Comments on: A weekend in the muntryside http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-weekend-in-the-muntryside Adventures in words and web Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:20:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dilbert_Adams http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/comment-page-1/#comment-14395 Dilbert_Adams Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:56:11 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=1757#comment-14395 I appreciate it's a bit of an assault on the senses, but the reason for the mob approach is quite simple. A single person in costume is lost in the vast crowd and not covered by the media, so a large group all decked out is immediately hit on by the media especially the TV. So this approach assures you your 20 seconds of TV Fame. Take the Flash guys. If one had a costume no one would have seen him. Having 30 of them gave them a headline and heaps of exposure. http://www.flickr.com/photos/differentperspective/3278771720/in/photostream/ I appreciate it’s a bit of an assault on the senses, but the reason for the mob approach is quite simple. A single person in costume is lost in the vast crowd and not covered by the media, so a large group all decked out is immediately hit on by the media especially the TV. So this approach assures you your 20 seconds of TV Fame. Take the Flash guys. If one had a costume no one would have seen him. Having 30 of them gave them a headline and heaps of exposure.
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]]> By: maximus http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/comment-page-1/#comment-13257 maximus Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:07:40 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=1757#comment-13257 Rugby culture = pack behaviour. That's one of the main reasons that I left NZ in the first place. They used to piss me off in '81, with the pro-tour rugby boof-head Waikato farmer idiot tradition (sorry Robyn, for any unintended Waikato slur on you), but now i just ignore them. Rugby culture is a whole lot nicer now that more women are involved - at least to look at as an outsider. A lot less public urinating. I have no idea what the women see in it however. A side story: an old man I know in Napier, couldn't quite understand why I, living in Wellington, wasn't dressing up for the Sevens. I explained that it was only the audience of the stadium that that actually dressed up up, not the whole town. Apparently, in Napier, Art Deco cult has now taken root to the extent that the whole town garbs up in Deco garb. Rugby culture = pack behaviour. That’s one of the main reasons that I left NZ in the first place. They used to piss me off in ’81, with the pro-tour rugby boof-head Waikato farmer idiot tradition (sorry Robyn, for any unintended Waikato slur on you), but now i just ignore them.

Rugby culture is a whole lot nicer now that more women are involved – at least to look at as an outsider. A lot less public urinating. I have no idea what the women see in it however.

A side story: an old man I know in Napier, couldn’t quite understand why I, living in Wellington, wasn’t dressing up for the Sevens. I explained that it was only the audience of the stadium that that actually dressed up up, not the whole town. Apparently, in Napier, Art Deco cult has now taken root to the extent that the whole town garbs up in Deco garb.

]]> By: Jessie http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/comment-page-1/#comment-13172 Jessie Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:59:42 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=1757#comment-13172 What you describe is virtually identical to the Waitangi Day Pub Crawl held annually in London, roughly following the Circle line - although Boris wisely closed that one down this year. What you describe is virtually identical to the Waitangi Day Pub Crawl held annually in London, roughly following the Circle line – although Boris wisely closed that one down this year.

]]> By: Kaz http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/comment-page-1/#comment-13158 Kaz Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:28:34 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=1757#comment-13158 I left Wellington for the long weekend. Pretty much the best idea of my life. On my travels I checked out Waitangi on Waitangi Day... totally mind-blowing... and not in a "giant penis waddling down Manners Mall" kind of way... I left Wellington for the long weekend. Pretty much the best idea of my life. On my travels I checked out Waitangi on Waitangi Day… totally mind-blowing… and not in a “giant penis waddling down Manners Mall” kind of way…

]]> By: drinks-after-worker http://www.robyngallagher.com/2009/02/08/a-weekend-in-the-muntryside/comment-page-1/#comment-13138 drinks-after-worker Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:26:50 +0000 http://www.robyngallagher.com/?p=1757#comment-13138 Unwritten rule = tradition? Unwritten rule = tradition?

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