all that urine goes straight into the water table and into rivers and streams for miles around.

“It isn’t good for the ground and it isn’t good for the fish! If you are caught peeing you run the risk of being expelled from the Festival, or at least being very publicly ridiculed by the Green Police! There will be more toilets than ever and they will be a lot cleaner too.”

Smokers are also encouraged to use “butt bins” as one cigarette can contaminate up to eight litres of water.

Fascinating………

I have some thoughts about ‘worship’ at Glastonbury roaming around my head, made clearer by some comments in Church last night. More on that later….

The release of BAD was when i first paid real attention to Michael Jackson. Moonwalker was the first movie i ever saw in a cinema, stuff like the video above blew me away as a kid and yet i was never a huge fan of Jackson after the mid 80’s peak. Such has been the reach of his fame that over the last 30 years anyone listening to music must have encountered him & his music. Tonight it has been reported & since then confirmed, that Michael Jackson has died aged 50 from a heart attack. Despite all the other nonsense, the man was a genius. It’s tragic news!